| Parameter | Symbol | Example values |
| Business model |
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| Asset value | a | 1 000 |
| Time in years | t |
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| Return | r | 5.0% |
| Attacker |
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| Number of threats | n | 25 |
| Loss given attack | z | 2.5% |
| Expected minimum attack cost |
| 15 |
| Gradient of attack cost |
| 1 |
| Level of uncertainty |
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| Defense |
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| Cost of each individual defense | 1 | 1 (unit definition) |
| Defense interdependence |
| 0.1 |
| Unrecoverable costs |
| 0 |