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CompTIA Security+ study material · question 32 of 611

How do risk appetite and risk tolerance differ?

  1. Appetite is quantitative and tolerance is qualitative
  2. They are two names for the same measure
  3. Appetite applies to privacy risk and tolerance to security risk
  4. Appetite is the level of risk pursued to meet objectives; tolerance is the acceptable variation around it
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Answer: D. Appetite is the level of risk pursued to meet objectives; tolerance is the acceptable variation around it

Appetite is the target level; tolerance is how far around it the organisation will accept drifting.

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