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Glossary: Security+ Exam Prep 2: Performance-Based Questions

ARO (annualized rate of occurrence)

Also written: annualized rate of occurrence

How many times a year a risk is expected to happen. Once in N years is 1 ÷ N, so a flood once in 50 years has an ARO of 0.02.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

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