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ATTENUATION RISQUES [3 records]

Record 1 2026-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Organization Planning
OBS

Privacy breach risk mitigation is a practice that an organization applies when handling personal information under its control. This practice is intended to reduce risks and their potential impact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Planification d'organisation
OBS

L'atténuation des risques d'atteinte à la vie privée est une pratique qu'une organisation applique lorsqu'elle traite les renseignements personnels qu'elle détient. Cette pratique vise la réduction des risques et leur incidence possible.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

De-risking refers to financial institutions closing the accounts of clients perceived as high risk for money laundering or terrorist financing abuse, namely money service businesses, nonprofit organizations, correspondent banks, and foreign embassies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
  • Security
  • Emergency Management
  • Occupational Health and Safety
DEF

A process involving measures to reduce the scale, duration or probability of eventual adverse effects of hazards as well as the vulnerability of persons, structures, services and economic activities to these hazards.

CONT

Risk reduction includes the improvement of building standards, flood plain zoning, land use planning, the diversification of crops and the planting of windbreaks.

OBS

risk reduction; risk mitigation: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

PHR

risk reduction awareness, risk reduction incentive, risk reduction method.

Key term(s)
  • risk minimisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Sécurité
  • Gestion des urgences
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
DEF

Processus qui comprend des mesures visant à réduire l'étendue, la durée ou la probabilité d'effets néfastes éventuels des dangers ainsi que la vulnérabilité de personnes, de structures, de services et d'activités économiques à ces dangers.

CONT

La réduction des risques comprend l'amélioration des normes de construction, le zonage de plaines inondables et la planification de l'exploitation des terres, la diversification des cultures agricoles et la plantation de brise-vent.

OBS

réduction des risques; atténuation des risques : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

PHR

sensibilisation à l'atténuation des risques; mesure incitant à la réduction des risques

PHR

méthode pour la réduction des risques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de organización
  • Seguridad
  • Gestión de emergencias
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
PHR

Concientización sobre la reducción de riesgos. Incentivo para, método para la reducción de riesgos.

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