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What is Risk
1.
It is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has an effect on at least one of the project's objectives. Objectives may include scope, timing, cost and quality.
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2.
The probability of an undesired event happening.
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3.
The probability of a harmful action (e.g. damage, injury, death or illness) associated with a hazard.
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4.
Risk
is the possibility of loss or injury; someone or something that creates or suggests a hazard.
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5.
connotes a possible negative impact to something of value. It symbolises the probability of a loss.
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6.
The combination of the probability of an event and its negative consequences.
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7.
The likelihood or probability of some consequence seen as undesirable, although the term is often used synonymously with “downside.”
Risk
exposure is calculated as the probability of an undesirable consequence multiplied by its (negative) magnitude.
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8.
The net negative impact of the exercise of vulnerability.
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9.
A
risk
is an event in the present that will become a problem in the future.
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10.
Combination of consequences and probabilities of undesirable event.
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11.
An unsafe situation or condition that practicing journalists are susceptible to get involved in, due to antecedents or circumstances associated with his or her newsgathering job.
Learn more in: Making Sense of Journalists' Safety and Media Freedom in Egypt Between Different Types of Threats and the Ruling Legislative Context: Multi-Analytical study
12.
An estimation of the degree of exposure to a threat that may occur on one or more assets causing damage to an organization.
Learn more in: Dynamic Risk Assessment in IT Environments: A Decision Guide
13.
Risk
is the potential harmful or undesirable consequences (downsides) that might arise in the future from a decision or course of action. Examples in the context of ITO include the release of confidential data, loss of organizational knowledge, and reduced business flexibility.
Learn more in: An Overview of IT Outsourcing in Public-Sector Agencies
14.
The chance of injury, damage, or loss.
Learn more in: Reliability Growth Models for Defect Prediction
15.
The measure of the chance of harm occurring ( Mann & Blunden, 2010 ).
Learn more in: A Framework for Ameliorating Risk in Australian University Crowdfunding
16.
The level of impact on agency operations (including mission, functions, image, or reputation), agency assets, or individuals resulting from the operation of an information system, given the potential impact of a threat and the likelihood of that threat occurring.
Learn more in: Requirements and Life Cycle Model-Based Assessment of NPP I&C Systems Cyber Security and Safety
17.
Is the probability that something undesired happens combined with the expected loss associated with the event.
Learn more in: Threat Modeling and Secure Software Engineering Process
18.
Anything that can have a minor, major or severe effect and has a probability of occurring.
Learn more in: Risk Assessment: Knowledge Management Paradigms, Big Data, and Aviation Policy Making
19.
The potential for an unwanted or adverse outcome resulting from an incident, event, or occurrence, as determined by the likelihood that a particular threat will exploit a particular vulnerability, with the associated consequences.
Learn more in: National Security Policy and Strategy and Cyber Security Risks
20.
Is the possibility of something bad happening.
Risk
involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value, often focusing on negative, undesirable consequences. The international standard definition of
risk
for common understanding in different applications is “effect of uncertainty on objectives.”
Learn more in: Significance of Forensic Accounting Techniques in Corporate Governance: Bibliometric Analysis
21.
Situation involving exposure to danger and/or loss.
Learn more in: Quantifying Economic Uncertainties and Risks in the Oil and Gas Industry
22.
An event that causes damage when it occurs (e.g., fire, explosion, flood, etc.).
Learn more in: The Importance of Employment Injury Insurance and Protection in Managing Occupational Safety and Health of the Workforce
23.
The probability that an actual return on an investment will be lower than the expected return.
Learn more in: Risk-Based Selection of Portfolio: Heuristic Approach
24.
Risk
is the potential of losing something of value. Values can be gained or lost when taking
risk
resulting from a given action, activity and/or inaction, foreseen or unforeseen.
Risk
can also be defined as the intentional interaction with uncertainty, which is a potential, unpredictable, immeasurable and uncontrollable outcome.
Risk
is a consequence of action taken in spite of uncertainty.
Learn more in: Adaptation to Climate Change for Sustainable Development: A Survey
25.
Traditionally is considered to be the likelihood and impact of one or more vulnerabilities being realized.
Learn more in: The Challenge of Adequately Defining Technical Risk
26.
Potential losing or damage perceived which can be real or not.
Learn more in: Risk, Terrorism, and Tourism Consumption: The End of Tourism
27.
Potential danger which is open to the contingency, which means the possibility to be avoided.
Learn more in: Tourism Security: A Conceptual Insight
28.
To take a chance on a possible course of action to achieve a desired result.
Learn more in: Current Scenario of Youth Entrepreneurship in India
29.
Risk
is an undesired outcome that has a known or estimated probability of occurrence and impact based on experience or some theory.
Learn more in: The Strategic Determinants of Shared Services
30.
