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Acceptable Risk

What is Acceptable Risk?

A risk that has been evaluated and determined to be within the organization's risk tolerance, requiring no additional mitigation.

Risk Management

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as acceptable risk. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on acceptable risk

Requirements naming acceptable risk across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

MARS-E2 controls

Implement the MARS-E v2.0 Volume III Catalog of Minimum Acceptable Risk Security and Privacy Controls aligned with NIST 800-53 Moderate Baseline.

MARS-E-NIST-800-53-Moderate-Baseline-Catalog-v2-0-Volume-III-Tailoring-Risk-Assessment-Categorization · MARS-E NIST 800-53 Moderate Baseline + MARS-E Catalog Volume III + Tailoring + Risk Assessment + Categorization

Coordination positions IRS Pub 1075 within the broader US federal + state + and industry security landscape. (1) NIST Standards: NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 (primary control set incorporated by reference Section 9.3) + NIST SP 800-53A (assessment methodology) + NIST...

IRSPub1075-CoordNIST80053-FedRAMP-FISMA-CJIS-SSACDS-StateRevAgencies-PrivacyAct-SOC2-Industry · IRS Pub 1075 Coordination - NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 + FedRAMP + FISMA + 26 USC 6103 + FBI CJIS + SSA CDS + State Revenue Agencies + Privacy Act + SOC 2 + Industry Frameworks + Federal Sectoral

Elicit, analyse, and document stakeholder needs and translate them into validated stakeholder requirements that capture protection needs and acceptable risk.

SE-SN · Stakeholder Needs and Requirements Definition

Questions people ask about acceptable risk

What is Acceptable Risk?
A risk that has been evaluated and determined to be within the organization's risk tolerance, requiring no additional mitigation.
Why is Acceptable Risk important for compliance?
Acceptable Risk is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding acceptable risk helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Acceptable Risk?
Acceptable Risk appears in the requirement text of MARS-E, IRS Publication 1075, NIST SP 800-160. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Acceptable Risk?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how acceptable risk applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

See how Acceptable Risk applies across compliance frameworks

Our platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings. Explore how this concept is addressed across standards.

Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.