Security Risk Register Starter

A penetration test, a vulnerability scan, an audit and an insurance questionnaire each give you a list. None tells you which three things matter most, who owns them, or what leadership has agreed to live with. A risk register does, and this is a working one.

Score risks with defined 1 to 5 scales before and after your existing controls. Give each a business owner and a treatment. Record accepted risks with justification, compensating controls and an expiry, and let the workbook check that the approver had enough authority for the risk. Hold a monthly review from a live agenda and send leadership a one-page report.

What is included

1. Security Risk Register Starter (Excel): register, scoring, treatment, action tracker, exception tracker, risk acceptance, monthly review, risk report, reference.

2. Risk Acceptance Form, Exception Request Form, Monthly Risk Review Agenda and Minutes, Security Risk Report template (Word).

3. Starter Guide (PDF).

Who it is for

Security managers, IT directors, vCISOs, compliance and risk managers, and operations leaders at organizations of roughly 25 to 500 people who have findings from assessments, audits, tests and insurance questionnaires but no single, governed way to turn them into decisions.

Formats

Excel workbook, 4 Word templates, PDF guide.

License

License. Your purchase grants one organization a perpetual, non-exclusive license to use, copy, and modify these materials for its own internal security program, including sharing completed questionnaires and contract exhibits with its own vendors. You may not resell, sublicense, or redistribute the templates themselves, in original or modified form, as a product. Consultants and managed service providers who want to use the materials across multiple client organizations need a practitioner license; contact cyberauctoritas.com.

Disclaimer

This material is provided for general information and internal program building. It is not legal advice and does not certify compliance with any law, regulation, or framework. Contract language must be reviewed by qualified counsel before use. Adapt every document to your organization, your risk tolerance, and your obligations.