Permissions Release Notes: IT Risk Management (Summer '26 - Current)

This article consolidates all permissions release notes for IT Risk Management since the OneTrust 202606.1.0 release, providing a reference point for changes that impact roles, access, and permissions. Each section below corresponds to a release version and includes permissions release notes announced for the product in the respective release. The absence of a release below indicates that there were no permissions release notes announced for the product for that release. For details on permissions release notes across the platform, see Permissions Release Notes Catalog.

Important:

Starting in the OneTrust 202601.1.0 release, permissions release notes related to this product will be exclusively published in this article. If permissions release notes exist, the following note will appear within the Permissions section for the respective product on the myOneTrust Release Notes page with a link to this article:

"Permission changes have been implemented to improve platform usability and administrative efficiency. For more information, see Permissions Release Notes: [Product Name]. For a complete list of products with permission updates in this release, see Permissions Release Notes Catalog."

September 25, 2026 - 202609.2.0

New Permissions

The following permissions have been added to the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

View column reports for controls

The View column reports for controls permission has been added and now controls users' ability to view column reports for controls.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Enterprise Policy Manager, Exchange Manager, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Policy Owner, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Reports view and Export controls list permissions.

View PDF reports for controls

The View PDF reports for controls permission has been added and now controls users' ability to view PDF reports for controls.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Enterprise Policy Manager, Exchange Manager, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Policy Owner, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Reports view and Custom control PDF permissions.

Edit column reports for controls

The Edit column reports for controls permission has been added and now controls users' ability to edit column reports for controls.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Enterprise Policy Manager, Exchange Manager, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Policy Owner, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Reports create and Export controls list permissions.

Edit PDF reports for controls

The Edit PDF reports for controls permission has been added and now controls users' ability to edit PDF reports for controls.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Enterprise Policy Manager, Exchange Manager, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Policy Owner, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Reports create and Custom control PDF permissions.

View assignments for business objectives

The View assignments for business objectives permission has been added to give users the ability to view assignments for business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Edit assignments for business objectives

The Edit assignments for business objectives permission has been added to give users the ability to edit assignments for business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Share business objectives

The Share business objectives permission has been added to give users the ability to share access to business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

View access to business objectives

The View access to business objectives permisison has been added to give users the ability to view users and their access levels for business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

View attachments for business objectives

The View attachments for business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to view attachments for business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective document view permission.

Delete attachments for business objectives

The Delete attachments for business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to remove attachments from business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective document delete permission.

View tasks for business objectives

The View tasks for business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to view tasks for business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective task view permission.

Create tasks for business objectives

The Create tasks for business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to add tasks to business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective task add permission.

Edit tasks for business objectives

The Edit tasks for business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to edit tasks for business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective task edit permission.

Delete tasks from business objectives

The Delete tasks from business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to delete tasks from business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective task delete permission.

View comments in business objectives

The View comments in business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to view comments in business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective comments view permission.

Create comments for business objectives

The Create comments for business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to add comments to business objectives.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective comments add permission.

View workflows for business objectives

The View workflows for business objectives permission has been added and now controls users' ability to view the workflow and approval tab for business objective workflows.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective workflow approval tab permission.

Edit saved views of business objective list

The Edit saved views of business objective list permission has been added and now controls users' ability to create and edit saved views of the business objective list.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective saved views permission.

Link business objective related risks

The Link business objective related risks permission has been added and now controls users' ability to create links between business objectives and related risks.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Create risks permission.

Unlink business objective related risks

The Unlink business objective related risks permission has been added and now controls users' ability to remove links between business objectives and related risks.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Unlink risks permission.

