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IEC 31010

IEC 31010 Risk Management — Risk Assessment Techniques — IEC (TC 56, Dependability)

Also known as: IEC 31010, ISO 31010, ISO/IEC 31010, IEC 31010:2019, ISO/IEC 31010:2009, Risk assessment techniques

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Current version
IEC 31010:2019
Published 13 June 2019. source
Status
In force
Next deadline
None announced
Who must comply
Anyone selecting and applying techniques for assessing risk, in a wide range of situations, as part of managing risk. source
How it is assessed
Guidance used alongside a risk management process such as ISO 31000. source
Written by
Published by IEC as a double logo standard with ISO; IEC lists its technical committee TC 56, Dependability. source
Enforced by
A voluntary standard with no legal requirements of its own. source
Last change
None recorded yet

The companion to ISO 31000: where ISO 31000 states the principles of risk management, this one catalogues the techniques an assessment may actually use, from bow-tie analysis to Monte Carlo simulation. Auditors reach for it when they want to know whether a risk assessment method was chosen or improvised.

Recent changes

No changes recorded yet — we are watching, and nothing has been published.

Key dates

No upcoming dates
  1. IEC 31010:2019 is published and the 2009 edition is withdrawn

Version history

  1. IEC 31010:2019 Major versionCurrent

    Second edition and a technical revision, cancelling and replacing the 2009 first edition. source

    More
    • More detail on planning, implementing, verifying and validating the use of the techniques.
    • The number and range of application of the techniques was increased.
    • The concepts covered in ISO 31000 are no longer repeated.
  2. IEC/ISO 31010:2009 Major version

    First edition; replaced, with a withdrawal date of 13 June 2019. source

Who it applies to

A guide to choosing and using risk assessment techniques, for any organization that assesses risk.

What it covers
Guidance on the selection and application of techniques for assessing risk, used to assist decisions under uncertainty and to inform particular risks. source
Technique summaries
Summaries of a range of techniques, with references to other documents that describe them in more detail. source
Stability date
The IEC lists a stability date of 2027 for the current edition. source

How compliance is assessed

Guidance used alongside a risk management process such as ISO 31000.

Use
The techniques are used as part of a process for managing risk; the concepts of ISO 31000 are not repeated in this standard. source

Enforcement and penalties

A voluntary standard with no legal requirements of its own.

Legal force
ISO standards are voluntary and contain no contractual, legal or statutory requirements. source

Documents

  1. Standard IEC 31010:2019 Risk management — Risk assessment techniques (catalogue entry; paid standard)
  2. Standard IEC/ISO 31010:2009 (replaced edition)

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