risk management

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noun

the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.

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Origin of risk management

First recorded in 1960–65

OTHER WORDS FROM risk management

risk manager, noun

Words nearby risk management

risk aversion, risk-benefit, risk capital, risk factor, risk life and limb, risk management, risktaker, risky, Risorgimento, risotto, risqué

How to use risk management in a sentence

They have been around long enough to understand — and put into place — risk management and crisis planning, including what happens should their leaders fall victim to the proverbial milk truck.
For tech firms, the risk of not preparing for leadership changes is huge|Ram Iyer|July 30, 2021|TechCrunch
Niall has decades of experience in managing global security, compliance and risk management programs for financial institutions, cloud providers and technology services companies.
As cybersecurity evolves, so should your board|MIT Technology Review Insights|June 2, 2021|MIT Technology Review
She had planned to return to Australia, where she works in risk management at a bank, on May 14.
After Australia Banned Its Citizens in India From Coming Home, Many Ask: Who Is Really Australian?|Amy Gunia|May 19, 2021|Time
These include new business models, mergers and acquisitions, and major technology changes, such as automating financial and risk management processes.
New business models, big opportunity: Retail|MIT Technology Review Insights|April 12, 2021|MIT Technology Review

We must look at risk management, rather than waiting for a risk-free environment.
San Diego Schools Should Honor the April 12 Reopening Date|John Lee Evans|March 9, 2021|Voice of San Diego
First, his credentials: He did international mergers and acquisitions at Lazard, a financial and asset management firm.
Sen. Warren’s Main Street Crusade to Pressure Clinton|Eleanor Clift|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Obsessive exercising and inadequate nutrition can, over time, put people at high risk for overuse injuries like stress fractures.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Together, the teams are working 24 hours a day for a product that promises much higher risk than it does profit.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
That apparently includes some members of the management of the airport itself and some air traffic controllers.
Annoying Airport Delays Might Prevent You From Becoming the Next AirAsia 8501|Clive Irving|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Ironically, the play deals with the ‘management’ of information by the Establishment.
Harry’s Daddy, and Diana’s ‘Murder’: Royal Rumors In a New Play|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With the management of these, however, the Earl of Pit Town did not trouble himself.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Tobacco requires a great deal of skill and trouble in the right management of it.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
But a lawyer who needed the wherewithal finally condescended to risk the task, and into it he plunged.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Odd differences, reflecting differences of intelligence, show themselves in the management of this diagram of the human face.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The financial condition of the applying bank or trust company and the general character of its management.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips