below demonstrates partial information about these calculations.

Threat category SLE Rate of frequency ARO ALE

$1.$ Internal hardware failure $$5,0001$ per week $52$ $$260,000$

$2.$ DDoS attack $$75,0001$ per year $1$ $$75,000$

$3.$ Phishing attack $$5001$ per week $52$ $$26,000$

$4.$ City$-$wide power outage $$2,5001$ per quarter $4$ $$10,000$

$5.$ Employee vandalism $$5,0001$ per $6$ months $2$ $$10,000$

$6.$ Brute$-$force attack $$5001$ per month $12$ $$6000$

$7.$ Data manipulation $$5,0001$ per year $1$ $$5000$

$8.$ Ransomware $$1,5001$ per week $52$ $$78,000$

$9.$ Eavesdropping $$2,5001$ per quarter $4$ $$10,000$

$10.$ Tornado $$250,0001$ per $20$ years $0\mathrm{.}05$ $$12,500$Using the following formula to perform a cost

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benefit analysis

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CBA

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$$the company is calculating whether investing in this risk control technology

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NGFW

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$$which costs $

$6$

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$$annually$,$ is cost

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effective to mitigate the attack. A positive CBA number indicates a cost

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effective investment, and a negative number indicates a poor investment.

CBA

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pre

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control

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$$ALE

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post

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control

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$$ACS

Where,

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pre

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control

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$=$

$$the annualized loss expectancy of the risk before the implementation of the risk control

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post

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control

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$=$

$$the ALE examined after the risk control has been in place for a period of time

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$$Annual Cost

$($

ACS

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$=$

$$the annual cost of the risk control

Based on the formula, what is the CBA in this scenario? Is it cost

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effective for the company to invest in this security technology? Explain your reasoning.