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title: "Key risk indicator (KRI)"
description: "A metric that shows whether a risk is moving towards the edge of appetite (unregistered AI found, open exceptions by age, override rates), as distinct from a key performance indicator, which shows…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/key-risk-indicator-kri
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-24
---

# Key risk indicator (KRI)

A metric that shows whether a risk is moving towards the edge of appetite (unregistered AI found, open exceptions by age, override rates), as distinct from a key performance indicator, which shows whether the programme is doing its job.

- Developed in: [ch. 12, KPIs and KRIs for leadership and the board](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governance-program#kpis-and-kris-for-leadership-and-the-board)
- Chapters: [ch. 12, Governance Program](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governance-program)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-key-risk-indicator-kri

## Sources

Defined by this Body of Knowledge: the section it is developed in is the source.