ISO 31000 - Risk Management Principles and Guidelines

Organizations of all types and sizes around the world face internal and external factors and influences that make it uncertain whether and when they will achieve their objectives. The effect this uncertainty has on an organization’s objectives is risk.

ISO 31000 is an international standard issued in 2009 by ISO (International Organization for Standardization), and it is intended to serve as a guide for the design, implementation and maintenance of risk management.

This White Paper describes the key clauses of ISO 31000 along with the links between ISO 31000 with other standards, its benefits, the certification path and more.