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Risk Profile

What is Risk Profile?

A comprehensive description of an organization's overall risk exposure, including the types, levels, and distribution of risks across the enterprise.

Risk Management

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

What the standards actually require on risk profile

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

L0 applies where no MOD Identifiable Information is processed and no additional cyber controls beyond standard contract terms are required.

DEFSTAN-L0 · Risk Profile L0 Not Applicable

As part of business and strategic planning the entity must assess the impact of its business and strategic decisions on its operational risk profile and operational resilience, including the impact of new products, services, geographies and technologies.

CPS230-P26 · Assessment of Business and Strategic Decisions on the Risk Profile
Solvency II4 controls

Description of each risk category, risk exposure, concentration, mitigation, and sensitivity analysis. Stress testing and scenario results.

SII-P3-07 · SFCR Section C: Risk Profile

Score inherent risk arising from online and mobile delivery channels including ATM operations and number of customers served.

FFIEC-CAT-IRP-2 · Inherent Risk Profile - Delivery Channels

The institution must designate a person as Chief Risk Officer responsible for the risk management function, who must be involved in and have authority to effectively challenge activities and decisions that could materially affect the institution risk profile.

CPS220-09 · Designation of a Chief Risk Officer

Determine scope and applicability of the OCC Heightened Standards per 12 CFR Part 30 Appendix D Section I and the OCC Heightened Standards for Large Banks final rule (effective November 2014 + revisions).

OCCHS-1 · Scope, Applicability, and Definitions of Heightened Standards

Questions people ask about risk profile

What is Risk Profile?
A comprehensive description of an organization's overall risk exposure, including the types, levels, and distribution of risks across the enterprise.
Why is Risk Profile important for compliance?
Risk Profile is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding risk profile 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 Risk Profile?
Risk Profile appears in the requirement text of UK Defence Standard 05-138 - Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers, APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management, Solvency II, FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT), APRA CPS 220 Risk Management. Across these standards we have identified 32 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Risk Profile?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how risk profile 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.

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