Updated Permissions

The following permissions have been updated in the platform:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

View control implementation details

The View control implementation details permission now controls users' ability to view control implementations assigned to the current organization and respective child organizations. This permission has been removed from custom roles that were not previously assigned the View all org control implementation permission and the following system roles:

Auditor, Data Governance Manager, EPM Policy View Only, EPM Procedure View Only, EPM Standard View Only, EPM View Only, Invited, IT Risk Approver, Managed Service Provider, Policy Owner, Project Respondent

View evidence task basic fields

The View evidence task basic fields permission now controls users' ability to view evidence tasks assigned to the current organization and respective child organizations. This permission has been removed from custom roles that were not previously assigned the View all org control implementation permission and the following system roles:

Auditor, EPM Policy View Only, EPM Procedure View Only, EPM Standard View Only, EPM View Only, Invited, IT Risk Approver, Managed Service Provider, Project Owner, Project Respondent, Project Viewer

Split Permissions

The following permissions have been split for more granular and precise access controls and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Old permission name

New permission name

System roles

Custom roles

Objective document add

Create attachments for business objectives

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective document add permission.

Edit attachments for business objectives

Objective view

View basic fields for business objectives

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective view permission.

View advanced fields for business objectives

View activity for business objectives

View attributes for business objectives

Objective create

Create business objectives

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective create permission.

Bypass business objective workflows approvers

Create attributes for business objectives

Create business objective workflows

Objective update

Edit business objectives

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective update permission.

Change business objective workflow

Change business objective workflow

Edit attributes for business objectives

Edit business objective workflows

Objective delete

Delete business objectives

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective delete permission.

Bulk delete business objectives

Delete business objective workflows

Objective export

Export business objectives column reports

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective export permission.

Export business objectives PDF reports

Reports view

View business objective column reports

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Reports view permission.

View business objectives PDF reports

Reports create

Edit business objectives column reports

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Reports create permission.

Edit business objectives PDF reports

Objective public views

Edit public views of business objective list

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Objective public views permission.

Edit saved views of business objective list

Linked Permissions

The following permissions have been linked and will be automatically added or removed from the custom rule during configuration as defined below. For more information, see Understanding Linked Permissions.

Permission name

Explanation of changes

View assignments for business objectives

  • When the View assignments for business objectives permission is removed from the custom role, the Edit assignments for business objectives permission will be automatically removed.

Edit assignments for business objectives

  • When the Edit assignments for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View assignments for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

View attachments for business objectives

  • When the View attachments for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically added:

    • Create attachments for business objectives

    • Edit attachments for business objectives

    • Delete attachments for business objectives

  • When the View attachments for business objectives permission is removed from the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • Create attachments for business objectives

    • Edit attachments for business objectives

    • Delete attachments for business objectives

Create attachments for business objectives

  • When the Create attachments for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically added:

    • View attachments for business objectives

    • Edit attachments for business objectives

    • Delete attachments for business objectives

  • When the Create attachments for business objectives permission is removed from from the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • View attachments for business objectives

    • Edit attachments for business objectives

    • Delete attachments for business objectives

Edit attachments for business objectives

  • When the Edit attachments for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically added:

    • View attachments for business objectives

    • Create attachments for business objectives

    • Edit attachments for business objectives

  • When the Edit attachments for business objectives permission is removed from from the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • View attachments for business objectives

    • Create attachments for business objectives

    • Edit attachments for business objectives

Delete attachments for business objectives

  • When the Delete attachments for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View attachments for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

View attributes for business objectives

  • When the View attributes for business objectives permission is removed from the custom role, the Create attributes for business objectives and Edit attributes for business objectives permissions will be automatically removed.

Create attributes for business objectives

  • When the Create attributes for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View attributes for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

Edit attributes for business objectives

  • When the Edit attributes for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View attributes for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

Edit business objectives

  • When the Edit business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View basic fields for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

Delete business objectives

  • When the Delete business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View basic fields for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

View basic fields for business objectives

  • When the View basic fields for business objectives permission is removed from the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • Create business objectives

    • Edit business objectives

    • Delete business objectives

    • View advanced fields for business objectives

View advanced fields for business objectives

  • When the View advanced fields for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View basic fields for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

View comments in business objectives

  • When the View comments in business objectives permission is removed from the custom role, the Create comments for business objectives permission will be automatically removed.

Create comments for business objectives

  • When the Create comments for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View comments in business objectives permission will be automatically added.

View business objective related risks

  • When the View business objective related risks permission is removed from the custom role, the Link business objective related risks and Unlink business objective related risks permissions will be automatically removed.

