Risk Management and ISO 31000 - A pocket guide

CHAPTER 2: WHAT IS ISO 31000:2018?

In this chapter, we will look at the principles behind ISO 31000 and how these complement other approaches to risk management.

Later chapters will look at some specific ISO 31000 requirements in relation to Annex SL standards, such as ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.

It is important to show that the broad process of considering risk within ISO 31000 follows similar principles the same as many other management systems and, conversely, management systems that operate on risk-based principles can be informed by other systematic approaches to defining and controlling risk. The example we will take is HACCP, but there are a number of others we could have selected.

There is a good reason for taking this approach. The key point ...