FORTINET-NSE123 Nse 1 Foundational Cybersecurity Concepts Practice Question
An organization performs a risk assessment and decides to implement firewall rules, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and encryption to reduce the likelihood and impact of a cyber attack. What risk management strategy are they employing?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Risk mitigation, deploying technical controls to lower the probability and impact of threats.
Implementing technical controls to lower the probability or severity of a risk is known as risk mitigation or risk reduction.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Risk transfer, purchasing cyber insurance to shift financial liability to a third party.
Why it's wrong here
Risk transfer involves insurance or outsourcing, not deploying internal technical controls.
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Risk acceptance, choosing to absorb the financial impact if an incident occurs.
Why it's wrong here
Risk acceptance means taking no action to reduce the risk, which contradicts implementing firewalls and IPS.
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Risk avoidance, eliminating the business activity entirely to prevent exposure.
Why it's wrong here
Risk avoidance involves stopping the activity, whereas the organization continues operations with controls.
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Risk mitigation, deploying technical controls to lower the probability and impact of threats.
Why this is correct
Deploying security controls to reduce risk levels is the definition of risk mitigation.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Fortinet exam blueprint
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