Link business objective related risks

  • When the Link business objective related risks permission is added to the custom role, the View business objective related risks permission will be automatically added.

Unlink business objective related risks

  • When the Unlink business objective related risks permission is added to the custom role, the View business objective related risks permission will be automatically added.

View tasks for business objectives

  • When the View tasks for business objectives permission is removed from the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • Add tasks to business objectives

    • Create tasks for business objectives

    • Delete tasks from business objectives

Add tasks to business objectives

  • When the Add tasks to business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View tasks for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

Create tasks for business objectives

  • When the Create tasks for business objectives permission is added to the custom role, the View tasks for business objectives permission will be automatically added.

View business objective workflows

  • When theView business objective workflows permission is removed from the custom role, then the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • Create business objective workflows

    • Edit business objective workflows

    • Delete business objective workflows

Create business objective workflows

  • When the Create business objective workflows permission is added to the custom role, the View business objective workflows permission will be automatically added.

Edit business objective workflows

  • When the Edit business objective workflows permission is added to the custom role, the View business objective workflows permission will be automatically added.

Delete business objective workflows

  • When the Delete business objective workflows permission is added to the custom role, the View business objective workflows permission will be automatically added.

Removed Permissions

The following permissions have been removed from the platform or removed from select system roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Objective document add

The Objective document add permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Objective view

The Objective view permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Objective create

The Objective create permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Objective update

The Objective update permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Objective delete

The Objective delete permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Objective export

The Objective export permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Objective public views

The Objective public views permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

August 7, 2026 - 202608.1.0 (Summer Release)

Following the Public Preview release of Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) Phase 1: Foundations, the following updates have been made to IT Risk Management permission behavior:

  • If ABAC is not enabled for your tenant, users with the View basic fields for risks permission can view standard and advanced risk attributes for all risks in their organization and below. In this scenario, the View advanced fields for risks permission does not impact access.

  • If ABAC is enabled for your tenant:

    • Users with the View basic fields for risks permission granted through an assigned role can view standard risk attributes for all risks in their organization and below.

    • Users with the View basic fields for risks permission granted through an ABAC assignment, but not through an assigned role can view standard risk attributes only for risk records they have access to through ABAC assignments.

    • Users must also have the View advanced fields for risks permission to view advanced risk attributes.

For more information, see Managing Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) for Tech Risk & Compliance.

New Permissions

The following permissions have been added to the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

View risk access requests

The View risk access requests permission has been added to give users the ability to view access requests for assessments.

This permission has been granted to the Site Admin system role.

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Approve risk access requests

The Approve risk access requests permission has been added to give users the ability to approve access requests for risks.

This permission has been granted to the Site Admin system role.

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Deny risk access requests

The Deny risk access requests permission has been added to give users the ability to deny access requests for risks.

This permission has been granted to the Site Admin system role.

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Create risk type questions in templates

The Create risk type questions in templates permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to create questions for risks in templates.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, Incidents Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Project Owner, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Add risk assessment questions permission.

View IT Risk Management

The View IT Risk Management permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to view the IT Risk Management product.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Basic, Compliance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, Incidents Manager, IT Risk Approver, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Project Owner, Project Respondent, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Access IT Risk Management permission.

View risk templates

The View risk templates permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to view risk templates in the IT Risk Management product.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Compliance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, Incidents Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Access assessment templates permission.

Split Permissions

The following permissions have been split for more granular and precise access controls and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Old permission name

New permission name

System roles

Custom roles

View details of a given control implementation

View details of a given control implementation

These permissions have been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, EPM Policy View Only, EPM Procedure View Only, EPM Standard View Only, EPM View Only, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Enterprise Policy Manager, Exchange Manager, IT Risk Approver, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Invited, Policy Owner, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Officer, Project Owner, Project Respondent, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the View details of a given control implementation permission.

View advanced fields for controls

View control settings

View control activity

View evidence task activity

View evidence template activity

Edit control settings

Linked Permissions

The following permissions have been linked and will be automatically added or removed from the custom rule during configuration as defined below. For more information, see Understanding Linked Permissions.

