Global risk & resilience outlook 2026
The report outlines an “expanding risk zone” in 2026, where frequent, fast-moving and interconnected threats overwhelm traditional business continuity and demand integrated organizational resilience. It highlights ten critical risks: cyberattacks and systemic cyber risk, AI’s dual edge, climate-driven natural disasters, geopolitical conflict, supply-chain shocks, misinformation, regulatory fragmentation, macro‑financial instability, talent shortages and overlapping polycrises. Survey data show half of organisations lack a formal critical event management strategy and many never test plans, revealing major gaps in training, technology and crisis communications. The report proposes a five‑stage resilience strategy and high‑velocity critical event management to move from reaction to anticipation
Risk Outlook 2026 – International SOS
Risk Outlook 2026 depicts a world where volatility is the normal operating environment, with converging security, health and geopolitical pressures testing organisational resilience. A global survey of 860 leaders highlights intersecting drivers of uncertainty, including geopolitical tensions, cyber crime, economic instability, extreme weather, mental health risks and misinformation, all intensifying pressure on workforces. Nearly half of risk specialists report increased interconnectedness of threats, with security and medical issues now rarely separable in crises. International SOS stresses intelligent, continuous preparedness that fuses advanced analytics, AI and expert judgement to protect people, sustain continuity and turn uncertainty into strategic advantage.
WEF Global Risk Report – 2026
The 2026 Global Risks Report warns that an age of intense global competition is eclipsing multilateral cooperation, driving uncertainty and systemic fragility. Geoeconomic confrontation and state-based armed conflict dominate short‑term risks, while economic downturn, debt burdens and asset bubbles intensify concern over financial stability. Societal polarization, fuelled by inequality and mis/disinformation, is eroding trust, weakening social contracts and pressuring democratic institutions. Environmental risks fall down the two‑year agenda but remain the most severe over a 10‑year horizon, as extreme weather, ecosystem degradation and stressed infrastructure threaten long‑term resilience.
State of Trust Report – 2024
Trust is critical to the success of every business. But building, scaling, and demonstrating trust is getting harder for organizations. To meet customer expectations, security leaders and their teams must address complex threats, a growing compliance burden, and increasing risk from their third party vendor footprint. The rapid adoption of AI technologies only adds to the challenge, requiring more oversight and governance.
Global Risks Report – 2025
The Global Risks Report 2025 presents the findings of the Global Risks Perception Survey 2024- 2025 (GRPS), which captures insights from over 900 experts worldwide. The report analyses global risks through three timeframes to support decisionmakers in balancing current crises and longer-term priorities.
Assessment of Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Proliferation Financing Risk in the Banking Sector
The Prudential Authority (PA) of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) is responsible for anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism
(AML/CFT) supervision of banks, mutual banks and life insurers. As such, the PA
assesses the risks related to these aspects. It embarked on its second banking
sector risk assessment by surveying 34 banks in March 2021.
2023 Chief Risk Officer Survey – Navigation compounding Threats and Opportunities in a Fast Moving World
Volatile market conditions. Geopolitical instability. Rapid innovation and technological change. Increased business transformation and digitisation. Mounting compliance requirements. Stakeholder attention on environmental and social issues. Across industries, organisations are facing more threats and operating in an increasingly complex risk landscape.
Cyber Risk Survey – South Africa – 2023
The survey offers commentary on the future direction of cybersecurity given the rapidly evolving manner of the risk, it’s solutions and legislative policies, to provide forward looking guidance to organisations. With the changes to the velocity and severity of the risk drivers associated with cyber, organisations should consider the following:
1.Is there sufficient awareness of the risk, from a governance perspective?
2.Is there sufficient protection against it, from a business resilience perspective?
3.Is there sufficient balance sheet protection?
Emerging Risks Key Findings – 2023 Survey
The 16th Survey of Emerging Risks follows trends about risks that go beyond the normal planning cycle, using the wisdom of crowds concept to apply foresight to potential future scenarios. It is sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Questions are both quantitative and qualitative, encouraging consistency from year to year by maintaining response options and showing how risk management practices are evolving. The survey results, especially the comments, give risk managers a way to network anonymously with peers and how they think about risk.
Emerging Risks Key Findings – 2024 Survey
The 17th Survey of Emerging Risks compiles trends about risks that extend longer than a time horizon used for the normal planning cycle, using the foresight of risk managers to identify relative changes to responses across consistent topics. It is sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Questions are both quantitative and qualitative, maintaining response options and showing how risk management practices are evolving. The survey results, especially the comments, provide risk managers a way to network with peers.