Adding Risks to an Incident

You have the ability to add new risks and link existing risks in your risk register to an incident. This allows users to easily add and view all realized risks after an incident has occurred.

To add a new risk to the incident

  1. On the Incident Management menu, select Incident Register.

    The Incident Register screen appears.


    Incident Register screen showing the list of incidents in the Incident Management module.
  2. Select the incident you would like to add a risk to.
  3. Select the Risks tab.
  4. To create a new risk, click the Create New Risk button.

    The Flag Risk modal appears.

  5. Select the Create New Risk option.

    The Flag Risk modal appears.

  6. Complete the fields, for more info, see Flag Risk Screen Reference.
  7. Click the Add button.

Flag Risk Screen Reference



Field
Description
Select a Risk From the LibraryCreate New Risk

Select Create New Risk.

Inherent Risk Level

Choose a risk level.

Risk Name

Enter a name of the risk.

Threat

Select the risk threat.

Vulnerability

Select the risk vulnerability.

Category

Select the risk category.

Risk Owners

Select the risk owner(s).

Risk Approver

Select the risk approver(s).

Deadline

Choose the date by which the risk should be mitigated.

Reminder

Enter the number of days before the deadline a reminder is sent to mitigate the risk.

Description

Enter a brief description of the risk.

Treatment Plan

Enter a treatment plan for the risk.

To link an existing risk to an incident

  1. On the Incident Management menu, select Incident Register.

    The Incident Register screen appears.

  2. Select the incident you would like to add a risk to.

    The Incident Detail screen appears.

  3. Select the Risks tab.
  4. Click the Add Risk button.

    The Add Risk screen appears.

  5. Select the risk(s) on the Risk Register that you would like to link to the incident.

    Example of selecting one or more risks from the Risk Register to link to an incident.
  6. Click the Link To Incident button to add the risk to the incident.