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Risk Averse

nounid 3910·updated May 9, 2026
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Avoiding risk even if this leads to the loss of opportunity. For example, using a (more expensive) phone call vs. sending an e-mail in order to avoid risks associated with e-mail may be considered "Risk Averse"

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Classifications

Entity Type

Requirement60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Risk Averses
possessive
Risk Averse's
pluralpossessive
Risk Averses'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
Avoiding risk even if this leads to the loss of opportunity. For example, using a (more expensive) phone call vs. sending an e-mail in order to avoid risks associated with e-mail may be considered "Risk Averse"
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
Avoiding risk even if this leads to the loss of opportunity. For example, using a (more expensive) phone call vs. sending an e-mail in order to avoid risks associated with e-mail may be considered "Risk Averse"
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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