Risk management is a key aspect in a proactive approach to an organization’s future. It is based on the input of information which, in turn, can undergo certain analysis that aim to highline the possibility of distortion in the future and to enable corrective actions to be taken. The purpose of article is to introduce the possibilities of using standard methods of quality management in risk management. The author pinpoints some of the instruments, associated with quality management and, by using them, she analyses the distortion that is likely to occur in an organizational unit. The sources of distortion shown, are to be the basis for further consideration within the Risk Data Base, which aim to ease Risk Management (operational risk, in particular) within an organization.