Risk Tolerance
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1. Risk Tolerance is the amount of risk an organization is willing to accept or be exposed to.
Risk Tolerance in Operational Resilience: Notes (1): is the level of risk or uncertainty deemed acceptable to an organization. Notes (2): has a range of specified results. A high-risk tolerance means the organization is willing to take greater risks, and low-risk tolerance means they are unwilling to take high risks.
Related Term: Risk Acceptance, Risk Treatment, Residual Risk, Risk Appetite
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2. Total amount of risk that an organization is prepared to accept, tolerate, or be exposed to at any point in time.
(Source: ISO 22399:2007 – Societal Security - Guideline for Incident Preparedness and Operational Continuity Management) - clause 3.41