Horizon scanning

Risk management - risk identification.

Horizon scanning includes:

• Examining information to identify potential threats, risks and emerging issues.

• Exploring what the future might look like to understand uncertainties better and to analyse whether the organisation is adequately prepared.

(Source - Institute of Risk Management)

See also

• Black swan
• Fat tail
• Guide to risk management
• Probability
• Redundancy
• Resilience
• Risk
• Stress test

External link

Horizon Scanning: A Practitioner's Guide - Institute of Risk Management