Security Risk Management Program-in-a-Box

A risk register is a tool. A risk management program decides how it is used: who can accept what, how risk is scored, what happens when remediation is late, how often leadership looks, and how anyone knows the program is improving. This kit supplies the program, the workbook that runs it and the plan to put it in place.

The governance set includes a Risk Management Charter, Risk Management Policy, Risk Methodology, a standalone Risk Scoring Model with multi-dimension impact scales and a heat map, and a Risk Metrics Standard. Procedures cover remediation, risk acceptance, exceptions, the monthly risk review and a quarterly maturity review scored on the same four levels as the free assessment.

The workbook, program edition, adds ten program metrics with status, a quarterly maturity review with history, and a 90-day plan tracker. The Example Completed Program is a fully populated workbook for a fictional 180-person logistics company six months in, with twenty-two risks, twenty-six findings from every source, acceptances (one approved below the required authority), exceptions, six months of trend, a decision log and a maturity review, plus a walkthrough explaining what every flag and number means.

Aligned to NIST CSF 2.0 GV.RM and ID.RA, NIST IR 8286, NIST SP 800-30 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 clauses 6.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9 and 10.

What is included

1. Program Implementation Guide and Workbook Implementation Guide (PDF).

2. Risk Management Charter, Policy, Methodology, Risk Scoring Model, Risk Metrics Standard (Word).

3. Remediation, Risk Acceptance, Exception, Monthly Risk Review and Quarterly Maturity Review procedures (Word).

4. Security Risk and Remediation Workbook, program edition, with risk register and dashboard (Excel).

5. 90-Day Implementation Plan (Word).

6. Example Completed Program: populated workbook and walkthrough (Excel and PDF).

7. Six forms including risk acceptance, exception request and monthly review minutes (Word).

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

13 program documents, 6 forms, 2 Excel workbooks, 3 PDF guides.

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.