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Catastrophic Risk

What is Catastrophic Risk?

A risk event with the potential for severe, widespread, and potentially irreversible damage to an organization's operations, reputation, or survival.

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

What the standards actually require on catastrophic risk

Requirements naming catastrophic risk across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

Apply the updated OECD definition of AI system per the OECD Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence as amended 3 May 2024. The updated definition aligns with the EU AI Act and converging international consensus and defines an AI system as a machine-based sys...

OECDAI24-1 · Updated AI System Definition, Foundation Models, and Generative AI Scope

Safety (Anzen 安全) is the second of 10 Principles per Japan AI Guidelines for Business + significantly extended by establishment of the Japan AI Safety Institute (AISI 日本AIセーフティ・インスティテュート) on 14 February 2024.

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Questions people ask about catastrophic risk

What is Catastrophic Risk?
A risk event with the potential for severe, widespread, and potentially irreversible damage to an organization's operations, reputation, or survival.
Why is Catastrophic Risk important for compliance?
Catastrophic Risk is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding catastrophic 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 Catastrophic Risk?
Catastrophic Risk appears in the requirement text of OECD Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence (2024 Update), Japan AI Guidelines. Across these standards we have identified 3 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Catastrophic Risk?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how catastrophic 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 Catastrophic 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.