ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Practice Question
Your company hosts a web application on Amazon EC2 instances behind an Application Load Balancer. A recent risk assessment notes that large-scale DDoS attacks could cause unexpected bandwidth charges and downtime. Management decides to subscribe to AWS Shield Advanced, which includes DDoS cost protection and access to the AWS response team, instead of redesigning the application or buying extra on-premises hardware. Which risk treatment strategy does this decision best illustrate?
Subscribing to AWS Shield Advanced passes part of the financial and operational impact of DDoS attacks to AWS, which assumes responsibility for incident-response assistance and cost protection. This action does not eliminate the threat (avoidance) or reduce its likelihood or impact through technical safeguards (mitigation). Nor is the organization simply living with the exposure (acceptance). Instead, it shifts the potential loss to a third party, which is the hallmark of risk transfer.
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