The downside of performing this type of assessment is that y

The downside of performing this type of assessment is that you are not working with dollar values, so it is sometimes harder to communicate the results of the assessment to management. Which of the following assessment types does this describe?

A. Qualitative

B. Quantitative

C. Numeric mitigation

D. Red team

Solution

A. Qualitative assessment is scenario driven and does not attempt to assign dollar values to components of the risk analysis. Quantitative assessment is based on dollar amounts; both numeric mitigation and red team are distracters.