Risk Management

A finding count does not tell you where your real exposure is. turingsecure keeps a single risk register that records each risk, rates its likelihood and impact, and links it to the assets, vulnerabilities and controls it concerns, so you prioritise remediation by risk instead of by raw ticket volume.

One Register

A Single Place to Own Every Risk

A risk register is more than a list. Each entry records what could go wrong, how likely it is, how much it would hurt, who owns it, and what you have decided to do about it. turingsecure keeps that record in one place and connects it to the rest of your data.

Because every risk links to the assets it threatens, the vulnerabilities that feed it, and the controls meant to reduce it, you always see the current picture. When a control fails or a new weakness appears on a linked asset, the risk it affects is right there, with an owner and a decision attached.

A risk register linking each risk to its assets, vulnerabilities and controls

The Lifecycle

Identify, Assess, Track

Every risk moves through the same three stages, and the register keeps its state at each one.

Identify: Capture risks as they surface, from a failed control, a business change, an audit finding or a linked vulnerability, and record what asset each one concerns.
Assess: Rate likelihood and impact on a consistent scale to produce a comparable risk score. The same method applies to every entry, so priorities line up across teams.
Track: Record the residual risk that remains after treatment, set a review date, and keep watching it. A risk you accepted last year comes back for review on schedule.

Treatment

Four Ways to Decide on a Risk

Mitigate: Reduce likelihood or impact by adding or strengthening a control. The register keeps the link to that control, so you can see whether the risk actually dropped.
Transfer: Move the risk to a third party, through insurance or a contract. Record who now carries it and the terms, so the decision is documented for an audit.
Accept: Decide the risk is within tolerance and accept it, with a named owner and a review date. Accepted risks stay visible instead of quietly disappearing.
Avoid: Stop the activity that creates the risk. Record the decision and the assets it affects, so the reasoning is clear when the question comes up again.