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Create assessments on risks

  • When the Create assessments on risks permission is added to the custom role, the View assessment details on risks permission will be automatically added.

Edit risk public saved views

  • When the Edit risk public saved views permission is added to the custom role, the View saved views in risk permission will be automatically added.

Edit risk routing rules

  • When the Edit risk routing rules permission is added to the custom role, the View risk routing rules permission will be automatically added.

Link risk attribute categories

  • When the Link risk attribute categories permission is added to the custom role, the View risk attribute setup permission will be automatically added.

View assessment details on risks

  • When the View assessment details on risks permission is removed from the custom role, the Create assessments on risks permission will be automatically removed.

View risk attribute setup

  • When the View risk attribute setup permission is removed from the custom role, the Create risk score attributes and Link risk attribute categories permissions will be automatically removed.

View risk routing rules

  • When the View risk routing rules permission is removed from the custom role, the Edit risk routing rules permission will be automatically removed.

View saved views in risk

  • When the View saved views in risk permission is removed from the custom role, the Edit risk public saved views and Edit default saved views for risks permissions will be automatically removed.

Removed Permissions

The following permissions have been removed from the platform or removed from select system roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

View all organization risks

The View all organization risks permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Create risk column reports

The Create risk column reports permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Risk control

The Risk control permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Risk create

The Risk create permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Create roll-up attributes

The Create roll-up attributes permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

View approval details for risk workflow stages

The View approval details for risk workflow stages permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

View risk approver details

The View risk approver details permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

ITRM objective management

The ITRM objective management permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

ITRM relate risks

The ITRM relate risks permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

ITRM risk assessment factors

The ITRM risk assessment factors permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Add risk assessment questions

The Add risk assessment questions permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Edit risks

The Edit risks permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

View organization risks

The View organization risks permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Permission Group Change

The permission groups associated with the following permissions have been updated as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Edit evidence task interval start month

The following permissions that previously belonged to the Controls library permission group have been moved to the Evidence Task Implementation permission group:

  • Edit evidence task interval start month

  • Evidence task notification configuration

  • View evidence task interval workflow

  • Edit evidence task interval workflow stage

  • View EvidenceTask Interval Workflow Setup

  • Bulk edit evidence tasks

  • Bypass approvers on evidence task interval workflows

  • Mark evidence as collected

Evidence task notification configuration

View evidence task interval workflow

Edit evidence task interval workflow stage

View EvidenceTask Interval Workflow Setup

Bulk edit evidence tasks

Bypass approvers on evidence task interval workflows

Mark evidence as collected

View all org control implementation

The following permissions that previously belonged to the Controls library permission group have been moved to the ControlImplementation permission group:

  • View all org control implementation

  • control implementation bulk update via templates

  • Advance control in approval stage

  • Merge control implementations

  • Split control implementations

  • Control bypass required approvals

control implementation bulk update via templates

Advance control in approval stage

Merge control implementations

Split control implementations

Control bypass required approvals

July 17, 2026 - 202607.1.0

New Permissions

The following permissions have been added to the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

Create bulk threats

The Create bulk threats permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to create threats in bulk.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Import threats in bulk permission.

Create bulk vulnerabilities

The Create bulk vulnerabilities permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to create vulnerabilities in bulk.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Import vulnerabilities in bulk permission.

Import frameworks to threat library

The Import frameworks to threat library permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to import standards and frameworks to the threat library.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Add framework threats in bulk permission.

Import frameworks to vulnerability library

The Import frameworks to vulnerability library permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to import standards and frameworks to the vulnerability library.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Add framework vulnerabilities in bulk permission.

Export threats library

The Export threats library permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to download the threat library.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Export threat library permission.

Export vulnerability library

The Export vulnerability library permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to download the vulnerability library.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Export vulnerabilities library permission.

Create assessments on risks

The Create assessments on risks permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to create assessments on risks.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Privacy Officer, Project Owner, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager, Site Admin

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Launch risk assessments permission.

