Systemic risks are external events that affect your company and your customers but are completely out of your control. That doesn’t mean enterprises can ignore or fail to prioritize them as part of risk management efforts. The Forrester Systemic Risk Matrix helps risk management leaders identify critical systemic risks, evaluate the degree to which systemic risks have an impact on their internal enterprise risks, visualize connections and dependencies, and prioritize the risk mitigation of high-impact risk areas for their specific business.