Which risk treatment strategy applies when an organization decides NOT to enter a new market because of regulatory uncertainty?
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Why "Risk avoidance" is the right answer
Choosing not to perform the activity at all is risk avoidance. Acceptance is doing the activity and absorbing loss. Transference shifts the loss (insurance). Mitigation reduces it through controls.
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