When we look at the overall risk for the company we will use a risk register. This is a list of all of the risks a company could face. The risk to the finance department with be assessed by the financial director and IT-related risk would be looked at by the IT manager. Each department can identify the assets, classify them, and decide on the risk treatment. The financial director and IT manager are known as risk owners - they are responsible for them:
Ser |
Date |
Owner |
Description |
Probability |
Impact |
Severity |
Treatment |
Contingency |
Action taken |
1 |
01/05/18 |
IT Manager |
Loss of Switch |
Low |
High |
High |
Transfer. 2-hour fix SLA |
Purchase spare switch |
02/05/2018 |