In a cost-effective practice, what is often deemed impossible to achieve?

In a cost-effective practice, preventing all threats is often deemed impossible to achieve due to the inherent nature of risks and uncertainties in any business environment. While organizations can implement comprehensive risk management strategies to reduce the probability and impact of potential threats, it is unrealistic to eliminate every possible threat altogether.

Threats can arise from numerous sources—externally from competitors, market changes, and regulatory shifts, as well as internally from operational weaknesses or human error. The dynamic and unpredictable nature of the business landscape means that some threats will always be beyond control, regardless of the preventive measures put in place.

On the other hand, identifying all risks is generally considered achievable with proper risk assessment techniques, and training all staff can be planned and executed within the constraints of resources. Implementing all protections is also technically feasible; however, the cost and practicality of such measures may not align with a cost-effective practice. Therefore, the challenge lies predominantly in the impossibility of preventing all threats.