The possibility of any event occurring that may stop businesses or companies from achieving their strategic, financial and operational goals.
Learn more in: Fuzzy Logic Approach in Risk Assessment
31.
A
risk
is a circumstance or event that has the potential to hinder achievement of objectives or cause harm.
Learn more in: Information Systems Risk Management: An Audit and Control Approach
32.
An uncertainty that an interested event/activity will not meet expected outcome.
Learn more in: A Framework for Risk Management in AI System Development Projects
33.
The probability of a hazard escaping from under control and the severity of the consequences, expressed by the degree of manifestation.
Learn more in: Ensuring the Guaranteed Level of Flight Safety: The View of the Future
34.
Level of exposure to uncertain future events that may damage firms’ financial stability and profitability.
Learn more in: Corporate Governance in Portugal: A Literature Review
35.
A measure of the expected loss of an event. The product of the magnitude of a loss and the probability of its occurrence.
Learn more in: Responsibilities and Liabilities with Respect to Catastrophes
36.
Potential profit or loss arising from a transaction.
Learn more in: Analysis of the Determinants of Initial Trust on a Virtual Leader
37.
Uncertanity about the results of the studies.
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38.
The likelihood of anything unpleasant occurring. Uncertainty regarding the effects/consequences of an activity on something that humans value, with a concentration on negative, unwanted outcomes, is referred to as
risk
.
Learn more in: Cybersecurity Risk: Assessment and Management
39.
Risk
is defined as the potential disaster losses, in lives, health status livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur to a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. Disaster
risk
signifies the possibility of adverse effects in the future ( UNISDR, 2009 AU91: The citation "UNISDR, 2009" matches multiple references. Please add letters (e.g. "Smith 2000a"), or additional authors to the citation, to uniquely match references and citations. ).
Learn more in: Urban Flood Management Under Changing Climate: A Land Use-Based Study of Kochi Urban Area, Kerala
40.
Denotes the potential impact on an attribute of value that a future event may cause. In finances, represents the variability of returns a given investment may have. In the context of this chapter,
risk
is reflected, among other variables, in the uncertainty of the requirements a custom enterprise application may need to fulfill in the future.
Learn more in: The Value of Flexibility
41.
A potential negative result of an action, inaction, or a decision.
Learn more in: The Relationship Between Nigerian University Students' Body Literacy Level and Their Awareness of Embodied Learning
42.
Often defined as the standard deviation of the return on total investment. Degree of uncertainty of return on an asset.
Learn more in: Emerging Market Sovereign Debts as a Means for Profit Maximization and Portfolio Diversification
43.
Possibility to manifest a phenomenon, act, or fact that may cause damage, loss, or may have a negative impact on the activity of an entity.
Learn more in: An International Overview of the Electronic Financial System and the Risks Related to It
44.
is the anticipated troubles while or before adopting an HR SSC
Learn more in: HR Shared Service Centers: From Brand Management Towards Success
45.
Perceptions of uncertainty and adverse consequences of engaging in an activity.
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46.
Possibility to achieve the unintended consequences of some events.
Learn more in: Managerial Decision-Making Process in the Modern Business Conditions in the EU: Importance of Cultural Influence
47.
Possibility to manifest a phenomenon, act, or fact that may cause damage, loss, or may have a negative impact on the activity of an entity.
Learn more in: Fraud Risk Management for Listed Companies' Financial Reporting
48.
The probability of a vulnerability being exploited.
Learn more in: Cybercrimes Technologies and Approaches
49.
Is the potential of gaining or losing something of value.
Learn more in: Determinants of the Readability and Comprehensibility of Risk Disclosures: Evidence From Portuguese Listed Companies
50.
The inability to know in detail all the relevant factors of a problem and to forecast with certainty the outcomes of a decision, due to imperfect and incomplete information.
Learn more in: IT Resources as Risk Mitigators: The Case of Spanish Bankrupt SMEs
51.
Is defined as the probability that a threat to exploit the vulnerabilities of property belonging to the organization and thereby cause injury organization.
Learn more in: Information Security Risk Management in the European Union
52.
Is the exposure to liability in any joint venture or shared leadership role. Thus, effective organizational outcome is dependent on the level of performance, reputation, and information shared among joint venture relationships.
Learn more in: International Joint Ventures at the Crossroads: Building Leadership Bridges
53.
The potential consequences associated with the sharing of private information (i.e., sexts), including the possibility of having private information shared with a third party.
Learn more in: The Influence of Technology on Privacy Boundary Management in Young Adults' Sexting Relationships: A Communication Privacy Management Perspective
54.
A form of uncertainty and potential for that uncertainty that could cause damage or loss to the organization.
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55.
