A security analyst discovers a vulnerability on an unpatched web server that is used for testing machine learning on Big Data sets. Exploitation of the vulnerability could cost the organization $1.5 million in lost productivity. The server is located on an isolated network segment that has a 5% chance of being compromised. Which of the following is the value of this risk?
A) $75,000
B) $300,000
C) $1.425 million
D) $1.5 million

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The value of the risk is calculated by multiplying the potential loss ($1.5 million) by the probability of the event occurring (5%), which equals $75,000.

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