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Risk Register

What is Risk Register?

A documented inventory of identified risks, their assessments, treatment plans, and current status. A key tool in enterprise risk management.

Risk Management

What the standards actually require on risk register

Requirements naming risk register across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

The prospective lead appointed party sets up the delivery team's risk register covering the production and delivery of information, considering the assumptions in its BIM execution plan, how clear the EIR (ISO 19650-3) issued by the appointing party are, and w...

iso-19650-organisation-and-digitisation-of-information-about-buildings-and-civil-engineering-works-bim::3:5.3.6 · 5.3.6 Establish the delivery team's risk register →

The designated CII owner must create and keep a cybersecurity risk register that catalogues and profiles the information and cyber risks targeting the infrastructure (submitted to the Authority under paragraph 7(b)).

ghana-cybersecurity-act::CIID.5.2l · Directive 5.2(l): keep a cybersecurity risk register for the CII →

Firms whose AI use has a material impact must set up and run a register of risks covering at least bias in the system and outputs, erroneous outputs, limits on information about the system and its training data, and retention or use of data the firm inputs;

rics-rules-of-conduct-and-global-professional-standards::AI-3.3 · AI: risk register reviewed at least quarterly →

Risk register: no Level 1 requirement. At Levels 2 and 3 the CSP keeps a risk register with specified attributes for each risk, including its priority level and control strategy, beyond ISO/IEC 27001's general requirement.

mtcs-singapore::8.5 · Risk register →

Questions people ask about risk register

What is Risk Register?
A documented inventory of identified risks, their assessments, treatment plans, and current status. A key tool in enterprise risk management.
Why is Risk Register important for compliance?
Risk Register is a key concept in Risk Management. Understanding risk register helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
What concepts are related to Risk Register?
Key concepts related to Risk Register include Risk Assessment, Risk Treatment. Understanding these interconnected concepts provides a more comprehensive view of Risk Management requirements and helps organizations build holistic compliance programs.
Which compliance frameworks address Risk Register?
Risk Register appears in the requirement text of ISO 19650 - Organisation and Digitisation of Information about Buildings and Civil Engineering Works (BIM), Australian Energy Sector Cyber Security Framework (AESCSF), Australia National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Second Edition, Ghana Cybersecurity Act, RICS Rules of Conduct and Global Professional Standards. Across these standards we have identified 17 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Risk Register?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how risk register applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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