This course covers Geographic Concentration Risk, which involves assessing the concentration of credit exposures across specific regions, states, cities, or geographic markets within Credit Monitoring & Portfolio Surveillance workflows. It focuses on identifying areas where excessive exposure concentration may increase vulnerability to regional economic downturns, industry disruptions, natural disasters, regulatory changes, or market-specific stress events. The course examines how geographic concentration analysis supports early detection of emerging portfolio risks, improves diversification oversight, and strengthens proactive risk management practices. It evaluates key dimensions such as control lapses, early warning signal identification, risk trend analysis, and proactive portfolio risk management, with each requiring independent validation and documented rationale before any credit action is finalized. Particular emphasis is placed on exposure mapping, regional stress monitoring, concentration thresholds, geographic risk indicators, and governance oversight of location-based portfolio vulnerabilities. It is distinct from a portfolio diversification strategy, as it focuses specifically on identifying, monitoring, and responding to geographic concentration risks within existing exposures, rather than the broader strategic design of portfolio diversification objectives. Within Portfolio Risk Trend Analysis, the senior credit leader sets portfolio limits, governs exception criteria, and drives strategic alignment across the Credit Monitoring & Portfolio Surveillance function, shaping escalation scope, risk priorities, and portfolio management decisions through effective monitoring of geographic concentration trends and regional portfolio risk exposures.