A situation of potential exposure to harm, which may lead to a loss of value in an organization, or a negative impact upon an individual.
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56.
A potential loss or damage when a threat exploits a vulnerability.
Risk
is function of threat and vulnerability and impact.
Learn more in: Crime and Victimization in Cyberspace: A Socio-Criminological Approach to Cybercrime
57.
It is a measure of how open assets are against potential threats.
Learn more in: A Hybrid Asset-Based IT Risk Management Framework
58.
It is defined as an imagined or real danger that paces the integrity of the subject or his group in jeopardy.
Learn more in: The Epistemology of Tourism Security: Methodological Discussions Revolving Around Tourism Security and Safety
59.
Risk
is a threat, a source of uncertainty, a combination of danger and opportunity. It is perceived in a specific cultural and time context.
Learn more in: The Emergence of Biobanks: Between Ethics, Risks, and Governance
60.
A characteristic of the activity that lies in the fact that the result of the activity is uncertain, and in case of failure, there are adverse consequences.
Learn more in: Risk of Business Bankruptcy: The Application of DEA Method – Case Study of Slovak Businesses
61.
A relationship between probability and impact or consequence of a threat or a situation. It may be positive or negative.
Learn more in: Practical Align Overview of the Main Frameworks Used by the Companies to Prevent Cyber Incidents
62.
In business, any factor that has an adverse impact on profitability.
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63.
Probability of a loss; sometimes, the probability of a loss multiplied by the exposure.
Learn more in: IT Continuity in the Face of Mishaps
64.
It is the expected loss due to uncertain random outcomes. A state of uncertainty where some possible outcomes have an undesired effect or significant loss.
Learn more in: Data Guided Public Healthcare Decision Making
65.
can be defined as a function of probability and magnitude of losses.
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66.
Is the probability, depending on how high or low a hazard will cause harm.
Risk
is determined by vulnerable conditions associated with physical surroundings, social setup, environmental factors, or economic factors.
Learn more in: Lessons From COVID-19 Conferring Environmental Re-Engineering Opportunity
67.
In a limited manner, the decision situation in which the full range of possible outcomes are known with certainty and the probability of their occurrence can be assessed accurately, usually by some objective means (e.g., rolling the dice is a classic
risk
decision situation). More usually, the probabilities must be assessed subjectively, often based on previous experiences or intuition, and the outcomes themselves may not be fully identifiable. The term “
risk
” is used commonly to generally define decision situations that are really a combination of classical
risk
and uncertainty that is, the more normal decision situation in organizations.
Learn more in: Risk Management in the Digital Economy
68.
Implies that a particular activity will not be successfully performed because there is a lack of control over that activity, which can cause consequences and has to be removed from that activity.
Learn more in: Supervising System and Business Control of Local Self-Government Units in Performance Audit Function
69.
The possibility of something failure happening.
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70.
Event which can deviate the organization in achieving its objectives.
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71.
A probability or threat of damage, injury, liability, loss, or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities, and that may be avoided through preemptive action.
Learn more in: Effects of Economic and Political Risks on Foreign Direct Investment: A Panel Data Analysis in MENA Region
72.
The inability to make perfect forecasts about future facts, e.g. the outcomes of an investment or the consequences of a decision, because available information is incomplete.
Learn more in: Financial Risk and Financial Imbalances: Does Information Technology Matter?
73.
According to ISO 31000:2009, a global
risk
management standard, authored by the International Standards Organization,
risk
can be described as the ‘effect of uncertainty on objectives’. In this definition, ‘
risk
’ is considered as a symmetric concept: with a potential for a gain and a loss.
Learn more in: Estimating Risk with Copulas
74.
The chance of a loss or the degree of probability of such loss.
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75.
A conceptual device, produced by political vision and consolidated by city's one, through which authority uses power in function of an increasingly worse future scenario.
Learn more in: The Immune Space: Monitoring Narratives in Contemporary Pandemic
76.
Is more than is more than physical damages, financial losses, and criminal sanctions. Using the technologies in contradiction to ethical principles is a techno-ethical
risk
or ethical
risk
. There are also speculative
risk
(if the outcome of ethical actions will bring about gains and unethical actions will yield a loss), dynamic
risk
(if the chance of occurrence is associated with technological change or change in general including man-made change).
Learn more in: Hexa-Dimension Metric, Ethical Matrix, and Cybersecurity
77.
Degree of probability of a hazard or chance of loss occurrence.
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78.
The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
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79.
An uncertain event or situation that if occurs, may have a positive or negative impact on project´s objectives and/or goals.
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80.
Potential of loss, exposure to danger
Learn more in: Shapes of Threats in the Global South: An Exploration of Social Imagery
81.
The possibility of any event occurring that may stop businesses or companies from achieving their strategic, financial and operational goals.