Delete library risks

The Delete library risks permission has been added and now controls users’ ability to delete records in the risk library.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Exchange Manager, Incidents Manager, IT Risk Manager, Managed Service Provider, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, TPDD Admin, TPDD Compliance Manager, TPDD Enhanced Due Diligence Requester, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Edit risks in library permission.

Create attribute groups

The Create attribute groups permission has been added and now controls users' ability to create risk attribute groups.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Data Access and Usage Manager, Data Governance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Exchange Manager, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Managed Service Provider, Privacy Officer, TPDD Compliance Manager, TPDD Enhanced Due Diligence Requester, TPDD Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Create risk attribute setup permission.

Edit attribute groups

The Edit attribute groups permission has been added and now controls users' ability to edit risk attribute groups.

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Edit risk attribute setup permission.

View attribute groups

The View attribute groups permission has been added and now controls users' ability to view risk attribute groups.

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the View risk attribute setup permission.

Delete attribute groups

The Delete attribute groups permission has been added and now controls users' ability to delete risk attribute groups.

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Delete risk attribute setup permission.

Split Permissions

The following permissions have been split for more granular and precise access controls and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Old permission name

New permission name

System roles

Custom roles

Delete threats

Delete threats

These permissions have been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Delete threats permission.

Delete bulk threats

Delete vulnerabilities

Delete vulnerabilities

These permissions have been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Delete vulnerabilities permission.

Delete bulk vulnerabilities

Configure threat library

View threat library

These permissions have been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, IT Risk Approver, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the View threat library permission or the Configure threat library permission.

Create threat

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Configure threat library permission.

Edit threats

Configure vulnerability library

View vulnerability library

These permissions have been granted to the following system roles:

Assessments Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

These permissions have been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the Configure vulnerability library permission.

Create vulnerability

Edit vulnerabilities

Linked Permissions

The following permissions have been linked and will be automatically added or removed from the custom rule during configuration as defined below. For more information, see Understanding Linked Permissions.

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Edit saved views in risk

  • When the Edit saved views permission is added to the custom role, the View saved views in risk permission will be automatically added.

Delete saved views in risk

  • When the Delete saved views in risk permission is added to the custom role, the View saved views in risk permission will be automatically added.

Create saved views in risk

  • When the Create saved views in risk permission is added to the custom role, the View saved views in risk permission will be automatically added.

View saved views in risk

  • When the View saved views in risk permission is removed from the custom role, the following permissions will be automatically removed:

    • Edit saved views in risk

    • Delete saved views in risk

    • Create saved views in risk

Removed Permissions

The following permissions have been removed from the platform or removed from select system roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Launch risk assessments

The Launch risk assessments permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

View assessment details on risks

The View assessment details on risks permission has been removed from the following system roles:

Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Data Access and Usage Manager, Data Governance Manager, ESG Manager, Enterprise Policy Manager, Managed Service Provider, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Program Auditor, Vendorpedia Assessment Coordinator

View risk workflow setup

The View risk workflow setup permission has been removed from the following system roles:

Compliance Manager, Data Access and Usage Manager, Enterprise Policy Manager, IT Risk Approver, Policy Owner, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Privacy Program Auditor, Project Owner, Project Respondent, Project Viewer, Vendorpedia Assessment Coordinator

View basic fields for risks

The View basic fields for risks permission has been removed from the following system roles:

Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Invited, Managed Service Provider, Privacy Program Auditor, Project Viewer, Project Respondent, Vendorpedia Assessment Coordinator, IT Risk Approver

Note:

Following ABAC Phase 1: Foundations, Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), users with the View basic fields for risks permission granted via role assignment can view standard risk attributes for all risks in their organization and below. Users assigned to specific risk records can view standard attributes only for those assigned risks. To view all risk attributes, users must also have the View advanced fields for risks permission.

For organizations not using ABAC, users with the View basic fields for risks permission can view all risk fields within their organization and below. In this scenario, the View advanced fields for risks permission does not impact access. For more information, see Managing Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) for Tech Risk & Compliance.

