A risk workshop spends most of its time on an attack type recently covered heavily in the press, though it is rare in the organisation's sector. Which bias does IR 8286 describe?

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Answer: D. Availability bias

IR 8286's availability bias is the pull toward whatever springs to mind — typically what has been read or heard recently — which need not reflect how likely the thing actually is.

Source: NIST IR 8286 (NIST) — Sec. 3.2.2 Determination of Potential Threats