CompTIA Security+ Certification SY0-601: The Total Course - Quantitative Risk Assessments

The video tutorial explains quantitative risk assessment, focusing on asset value, exposure factor, and how to calculate single loss expectancy (SLE) and annualized loss expectancy (ALE). It provides examples, particularly for an ecommerce website, to illustrate the calculations and their importance in determining the cost-effectiveness of security measures.

What factors should be considered when determining if a security control is worth implementing?

What is the importance of knowing the asset value in a quantitative risk assessment?

Explain the concept of the exposure factor and how it is expressed.

How do you calculate the single loss expectancy (SLE)?

What is the significance of the annual rate of occurrence (ARO) in risk assessment?

Describe how to calculate the annualized loss expectancy (ALE).

Why is it important to compare the annualized loss expectancy with the cost of security controls?