ISO 31000 Risk Management

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ISO 31000 - Risk Management
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Index
1. Introduction Page 3
2. Certification and Accreditation Page 4
3. History Page 5
4. Main concepts Page 6
5. Scope Page 7
6. Implementation Page 8
7. Implications Page 9
8. Managing risk Page 10
9. Related standards Page 11

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Introduction
The full name of this standard is:
“ISO 31000:2009, Risk management – Principles and guidelines”
This standard provides principles, framework and a process for managing risk. It can be used by any organization
regardless of its size, activity or sector.
Using ISO 31000 can help organizations increase the likelihood of achieving objectives, improve the identification
of opportunities and threats and effectively allocate and use resources for risk treatment.
ISO 31000 family is expected to include:
ISO 31000:2009 - Principles and Guidelines on Implementation
ISO/IEC 31010:2009 - Risk Management - Risk Assessment Techniques
ISO Guide 73:2009 - Risk Management - Vocabulary

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Certification and Accreditation
Certification:
However, ISO 31000 cannot be used for certification purposes, but does provide guidance for internal or external
audit programs. Organizations using it can compare their risk management practices with an internationally
recognized benchmark, providing sound principles for effective management and corporate governance.
ISO 31000 has not been developed with the intention for certification. (2009)
Accreditation:
Starting from Mar 2013, accreditation and certification of Professional Certificate Lead Trainer & Consultant for ISO
31000 would be organized and conferred by Academy of Professional Certification (APC, http://www.apc.org.hk) in
Hong Kong. APC is an authorized representative of ISO/TC262 for HKSAR Hong Kong.(2013)

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History
ISO 31000 was published as a standard on the 13th of November 2009, and provides a standard on the
implementation of risk management. A revised and harmonized ISO/IEC Guide 73 was published at the same time.
The purpose of ISO 31000:2009 is to be applicable and adaptable for "any public, private or community enterprise,
association, group or individual.
Accordingly, the general scope of ISO 31000 - as a family of risk management standards - is not developed for a
particular industry group, management system or subject matter field in mind, rather to provide best practice
structure and guidance to all operations concerned with risk management.

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Main concepts
Risk: “Effect of uncertainty on objectives”
Positive and negative consequences
Safety, compliance, strategy, anything under the sun
Risk management: “coordinated activities to direct and control and organization with regard to risk”
Risk management framework: “set of components that provide the foundations and organizational
arrangements for designing, implementing, monitoring, reviewing and continually improving risk management
processes throughout the organization”.
Risk management process: “systematic application of management policies, procedures and practices to the
tasks of communication, consultation, establishing the context, identifying, analyzing, evaluating, treating,
monitoring and reviewing risk”.

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Scope
ISO 31000:2009 provides generic guidelines for the design, implementation and maintenance of risk management
processes throughout an organization. This approach to formalizing risk management practices will facilitate
broader adoption by companies who require an enterprise risk management standard that accommodates multiple
‘silo-centric’ management systems.
The scope of this approach to risk management is to enable all strategic, management and operational tasks of an
organization throughout projects, functions, and processes to be aligned to a common set of risk management
objectives.
Accordingly, ISO 31000:2009 is intended for a broad stakeholder group including:
Executive level stakeholders
Appointment holders in the enterprise risk management group
Risk analysts and management officers
Line managers and project managers
Compliance and internal auditors
Independent practitioners.

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Implementation
The intent of ISO 31000 is to be applied within existing management systems to formalize and improve risk
management processes as opposed to wholesale substitution of legacy management practices. Subsequently,
when implementing ISO 31000, attention is to be given to integrating existing risk management processes in the
new paradigm addressed in the standard.
The focus of many ISO 31000 'Harmonisation' programmes have centred on:
Transferring accountability gaps in enterprise risk management
Aligning objectives of the governance frameworks with ISO 31000
Embedding management system reporting mechanisms
Creating uniform risk criteria and evaluation metrics

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Implications
Most implications for adopting the new standard concern the re-engineering of existing management practices to
conform with the documentation, communication and socialization of the new risk management operating
paradigm; as opposed to wholesale re-orientation of management practice throughout an organization. Accordingly,
most senior position holders in an enterprise risk management organization will need to be cognizant of the
implication for adopting the standard and be able to develop effective strategies for implementing the standard
across supply chains and commercial operations.
Certain aspects of top management accountability, strategic policy implementation and effective governance
frameworks, will require more consideration by organizations that have previously used now redundant risk
management methodologies.
In some domains that concern risk management, in particular security and corporate social responsibility, which
may operate using relatively unsophisticated risk management processes, more material change will be required,
particularly regarding a clearly articulated risk management policy, formalizing risk ownership processes,
structuring framework processes and adopting continuous improvement programs.

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Managing risk
ISO 31000:2009 gives a list in order of preference on how to deal with risk:
1. Avoiding the risk by deciding not to start or continue with the activity that gives rise to the risk
2. Accepting or increasing the risk in order to pursue an opportunity
3. Removing the risk source
4. Changing the likelihood
5. Changing the consequences
6. Sharing the risk with another party or parties (including contracts and risk ﬁnancing)
7. Retaining the risk by informed decision

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Related standards
A number of other standards also relate to risk management:
ISO Guide 73:2009, Risk management - Vocabulary complements ISO 31000 by providing a collection of terms
and definitions relating to the management of risk.
ISO/IEC 31010:2009, Risk management – Risk assessment techniques focuses on risk assessment. Risk
assessment helps decision makers understand the risks that could affect the achievement of objectives as well
as the adequacy of the controls already in place. ISO/IEC 31010:2009 focuses on risk assessment concepts,
processes and the selection of risk assessment techniques.

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