A method for risk assessment by means of a system having at least one machine and at least one piece of protective equipment, a sensor or a sensor system for the safety related safeguarding of the machine , wherein the system carries out the following steps: - cyclic reading and detecting of machine characteristics and machine descriptions of the machine ; - cyclic reading and detecting of protective equipment characteristics, protective equipment descriptions, sensor characteristics, sensor descriptions and application data of the protective equipment, of the sensor , or of the sensor system; - cyclic reading of application data and application descriptions of an application for the machine ; - identifying hazards emanating from the machine and identifying associated hazard situations at the respective machine , - wherein a risk evaluation and a risk assessment is cyclically carried out by the system for a user of the machine and decisions are cyclically made on a necessity for a risk minimization, characterized in that the system is configured for an automatic and dynamic preparation of a risk assessment of the at least one machine , with applicable standards and/or specifications being read and the automatic and dynamic preparation of the risk assessment being carried out on the basis of the applicable standards and specifications, with the system having at least one database for machine characteristics, machine descriptions , and application data of the machine , having at least one database for sensor characteristics, sensor descriptions , and application data of the sensor , and having at least one database for application data and application descriptions of an application for the machine . - cyclic reading and detecting of machine characteristics and machine descriptions of the machine ; - cyclic reading and detecting of protective equipment characteristics, protective equipment descriptions, sensor characteristics, sensor descriptions and application data of the protective equipment, of the sensor , or of the sensor system; - cyclic reading of application data and application descriptions of an application for the machine ; - identifying hazards emanating from the machine and identifying associated hazard situations at the respective machine , - wherein a risk evaluation and a risk assessment is cyclically carried out by the system for a user of the machine and decisions are cyclically made on a necessity for a risk minimization, characterized in that the system is configured for an automatic and dynamic preparation of a risk assessment of the at least one machine , with applicable standards and/or specifications being read and the automatic and dynamic preparation of the risk assessment being carried out on the basis of the applicable standards and specifications, with the system having at least one database for machine characteristics, machine descriptions , and application data of the machine , having at least one database for sensor characteristics, sensor descriptions , and application data of the sensor , and having at least one database for application data and application descriptions of an application for the machine . <EOS>