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Emerging Risk

What is Emerging Risk?

A new or evolving risk that may not be fully understood but has the potential to significantly impact an organization's objectives in the future.

Risk Management

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

What the standards actually require on emerging risk

Requirements naming emerging risk across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The framework's risk data aggregation and reporting policies, procedures and processes, appropriate to the bank's size, complexity and risk profile and supporting supervisory reporting, should provide for capturing and aggregating risk data and reporting mater...

occ-heightened-standards-12-cfr-part-30-appendix-d::II.J.2 · II.J.2 Timely aggregation and reporting of material and emerging risks →

Establish a security program, tied to the formal Emergency Response Plan, that responds to security incidents, monitors for, discovers and handles security alerts and technical vulnerabilities, collects and analyses security data, limits the organisation's ris...

awwa-cybersecurity-guidance-for-the-water-sector-american-water-works-association::IR-2 · IR-2 Security program to handle alerts, vulnerabilities and emerging risk →

Reserving assumptions are realistic, transparent and informed by history. Baseline: assumptions documented and justified against historical experience, not solely pricing or planning; validation where not derived from own data;

principles-for-doing-business-at-lloyd-s::P6.3 · 6.3 Realistic, transparent reserving assumptions that consider historical experience →

The bank has an internal control framework, the responsibility of the board and senior management, that keeps an effectively controlled and tested operating environment for its risk profile with a forward-looking view (including climate-related and emerging ri...

basel-core-principles-for-effective-banking-supervision-2024::P26 · Principle 26: internal control and audit →

Implement a comprehensive, proportionate framework covering all relevant technologies, setting cybersecurity objectives and competency requirements for staff (and where relevant users) and policies, processes and controls, with defence in depth, informed by in...

uae-virtual-asset-regulatory-authority-vara-regulations::TI-I.A · Technology and Information Rulebook I.A: Technology governance and risk assessment framework →
BCBS 2392 controls

The bank can generate aggregate risk data for a broad range of on-demand and ad hoc requests, including in stress, for changing internal needs and for supervisory queries, and to assess emerging risks, forecasting, stress testing and scenario analysis.

bcbs-239::P6 · Principle 6: adaptability of aggregation →

Questions people ask about emerging risk

What is Emerging Risk?
A new or evolving risk that may not be fully understood but has the potential to significantly impact an organization's objectives in the future.
Why is Emerging Risk important for compliance?
Emerging Risk is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding emerging risk helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Emerging Risk?
Emerging Risk appears in the requirement text of OCC Heightened Standards (12 CFR Part 30, Appendix D), AWWA Cybersecurity Guidance for the Water Sector (American Water Works Association), Principles for Doing Business at Lloyd's, Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (2024), UAE Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) Regulations. Across these standards we have identified 22 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Emerging Risk?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how emerging 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 1,016 frameworks.

See how Emerging Risk applies across compliance frameworks

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