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About the Open Risk Manual
The Open Risk Manual is an open online repository of information about Risk Management in all its forms. The Manual is developed and maintained by Open Risk. Our objective is to create a comprehensive, detailed, authoritative collection of risk management resources that are easily accessible by anybody, anywhere - well, network access is currently required! You can read more about the Open Risk Manual concept here.
Support the Maintenance and Development of the Open Risk Manual
Help us keeping the Open Risk Manual going and expanding the breadth and depth of its coverage. You can now donate any amount using the Support the Manual button on the top navigation bar.
Get Involved!
- As part of our plan to make the Open Risk Manual as widely accessible and usable as possible, we are deploying an Android app version. If you are interestested in this functionality you can try out the app during the open testing period. Feedback is most welcome!
- You can provide short anonymous feedback on any page by clicking on the "Help improve this page" box at the end of every page.
- Questions? Check the Frequently Asked Questions for answers to common issues.
- Join the community at the Open Risk Commons
- Alternatively you can also post and discuss pages in our Reddit Channel or our mastodon Open Risk Fediverse Account
Latest Updates
- Information Technology (Update)
- NACE 2.1 Classification (New Taxonomy)
- Supply Chain Risk (New Category)
- Business Impact Analysis (Category Update)
- LGD Models (Category Update)
- OECD Climate Actions and Policies Measurement Framework (New Category)
- SDMX (New Category)
- Sustainability Risk (New Category)
- Dates And Times (Reorganized Category)
Featured Categories
The tables below organize some of the currently available risk manual articles in a convenient set of categories. Keep in mind that an article can appear in several categories (and there are many more categories than those in the tables). Would you like to recommend a new category? Use the feedback button at the bottom of the page!
Sustainability
These categories focus on new developments such as new markets, new products or emerging risks linked to the sustainability transition
Credit Portfolio Management
The Credit Portfolio Management category covers all things credit. From the assessment of credit risk, the functioning and setup of firms granting credit to the relevant regulation and accounting standards.
Information Technology and Quantitative Tools
IT and Quantitative tools are indispensable in risk management and this collection of articles aims to make it easy to review the state-of-the-art in each area
General Risk Management and Regulation
General topics that touch all aspects of risk management
Offline Functionality
We are rolling out a new feature that aims to support offline availability of some of the Open Risk Manual content. The approach is to generate PDF files from a selection of entries. First examples are available from the
- Data Privacy,
- GHG Protocol and
- Cyber Risk categories.
The collection of such "pdf books" is also be available on a dedicated github repository. NB: The present collection is experimental and limited in both scope and presentation.
Graphical Browsers
Besides searching for articles by keyword, the Open Risk Manual offers a number of options to browse using visual category trees
- Browse by Risk Type, as classified according to a Risk Taxonomy
- Browse using the Periodic Table of Risk, with a focus on elementary causes of risk
Open Risk Academy Courses
Follow up with more in-depth exploration of topics at the Open Risk Academy. The following is the catalog of available courses (open and free - but registration is required).
Open Risk White Papers
Dive with us into a variety of technical topics.
Open Risk Blog Posts
Announcement, commentary, demos and other topics discussed at Open Risk Blog Posts
Further Open Risk Resources
Explore Further Open Risk Resources for a variety of tools and other content relevant for risk management and sustainable finance.
