You are working in Lab-X, a laboratory experimental project to research the effect of a virus on human male bodies. This project needs local government approval for carrying out tests on living people.

However, the local authorities informed you were informed it would take at least three weeks to obtain authorization for such approval because of the documents involved in the review and approval process.

You consider this a risk to the project and would like to send the paperwork in advance to reduce the approval time to one week. Which of the following describes the risk response techniques being employed in this scenario?

Risk mitigation Risk transfer Risk accept Risk avoid