A consumer adopts a cloud backup service. Which of the following is best described as a risk IMPOSED on the consumer by the service?
ITIL 4 Foundation, objective 1. Key concepts of service management hard
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Not correct The consumer no longer needs to employ backup operators
Wrong. That is a cost removed by the service, and it is a benefit rather than a risk of any kind.
Not correct The consumer's own tape library could fail and lose data
Wrong. That is a risk the service removes from the consumer; removed risks are part of the value proposition.
Not correct The consumer must pay a monthly subscription fee
Wrong. A known, planned payment is a cost of consumption, not a risk. A risk is a possible event that could cause harm or loss.
Correct The provider could go out of business, leaving the consumer without access to its backups
Correct. Depending on a provider creates a new possible harmful event that did not exist before — a textbook risk imposed by the service.
Why
As with costs, risks run in both directions. Risks removed from the consumer by the service (such as hardware failure it no longer owns) are part of the value proposition; risks imposed on the consumer by the service (provider failure, security breach, lock-in) are new exposures created by consuming it. The distinction that separates risk from cost is uncertainty: a risk is a possible event, a cost is spend.
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- ITIL 4 syllabus clause 1
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