AP® Cybersecurity glossary

Acceptance

Also called: risk acceptance

Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 2: Securing Spaces

A risk strategy: a deliberate decision to live with the residual risk, because absolute security is unattainable.

Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 2.1.E.5

Why it matters in Unit 2

Acceptance is a decision, not ignoring the risk.

Example

Leadership signs off on the small risk left after new controls.

Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 2.1 Cyber Foundations

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