Learn more in: Fuzzy Logic Approach in Risk Assessment
82.
An unsafe situation or condition that a practicing journalist gets involved in due to antecedents or circumstances associated with his or her newsgathering job.
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83.
Is the potential exposure to an unexpected event or unintended situation or outcome.
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84.
An individual or organization’s exposure to a chance of loss or damage.
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85.
A probability or threat of hazard, damage, loss, or any negative event that is caused by vulnerabilities.
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86.
The unexpected situations that can cause undesirable or negative consequences.
Learn more in: Fuzzy Hybrid FMEA for Risk Assessment in Service Industry: An Integrated Intuitionistic Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS Approach
87.
Probability of occurrence of a harm, damage and loss.
Learn more in: Sustainability, Risk, and Business Intelligence in Supply Chains
88.
Communication: Interaction process, exchange and dissemination of real-time information to the public about threatening health, social or economic situations. The main purpose of the communication is to support the people at
risk
and to help informed decisions.
Learn more in: Health Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hungary
89.
“
Risk
refers to a possibility of loss, the loss itself, or any characteristic, object, or action that is associated with that possibility” ( Kontio, 2001 ).
Learn more in: Project-Based Software Risk Management Approaches
90.
Effect of uncertainty.
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91.
Refers to the potential of losing something of value.
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92.
A combination of the likelihood of occurrence and the consequences of the occurrence.
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93.
The possibility of an event impacting an organization’s objectives. Usually considered to be composed of the probability combined with the severity or impact of loss events. Mathematically, a
risk
index can be represented as a convolution integral over the event probability distribution of the impact distribution. In practical approaches, events are often categorized according to causes and business areas and
risk
scores are estimated on several levels of detail.
Learn more in: Emerging Standards and Protocols for Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management
94.
Connotes a possible negative impact to something of value. It symbolises the probability of a loss.
Learn more in: Analyzing Diffusion and Value Creation Dimensions of a Business Case of Replacing Enterprise Systems
95.
A feeling of dread that one will not be able to control an adverse outcome.
Learn more in: A Safer Place for Women: Online Education
96.
Degree of probability of a hazard or chance of loss occurrence.
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97.
When the outcome of an event is uncertain, but one is aware of the probabilities of each outcome, the outcome is said to possess
risk
.
Learn more in: Social Media Analytics for Maintaining Financial Stability
98.
Probability of harm.
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99.
Perceptions of uncertainty and adverse consequences of engaging in an activity.
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100.
It is a situation that can influence the project goals and outcomes, depending upon the probability of occurrence and impact of loss. This impact cannot be completely eliminated, but if well managed it can be reduced.
Learn more in: Are Risks in IT Global and Local Projects the Same?: Systematic Literature Review of the Last 20 Years
101.
The uncertainty involved in the possibility of an event occurring.
Learn more in: Importance of Risk Management and Risk Management Process
102.
is the possibility of harm or loss to any software, information, hardware, administrative, physical, communications, or personnel resource.
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103.
An activity, connected with uncertainty overcoming in a stark choice situation, where there is a possibility of numerical and qualitative estimation of supposed result achievement probability, failure, and divagations from the purpose.
Learn more in: The Usage of GIS in Realizing Engineering Education Quality
104.
The possibility of an adverse situation or event occuring.
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105.
The direct or indirect undesirable consequences of controllable or uncontrollable events which affect an individual, a section of individuals or a society at large.
Learn more in: Risk and Risk Aversion in Supply Chain Management
106.
A possibility of being infected with a disease.
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107.
Probability of an event happening and its negative results (costs) for the related actors.
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108.
A
risk
is an activity or event that if it occurs, can cause compromise the success of a project.
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109.
The possibility of unexpected variation in the expected results is called
risk
.
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110.
Effect of uncertainty on objectives.
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111.
Is the probability, depending on how high or low a hazard will cause harm.
Risk
is determined by vulnerable conditions associated with physical surroundings, social setup, environmental factors, or economic factors.
Learn more in: Interplay Consequences of COVID-19 on Global Environmental Sustainability
112.
Exposure to the chance of injury or loss; a hazard or dangerous chance. It refers also to the degree of probability of a loss. The type of loss can be as life, fire, marine disaster, earthquake, etc.
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113.
Can be defined as “the diversion of actual result from the expected”.
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114.
Potential danger which is open to the contingency, which means the possibility to be avoided.
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115.
Possibility of a mishap or misfortune, of someone or something suffering harm or damage. Situation in which that possibility can occur.
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116.
The possibility of the loss of the reality principle and the disappearance of the public man.
Learn more in: The Society of the Digital Swarm: Microblogging and Construction of Subjectivity in Homo Digitalis
117.
Connotes a possible negative impact to something of value. It symbolises the probability of a loss.
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