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AI Risk Management Toolkit

8 Sep 2026

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Outline · 279 paragraphs

  1. AI Risk Management Toolkit: guidance¶1
  2. Purpose of the toolkit¶3
  3. About AI risk assessment tools¶11
  4. Using these tools¶25
  5. AI risk identification¶40
  6. AI risk appetite¶55
  7. Quantifying AI risks¶59
  8. Quantifying risk likelihood¶63
  9. Historical data analysis¶68
  10. Model analysis¶70
  11. Expert judgement¶72
  12. Experimentation and monitoring¶74
  13. Quantifying risk impact¶76
  14. AI risks and treatment options¶79
  15. Additional resources¶87
  16. AI Standards and the AI Standards Hub¶88
  17. Appendix 1: Risk Identification Questions¶91
  18. Risk Category: Financial¶92
  19. Risk Category: Legal and regulatory compliance¶111
  20. Risk Category: Appropriate transparency and explainability¶127
  21. Risk Category: Fairness¶154
  22. Risk Category: Accountability and governance¶180
  23. Risk Category: Contestability and redress¶195
  24. Risk Category: Technical robustness¶208
  25. Risk Category: Security¶228
  26. Risk Category: Environment and People¶256
  27. Appendix 2: Risk Appetite Level Definition¶270
  28. Appendix 3: List of potential risk impacts¶272
  29. Impact Categories¶273
  30. Table setting out impact scores for each quantified impact.¶275
  31. Impact Categories¶276
  32. Appendix 4: Risk treatment suggestions¶278