A financial services company owns a database server valued at $200,000. A risk analyst determines that a ransomware attack would render 40% of the asset's value unusable, and historical data indicates such an attack is likely to occur twice per year. Which value should the analyst record in the risk register as the annualized loss expectancy (ALE) for this scenario?

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A financial services company owns a database server valued at $200,000. A risk analyst determines that a ransomware attack would render 40% of the asset's value unusable, and historical data indicates such an attack is likely to occur twice per year. Which value should the analyst record in the risk register as the annualized loss expectancy (ALE) for this scenario?

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