CRISC · Question #440
Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective of a risk awareness program?
The correct answer is B. To enhance organizational risk culture. The primary objective of a risk awareness program is to cultivate a strong organizational risk culture where employees understand and actively contribute to risk management.
Question
Which of the following is the PRIMARY objective of a risk awareness program?
Options
- ATo demonstrate senior management support
- BTo enhance organizational risk culture
- CTo increase awareness of risk mitigation controls
- DTo clearly define ownership of risk
How the community answered
(36 responses)- A6% (2)
- B92% (33)
- C3% (1)
Why each option
The primary objective of a risk awareness program is to cultivate a strong organizational risk culture where employees understand and actively contribute to risk management.
Demonstrating senior management support is a prerequisite for a successful program and part of effective change management, but it is not the program's primary objective itself.
A well-designed risk awareness program fosters a positive and proactive risk culture by ensuring all employees understand their roles, responsibilities, and the importance of risk management. By instilling this cultural mindset, the program helps embed risk considerations into daily activities and decision-making, making risk management an integral part of the organization's operations and ultimately strengthening its overall resilience.
Increasing awareness of controls is a component of a risk awareness program, but the broader and more fundamental goal is to improve the overall risk culture, which encompasses more than just controls.
Clearly defining risk ownership is a governance activity, typically handled by risk management functions, and while awareness programs might reinforce it, it's not their primary objective to establish ownership.
Concept tested: Objective of risk awareness programs
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-50/final
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