risikorelevante

Risikorelevante describes information, factors, events, or conditions that influence risk assessment. It refers to elements that change the likelihood of an adverse outcome or the severity of its impact, or that affect the adequacy of existing controls. In practice, something is deemed risk-relevant if it must be considered when estimating risk or deciding how to manage it.

Used across domains such as finance, health and safety, information technology and cybersecurity, environmental risk, project management, and data protection, risikorelevante factors guide prioritization and resource allocation for mitigations and monitoring. They can be quantitative (probabilities, loss amounts) or qualitative (signals indicating risk). Identification typically relies on risk assessment methods such as risk matrices, scenario analysis, threat modeling, and evaluations of control effectiveness.

Examples include: in finance, a borrower’s credit history is risk-relevant; in healthcare, patient age and comorbidities are risk-relevant for treatment decisions; in IT security, a vulnerability with high exploitability is risk-relevant for patching priorities; in data processing, handling of sensitive data is risk-relevant for privacy impact assessments.

Relation to other concepts: risikorelevante factors are related to risk factors, materiality, and material risk. The term emphasizes relevance to risk evaluation rather than overall importance; in some contexts, material risk or materiality is used to denote significance for decision making or regulatory reporting.

Etymology and usage: The term is common in Scandinavian risk management discourse and is often translated as “risk-relevant” in English.