Residual risk
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
The risk to the achievement of objectives that remains after management's response has been designed and implemented.
polysemousMWETSP Section 100
Senses
ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary
The remaining risk after management has implemented a risk response
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
The amount of risk remaining after the implementation of controls.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
The remaining potential risk after all IT security measures are applied. There is a residual risk associated with each threat.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2sense 2 pending review
Portion of risk remaining after security measures have been applied.
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Residual risks
- possessive
- Residual risk's
- pluralpossessive
- Residual risks'