View advanced fields for risks

The View advanced fields for risks permission has been removed from the following system roles:

Audit Manager, Compliance Manager, Privacy Notice Author, Privacy Notice Manager, Invited, Managed Service Provider, Privacy Program Auditor, Project Viewer, Project Respondent, Vendorpedia Assessment Coordinator, IT Risk Approver

Edit risk advanced fields

The Edit risk advanced fields permission has been removed from the Managed Service Provider and IT Risk Approver system roles.

Dedupe risk

The Dedupe risk permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

User can be risk owner

The User can be risk owner permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Customize risk matrix size

The Customize risk matrix size permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Edit risk matrix scores

The Edit risk matrix scores permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

View aggregated risk values

The View aggregated risk values permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

View risk levels

The View risk levels permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Risk workflow stage trigger rules

The Risk workflow stage trigger rules permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

RMRequiringSystemAttributes

The RMRequiringSystemAttributes permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

Configure risk category translations

The Configure risk category translations permission has been removed from the platform. There is no impact to system or custom roles.

June 26, 2026 - 202606.2.0

New Permissions

The following permissions have been added to the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

View access to shared risks

The View access to shared risks permission has been added to give users the ability to view shared risks.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

IT Risk Manager, Site Admin, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin

This permission has not been granted to custom roles by default but can be configured.

Updated Permissions

The following permissions have been updated in the platform and have been granted to system and custom roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

System roles

Custom roles

Change risk workflow stage

The Change risk workflow stage permission has been updated and continues to control users' ability to change the selected workflow stage within a risk record.

This permission has been granted to the following system roles:

AI Governance Manager, Assessments Manager, Data Access and Usage Manager, Data Governance Manager, Data Mapping Automation Manager, ERM Manager, ESG Manager, Exchange Manager, IT Risk Approver, IT Risk Manager, Incidents Manager, Managed Service Provider, Privacy Officer, Site Admin, TPDD Admin, TPDD Compliance Manager, TPDD Enhanced Due Diligence Requester, Tech Risk & Compliance Admin, Vendor Manager

This permission has been granted to custom roles that were previously assigned the earlier Change risk workflow stage permission of the same name.

Create risk attachments

The Create risk attachments permission has been granted to additional system roles to better support risk management.

This permission has been additionally granted to the Audit manager and Vendorpedia assessment coordinator system roles.

No changes have been made to custom roles.

Linked Permissions

The following permissions have been linked and will be automatically added or removed from the custom rule during configuration as defined below. For more information, see Understanding Linked Permissions.

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Create risk score attributes

  • When the Create risk score attributes permission is added to the custom role, the View risk attribute setup and Create risk attribute setup permissions will be automatically added.

Edit required fields on risk tasks

  • When the Edit required fields on risk tasks permission is added to the custom role, the View risk tasks and Edit risk tasks permissions will be automatically added.

Unlinked Permissions

The following permissions have been unlinked and will no longer be added or removed automatically from the custom role during configuration as defined below.

Permission name

Explanation of changes

Create risk tasks

  • When the Create risk tasks permission is removed from the custom role, the Create risk task attachments and Create risk task comments permissions will no longer be automatically removed. Each permission is now standalone and must be explicitly removed from the custom role.

Edit risk attachments

  • When the Edit risk attachments permission is removed from the custom role, the Delete risk attachments permission will no longer be automatically removed. Each permission is now standalone and must be explicitly removed from the custom role.

View assessment details on risks

  • When the View assessment details on risks permission is removed from the custom role, the View assessment workflows permission will no longer be automatically removed. Each permission is now standalone and must be explicitly removed from the custom role.

Removed Permissions

The following permissions have been removed from the platform or removed from select system roles as defined below:

Permission name

Explanation of changes

View risk comments

The View risk comments permission has been removed from the Policy owner role.

View risk history

The View risk history permission has been removed from the Invited user role.

View risk workflow setup

The View risk workflow setup permission has been removed from the following system roles:

Compliance manager, Enterprise policy manager, IT risk approver, Policy owner, Privacy notice author, Privacy notice manager, Project owner, Project respondent, Project viewer, Vendorpedia assessment coordinator