**4.2 Operational risks**

Not only strategic risks need to have awareness, but it is important to have an insight to "the bottom" of the organizations, e.g., if infrastructure is disturbed or key staff is leaving because of dissatisfaction, then operating the biobank may run into trouble before all new plans can be implemented. These are operational risks—risks connected with internal resources, systems, processes, and employees of the organization. The following section describes some operational risks of a biobank.
