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Glossary: Governance, Risk and Compliance

annualized rate of occurrence (ARO)

Also written: ARO

How many times a year an incident is expected to happen. Once every five years is 0.2, and the warehouse flood, once in 50 years, is 0.02.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

annualized loss expectancy (ALE)single loss expectancy (SLE)