The objective of this study is to demonstrate how the process of implementation of Risk Management occurred in the Federal Institute of Education of Tocantins - IFTO, a public education institution located in the north of Brazil. In recent years, external control bodies in Brazil have required Brazilian institutions to adopt effective risk management practices and strategies that allow for the treatment and prevention of crises. Since 2016 the IFTO has applied a methodological procedure that identifies the critical work processes of the organizational unit’s subject to vulnerabilities and provides a status of criticality that allows to know and classify the most important processes of the sectors. It is also done in this analysis the identification of risks that can affect both the beneficial (opportunities) and the harmful (threats) activities performed and the probability and the impact of the risks are calculated, in the end the risk responses are formulated through a plan of action. The results of the research show that Risk Management has successfully aided the decision-making of IFTO managers in order to increase opportunities and reduce threats to the institution's strategic objectives.