Risk management

Risk treatment strategies

There are four basic strategies: avoid, mitigate, transfer and accept. Acceptance is a conscious and documented decision to bear the risk, unlike uncontrolled ignoring of a risk without any analysis or record.

All Security+ guides →

Related terms

Risk Qualitative risk analysis Quantitative risk analysis Single loss expectancy (SLE) Annualized loss expectancy (ALE) Risk appetite

Studying for the exam?

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) in 2026: format, difficulty, and why the military requires it Security+ domains: what the five sections cover How hard is CompTIA Security+? An honest difficulty guide

Get CertOwl on the App Store

Free download · A+ and Network+ completely free
+ daily lessons, flashcards and full exam simulations