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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.

OSFI B-132 controls

Operate independent assurance + internal audit + external examination per OSFI B-13 Domain 6. Independent Assurance and Internal Audit must (a) maintain Internal Audit function independence per B-13 + OSFI Corporate Governance Guideline + (b) provide assurance...

OSFIB13-6 · Independent Assurance, Internal Audit, External Examination

Senior management and the board must receive sanctions training appropriate to their oversight role, including emerging risks, recent enforcement actions, and program performance.

OFAC-SCP-5.2 · Senior Management and Board Training
BCBS 2391 control

A bank should be able to capture and aggregate all material risk data across the banking group. Data should be available by business line, legal entity, asset type, industry, region and other groupings, as relevant for the risk in question, that permit identif...

BCBS239-P4 · Completeness

Sapin II Pillar 6 - Anti-Corruption Training (Programmes de formation). REQUIREMENTS: (a) GENERAL AWARENESS training for ALL employees (typically online + 30-60 minutes + annual refresh);

Sapin2-Pillar6-Training · Pillar 6 - Anti-Corruption Training Program

HKMA C-RAF 2024-2025 pipeline + emerging risks + sectoral cybersecurity evolution. KEY 2024-2025 INITIATIVES: (1) AI + MACHINE LEARNING + GENERATIVE AI CYBER GOVERNANCE - AIs deploying AI/ML for fraud detection + AML + customer service + lending + risk managem...

HKMA-CRAF-2024-2025-AI-Quantum-Cloud-Ransomware-DORA · HKMA C-RAF 2024-2025 Pipeline - AI, Quantum-Resistant Cryptography, Cloud Security, Ransomware, EU DORA Coordination

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 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Emerging Risk?
Emerging Risk appears in the requirement text of IRM Enterprise Risk Management Framework (Institute of Risk Management), OSFI B-13, US OFAC Sanctions Compliance Framework, BCBS 239, French Sapin II Law (Law No. 2016-1691). Across these standards we have identified 11 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 686 frameworks.

See how Emerging Risk applies across compliance frameworks

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