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31 Examples of IT Risks

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IT risk is the potential for losses or strategy failures related to information technology. Generally speaking, IT is ripe with risks due to its overall complexity and speed of change. Information security is often the focus of IT risk management as executive management at many firms are increasingly aware of information security risks. IT risk also includes risk related to operational failure, compliance, financial management and project failure. The following are common IT risks.
Information Security Risk
Data Risk
Data Breach Risk
Strategy Risk
Project Risk
Architecture Risk
Operational Risk
Budget Risk
Cost Risk
Schedule Risk
Performance Risk
Vendor Risk
Partner Risk
Outsourcing Risk
Quality Risk
Incident Risk
Reliability and Resilience Risk
Capacity Risk
Process Risk
Service Risk
Platform Risk
Contract Risk
Facility Risk
Infrastructure Risk
Legacy Technology Risk
Procurement Risk
Audit Risk
Compliance Risk
Regulatory Risk
Business Continuity Risk
Disaster Recovery Risk

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Architecture Risk
Artificial Intelligence Risks
Benefit Shortfall
Budget Risk
Contract Risk
Dark Data
Data Loss
Data Risks
Design Debt
Facility Risk
Infrastructure Risk
Innovation Risk
Integration Risk
IT Gaps
IT Risks
Legacy Systems
Operational Risk
Partner Risk
Process Risk
Procurement Risk
Progress Trap
Project Failure
Project Risk
Quality Risk
Regulatory Risk
Resource Risk
Single Point Of Failure

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John Spacey. "31 Examples of IT Risks." Simplicable. Retrieved June 22, 2026. from https://simplicable.com/IT/it-risks

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