Gross Risk
What is Gross Risk?
The total level of risk before any controls, mitigation measures, or risk treatment actions are applied, also known as inherent risk.
Frameworks that govern gross risk
What the standards actually require on gross risk
Requirements naming gross risk across this standard, quoted from the control text.
The company must maintain a risk map: regularly updated documentation to identify, analyse and rank its exposure to external solicitations for corruption, notably by business sector and geography;
french-sapin-ii-law-law-no-2016-1691::17.II.3 · Article 17 II 3°: a documented, regularly updated corruption risk map →Questions people ask about gross risk
What is Gross Risk?
The total level of risk before any controls, mitigation measures, or risk treatment actions are applied, also known as inherent risk.
Why is Gross Risk important for compliance?
Gross Risk is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding gross 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 Gross Risk?
Gross Risk appears in the requirement text of French Sapin II Law (Law No. 2016-1691). Across these standards we have identified 1 control that names it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Gross Risk?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how gross 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.
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