Risk Register
A living inventory of your organization's risks, owners, and mitigation status.
Overview
A risk register is the backbone of any GRC program: a structured, continuously updated record of the risks your organization faces, how severe they are, who owns them, and what's being done to address them. Without one, risk management tends to live in people's heads, spreadsheets nobody updates, or nowhere at all.
Why it matters
Auditors, enterprise customers, and cyber insurance underwriters increasingly expect to see a documented risk register as proof that risk is being actively managed, not just discussed. It's also one of the fastest ways to show leadership and the board a clear picture of where the organization stands.
How Sense Six Cyber helps
- Build a risk register from scratch, aligned to a recognized framework (e.g. NIST CSF, ISO 27001 Annex A)
- Facilitate risk identification workshops with your team
- Score and prioritize risks by likelihood and impact
- Assign owners and remediation timelines
- Establish a cadence for keeping it current
Ideal for
Companies with no formal risk tracking, or ones with a stale spreadsheet nobody trusts.