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ISO 31000 and COSO, appetite and tolerance, registers and the Three Lines Model

Enterprise risk management and risk frameworks

Enterprise risk management states how an organisation identifies, assesses, treats and reports its risks as one process.

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Enterprise risk management and risk frameworks, drawn as uncertainty bands: 0 primary courses open, 3 in preparation, 0 approved for authoring and 1 also taught here, across 8 subtopics. Courses: RAF-107 L1 in preparation, RAF-108 L1 in preparation, RAS-415 L4 in preparation, RAT-207 L2 also taught here.
Enterprise risk management and risk frameworks at a glance. Drawn as uncertainty bands.
  • Open, 0
  • In preparation, 3
  • Also taught here, 1
  • Subtopics, 8
Course codes from the curriculum; study levels L1 to L4.
Twin builder and simulatorThe central Apennines: L'Aquila, Amatrice and Norcia4 twin generators, 8 layers, 4 instruments
courses open now
0
in preparation
3
subtopics in its scope
8
reference earthquakes, M6.2 to M6.6
3

Twin figures for the central Apennines: L'Aquila, Amatrice and Norcia, counted from its layers at their stated dates.

Twin builder and simulator.

For Enterprise risk management and risk frameworks: the faculty's twin of L'Aquila on the planet map, the globe and in 3D. Pick a generator, switch layers, run the instruments; every layer prints its provider and date.

The central Apennines: L'Aquila, Amatrice and Norcia: a flat plan of the faculty twin. Terrain 24 to 2,805 m; 3 reference earthquakes, M6.2 to M6.6; Earthquakes M4.5 and above, past week (live): live, loads in the twin; USGS ShakeMap intensity contours: live, loads in the twin. Contours every 500 metres from the elevation grid; reference earthquakes as marks.
The central Apennines: L'Aquila, Amatrice and Norcia, Italy. Flat plan of the same data: relief, the three reference epicentres with magnitude and depth, and the numbers below; the sampler's figure shows one precomputed field with its parameters. The 3D twin opens on devices with WebGL once its data and library have been checked.
  • Terrain 24 to 2,805 m
  • 3 reference earthquakes, M6.2 to M6.6
  • Earthquakes M4.5 and above, past week (live): live, loads in the twin
  • USGS ShakeMap intensity contours: live, loads in the twin
Credits and dates per layer are listed under the stage. Relief in the twin is exaggerated ×1.5 for legibility.

Drag to move, right drag or Shift with a drag to turn and tilt, Ctrl with the wheel to zoom. Keyboard: arrows move, Shift with arrows turn and tilt, + and - zoom, 0 resets, V steps through the views, Escape clears.

Flat plan of the same data: relief, the three reference epicentres with magnitude and depth, and the numbers below; the sampler's figure shows one precomputed field with its parameters. The 3D twin opens on devices with WebGL once its data and library have been checked.

The map loads from this site as it nears the view (MapLibre 6.9.1, checked by hash).

The discipline in brief.

The discipline teaches the principles, framework and process of ISO 31000:2018 (under revision at ISO/TC 262), emerging risks under ISO 31050:2023, enterprise risk management under COSO (2017), risk appetite and tolerance, risk registers and taxonomies with owners and criteria, the Three Lines Model of 2020, ERM maturity and reporting risk to boards, with the twin's fitted values and their standard errors as the running example of a figure a register has to carry with its uncertainty. A graduate can design a register, set an appetite statement a board can test, and report against it.

This area covers the principles, framework and process of risk management for an organisation as set out in ISO 31000, enterprise risk management under COSO, risk appetite and tolerance, registers and taxonomies, and the Three Lines Model as the frame that the other risk disciplines plug into. It is taught in the department of Risk Management, Faculty of Risk Science and Methods, through 3 courses with it as primary discipline and 1 more that also teach it.

What the discipline covers.

8 subtopics, taught across its courses and labs.

Courses
0 open, 3 in preparation
Levels
L1 Introductory, L4 Integrative
Labs
Network lab
  • ISO 31000 principles and process
  • COSO enterprise risk management
  • Risk appetite and tolerance
  • Risk registers and taxonomies
  • The Three Lines Model
  • Integrating risk disciplines
  • ERM maturity
  • Reporting risk to boards

What is changing now.

Recent developments in enterprise risk management and risk frameworks, each with its source; sources checked on 16 October 2026. Summaries are short readings of the source; follow the link for the full account.

The faculty hub.

News and research as they are published, per discipline, with the faculty's other tools.

The newest research, preprints, news and humanitarian reports for Enterprise risk management and risk frameworks, each with its source and date, load here. Open the research and news hub

Frameworks and standards it works with.

From the Academy's risk taxonomy: the discipline's own entries and those of its primary courses, with how many courses teach each.

Frameworks and standards

  1. COSO Enterprise Risk Management framework1 course
  2. COSO Internal Control framework1 course
  3. ISO 31000 risk management guidelines1 course
  4. Three Lines Model1 course

Methods and practice

  1. Decision analysis1 course
  2. Qualitative risk assessment tools1 course
  3. Scenario analysis and stress testing1 course

3 in preparation.

No course with this primary discipline is open yet; these are planned, so you can prepare with the courses also taught here.

Courses from other disciplines.

These courses count in their own primary discipline and also teach this one; they do not count towards its achievement as primary courses.

Also taught here1 courses that count in another discipline

  1. RAT-207Quantitative Risk ModellingIn preparationTechnical, L2 Intermediate, 12 hours (estimate), primary in Quantitative risk analysis and statistics

Where the subject is worked on.

Cited as places where the subject is practised; the institutions named are sources here, and Risk Academy hosts every course.

The two Foundry systems where it is practised.

  • Nexus FoundryNexus systemPortfolio exposure and readinessPortfolios room
  • NSF systemAssurance of risk controlsAssurance room

Nexus Foundry system pages describe what each system and its rooms are designed to do; they are not a service on offer, and studying here gives no access to them.

How the subject is practised in labs.

LabWhat you do in itCourses using it
Network labBuild dependency graphs, find critical nodes, trace cascades1

What you can earn here.

Pathways that teach it.

Terms used on this page.

Enterprise risk management and risk frameworks

Prepare with a related course.

Open courses in connected disciplines teach the methods this discipline will build on.

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