A structured approach to identifying, evaluating, and addressing risks to reduce their potential adverse effects and enhance opportunities for achieving organizational goals
Protecting organizational assets, encompassing physical, financial, and intangible assets, from potential threats or vulnerabilities that could lead to loss or harm
Equipping decision-makers with trustworthy and timely information about risks, opportunities, and potential outcomes, enabling informed and efficient decision-making processes
Protecting the interests, rights, and welfare of stakeholders, such as employees, customers, investors, partners, and the community, from potential risks originating from organizational activities or decisions
Strengthening the organization's capacity to endure and adjust to adverse events, disruptions, or uncertainties, thereby guaranteeing operational continuity and mitigating the impact of disruptions on organizational performance
Insurance companies began offering policies to protect against risks such as fire, marine accidents, and premature death during the Industrial Revolution
Globalization and technological advancements in the late 20th and early 21st centuries led to new risks such as cyber threats, environmental degradation, and systemic financial risks
Organizations embraced integrated approaches to risk management, concentrating on identifying and mitigating risks across all angles of their operations (Enterprise Risk Management)
The risk of loss due to inadequate or failed internal processes, people, systems, or external events, encompassing legal risk but excluding strategic and reputational risk
The process of identifying and documenting potential significant risks and their associated controls, concentrating on identifying and assessing potential future risks