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Glossary: Security+ Exam Prep 3: Practice Exams

ARO (annualized rate of occurrence)

Also written: ARO, annualized rate of occurrence

How many times a year a risk event is expected to happen, such as 3 laptop thefts a year or 0.5 DDoS outages a year.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

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