Concentration
The condition where one person holds a large share of the ownerships over a domain. Permitted where no prohibited pair is involved, and a resilience concern rather than an independence one, because the organization has a single point of failure and no natural challenge.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 7 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The condition where one person holds a large share of the ownerships over a domain. Permitted where no prohibited pair is involved, and a resilience concern rather than an independence one, because the organization has a single point of failure and no natural challenge.
The discipline of funding a smaller number of top-ranked initiatives to their floor, and funding nothing below the line this cycle, rather than sprinkling resources thinly across the whole list.
The condition in which many separate risk entries rest on the same underlying dependency. A property of the dependency rather than of any risk, which is why a risk-keyed register cannot show it.
The condition in which many separate relationships or risks rest on the same underlying dependency. Analysed as an enterprise method in Topic 4.7 and in the third-party context in Topic 12.6.
A node on which many other things depend, found by counting incoming dependencies. A structural exposure belonging in the risk register rather than a chart annotation.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Portfolio Prioritization and Resource Allocation · Strategic Roadmapping, Certified AI Transformation Professional (CATP)
- Governance versus management versus assurance · Integrated Governance, Risk and Compliance and Enterprise Context, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- Aggregation, concentration, and interconnected risk · Enterprise Risk Architecture and Risk Appetite, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- TPRM program design and ownership · Third-Party, Supply-Chain, and Concentration Risk, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- Identification in the change context · Project, Program, Change, and Transformation Risk, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- Issue analytics and board escalation · Findings, Issues, Root Cause, and Remediation, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
- AI third parties and dependency risk · AI Governance, AI Risk, AI Security, and AI Assurance, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Concentration starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Tiers vendors by use and impact, requests evidence instead of promises, tests in the customer's context, and plans monitoring and exit.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Decides where AI should be used, where it should not, and which use cases create measurable value, tied to the organization's priorities.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Turns controls into enforceable obligations: data use, change notice, audit rights, incident duties, subcontractors, IP, exit and deletion.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Chief Information Officer, technology leadership editionneeds it at depth
- AI Vendor Risk Managerneeds it at depth
- Third-Party Cyber Risk Managerneeds it at depth
- Third-Party AI Risk Analystneeds it at depth
- Chief AI Officerneeds it at depth
- Chief Audit Executive, AI audit editionneeds working knowledge
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: NIST AI RMF GOVERN 6 and MANAGE 3; ISO/IEC 42001 Annex A supplier controls; GDPR Article 28; EU AI Act value-chain obligations.
One interview question about it
A business unit wants to buy an AI tool next week. What do you ask the vendor, what evidence do you require, and what would make you say no?
Asked of candidates for ai vendor due diligence and third-party risk. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Privacy and data protection carries it as a claim to back up: Processor and vendor review is routine privacy work.
- Cybersecurity and IT carries it as a claim to back up: Supplier security assessment is routine.
- Nonprofit program and grants oversight carries it as a claim to back up: Reviewing grant and vendor agreements for data terms is vendor review.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.