Create Risk Templates

Add Risks

  1. Click icon-Expand Expand to view the Risks section.
  2. Click icon-Add Add in the Risks section to link risks to this process through in-line editing or click Add to open the Risk form in a separate window.

    In Line View

    Risk Form

  3. Enter a Risk Name and description.

    Note: Do not utilize the following characters when entering information into Portal; & * % # @ ; / \ : , - or ~. .

  4. Select a Significance from the drop-down list.
  5. Select a Date Reviewed.

    Note: This field is only applicable if ORM-RCSA has been licensed.

  6. Click Save.

    Notes:

    • Risk Names are required to be unique.
    • The Risks are added to the Risk List.
    • Once the risk as been submitted, the Risk Evaluation section can be completed.
    • Administrators can configure fields in the Risk form to update a field based on a specific value of another field or fields. See Configure a Calculated Field for details.

      Link Objectives to Risks

Existing objectives contained within the template can be linked to a given risk.

  1. Click the risk name in the risk list.
  2. Click Link in the Objectives section.
  3. Select the objective name check box next to the objectives affected by this risk.

  4. Click Save to link the objectives to the risk.

    Note: This will enable users to create relationships between a given risk and one or more objectives. The related risks will be displayed on the Objective Template Form.

Add new objectives to risks

  1. Click the risk name in the risk list.
  2. Click Add in the Objectives section.

    Note: You can also click icon-Add Add to add new objectives in-line. See In Line Editing for additional information.

  3. Select an objective from the drop-down list.
  4. Enter a description.
  5. Select a COSO objective from the drop-down list.
  6. Click Save.

Link controls to risks

  1. Click the risk name in the risk list.
  2. Click Link in the Controls section.
  3. Select the control name check box next to the controls that mitigate this risk.

  4. Click Save to link the controls to the risk.

    Note: This will enable users to create relationships between a given risk and one or more controls. The related risks will be displayed on the Control Template Form.

Add new controls to risks

  1. Click the risk name in the risk list.
  2. Click Add in the Controls section.

    Note: You can also click icon-Add Add to add new controls in-line. See In Line Editing for additional information.

    Control Attributes - Add

  3. Enter the Control Name and Description..
  4. Select Control Type1, Control Type2, Significance, COSO Element, and Control Frequency from the drop-down lists.
  5. Click icon-Select User Select Useror icon-Add User Group Select User Group to choose an owner for this control.
    • Enter text that contains the name, email address or network ID of the user you wish to select and click Execute or click Show All.

      Note: A list of users containing, (not equaling), the entered text will display in the search results.

    • Click the name of the user or click Select No User to indicate the user is not required.
  6. Click icon- Save or Save to accept changes and return to the Risk Template form.

Note: New controls will automatically be linked to risks from which they've been added.

See Also

Add a Risk Control Matrix to the Template Group

Create the risk and control matrix (attributes)

Create Objective Templates

Create Control Templates

Create Testing Detail Templates

Create Risk Event Category Templates