Risk Categories
Strategic Risks
Operational Risks
Financial Risks
Compliance Risks
Emerging Risks
100

This risk type is unpredictable or newly developing threat. It often often arises from technological, societal, environmental, or regulatory shifts

What is an Emerging Risks?

100

Elections, policy shifts, and international tensions are examples of this Strategic Risk category.

What is Political Risk?

100

Employee turnover, lack of training, fraud are examples of this Operational Risk category.

What are People Risks?

100

Market fluctuations and inflation are examples of this type of Risk.

What is Financial Risk?

100

This type of risk results from can result in penalties, operational restrictions or reputational damage. 

What is Regulatory Risk?

100

Gen AI misuse, AI-enhanced malware and deepfakes are examples of this emerging risk type.

What are AI or Technology risks?

200

This risk type results from inadequate or failed people, processes, systems, or external events.

What is Operational Risk?

200

Your organization's standing with stakeholders, customers and the public is this Strategic Risk category.  

What is Reputational Risk?

200

Poor procedures, errors, bottlenecks are examples of this Operational Risk category.

What are Process risks?

200

Interest rates, inflation and currency fluctuations are examples of this Financial Risk category.

What is Market Risk?

200

OSHA violations are an example of this type of Compliance Risk category.

What is Health and Safety? 

200

Economic fragmentation, sudden shifts in trade policies, and escalating tariffs are examples of this emerging risk type.

What are Geo-political risks?

300

This risk type is the potential that an organization's business strategy will fail to achieve its long-term objectives or fundamental goals.  

What is Strategic Risk?

300

Inadequate board oversight, weak internal controls, and unclear accountability structures are example of this Strategic Risk category.

What is Governance Risk?

300

Vendor failure and supplier disruption are examples of this Operational Risk category.

What is Third Party risk?

300

Insufficient cash to meet obligations are examples of this Financial Risk category.

What is Liquidity Risk?

300

Bribery and conflicts of interest are an example of this type of Compliance Risk category.

What are Anti-Fraud & Ethics risks?

300

Climate change-induced extreme weather events and natural disasters are examples of this emerging risk type.

What is Climate Risk?

400

This risk type focuses on events that can directly affect an organization's earnings, cash flow, capital, liquidity, assets, or reporting.

What is Financial Risk?

400

Changing customer preferences is an example of this Strategic Risk category.

What is Market Risk?

400

Severe weather, pandemics, civil unrest are examples of this Operational Risk category.

What are External events?

400

Theft and embezzlement are examples of this Financial Risk category.

What is Fraud Risk?

400

Biased algorithms and lack of model oversight are an example of this type of Compliance Risk category.

What are AI Govenance risks?

400

Polarization fueled by misinformation and chronic employee burnout are examples of this emerging risk type.

What are Social Risks?

500

This risk type arises from failure to follow existing laws, regulations, or policies.

What is Compliance Risk?

500

Inability to attract or retain talent is an example of  this Strategic Risk category.

What is Workforce Risk?

500

System outages and cyber attacks are examples of this Operational Risk category.

What is Technology Risk?

500

Portfolio losses are examples of this Financial Risk category.

What are Investment Risks?

500

Data breaches and unauthorized access are an example of this type of Compliance Risk category.

What are Privacy and Data Protection risks?

500

COVID-19, Ebola and HIV/AIDS are example of this emerging risk type. 

What are Pandemic Risks?