The study aims to determine the degree of availability of strategic vigilance indicators, and risk management practices in the Ministry of Education in the Sultanate of Oman. It also aims to examine the relationship between strategic vigilance indicators and risk management practices. A descriptive, quantitative approach was used through a questionnaire consisting of two sections:strategic vigilance indicators and risk management practices. The strategic vigilance section included four dimensions: technological vigilance, competitive vigilance, environmental vigilance, and organizational vigilance, while the risk management section included four dimensions: identification and analysis, assessment, response and treatment, and follow up and improvement. Data was collected from the whole study population with a total number of 367 valid responses from three categories of employees in the Ministry of Education: senior management positions, executive management positions, and consulting and technical positions. The study results show that there is a moderate level of availability of the strategic vigilance indicators and risk management practices in the Ministry of Education. The results also show that there is a positive, strong and direct correlation between strategic vigilance indicators and risk management practices.