Running a risk register on a Mac
Practical answers to the things people actually have to do with a register — scoring, controls, reviews, indicators, coverage and reporting — each written against the shipping app.
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How to create a risk register on Mac
The first twenty minutes: your first risk, the scales behind the score, and the backup that keeps it all.
How to add a risk on Mac
Capture what could go wrong, rate it, give it an owner, and let the register number it for you.
What a risk register is, and what belongs in one
The fields that earn their place, the ones that do not, and how a register stays defensible over years.
How to set up your risk methodology on Mac
Scales, bands and whether controls reduce likelihood, impact or both — decided once, applied everywhere.
How to use the risk library on Mac
Thirty-nine worked examples across seven categories, and how to make one your own.
Risk register keyboard shortcuts on Mac
Every shortcut worth learning, grouped by the job it does.
Scoring & the Matrix
How to score a risk on Mac
Rate likelihood and impact on a 1–5 scale and read the score, the band and the bar that follow.
How to use a 5×5 risk matrix on Mac
Where every cell comes from, what the bands mean, and how to read a register off the grid.
How to calculate residual risk on Mac
Inherent risk, the controls that reduce it, and the arithmetic that never trusts a typed-in number.
How to set a target risk score on Mac
State where you intend to get to, and read what strength of control would take you there.
How to set a risk appetite on Mac
One threshold, applied to every risk, flagged everywhere it is exceeded.
How to set a risk appetite per category on Mac
When compliance warrants less tolerance than operations, give the category its own threshold and say why.
How to change whether controls reduce likelihood or impact on Mac
One methodology choice that changes every residual score in the register.
What inherent, residual and target risk mean
Three numbers, three jobs, and the gap between them that the treatment plan has to close.
How to read a risk heat map on Mac
What the colours are doing, why a cell counts risks, and what to look at first.
Building the Register
How to organise risks by category on Mac
Categories, subcategories and business units, and how each one pays you back later.
How to assign a risk owner on Mac
Give every risk a name to answer for it, and find everything one owner holds.
How to search and filter a risk register on Mac
Search across every field, then narrow by band, appetite breach and status.
How to save a risk register filter on Mac
Name the view you keep rebuilding and bring it back with one click.
How to choose columns in a risk register on Mac
Show, hide and reorder the table to suit the pass you are making.
How to edit many risks at once on Mac
Select several risks and change only the fields you tick — everything else stays as it was.
How to close a risk on Mac
Why risks are closed rather than deleted, and how to bring a closed one back into view.
How to see a risk's history on Mac
Every assessment ever made, with the reason it was made and the score it produced.
Controls & Treatment
How to add a control on Mac
Record what you rely on to reduce risk: type, status, owner, effectiveness and the evidence behind it.
How to link a control to a risk on Mac
Connect the two from either side and watch the residual score answer.
How to record control effectiveness on Mac
Four strengths, what each one means, and why a planned control reduces nothing yet.
How to write a risk treatment plan on Mac
Mitigate, accept, transfer or avoid — and the plan, owner and date that make it real.
How to track risk treatment actions on Mac
Every action across the register in one place, grouped by what is late and what is next.
How to find risks with no controls on Mac
The uncontrolled risks hiding in a register, and the quickest way to surface them.
How to record control evidence on Mac
What you would show an auditor, kept beside the control it belongs to.
What makes a control actually reduce risk
Status, effectiveness and the honest rule that a control not yet operating changes nothing.
Review & Cadence
How to review a risk register on Mac
A keyboard-driven pass through every risk that needs one, with full context on one screen.
How to set a risk review cadence on Mac
Monthly, quarterly, annually — and how the next review date schedules itself.
How to find overdue risk reviews on Mac
Three places the register tells you what has gone stale, and which to act on first.
How to run a quarterly risk review on Mac
A repeatable agenda: scope the pass, work the queue, read the summary, export the record.
How to mark a risk as reviewed on Mac
Stamp the date, schedule the next one, and leave a record that stands up later.
Indicators & Events
How to set up a key risk indicator on Mac
Pick a number worth measuring, set its thresholds, and tell the register which direction is bad.
How to record a KRI reading on Mac
Log a value against a date, read the chart, and keep the cadence honest.
How to set KRI thresholds on Mac
Warning, breach and target — inclusive, direction-aware, and drawn on the chart.
How to log a risk event on Mac
Record what actually happened, what it cost, and how long it took to notice.
How to link an event to a risk on Mac
Connect what happened to what you predicted, and let the register argue with your rating.
How to tell if a risk is underrated on Mac
When reality contradicts a likelihood rating, and what the register suggests instead.
What a key risk indicator is, and how to choose one
The difference between a metric you watch and a metric that moves a decision.
Assets, Vendors & Frameworks
How to build an asset register on Mac
Systems, data, facilities and processes, each with a criticality and an owner.
How to link an asset to a risk on Mac
See what each risk threatens, and what each asset's worst residual risk really is.
How to track vendor risk on Mac
Criticality, relationship owner, review dates, and every risk one supplier brings.
How to schedule a vendor review on Mac
Set the next review date and let the list count what has fallen behind.
How to map controls to NIST CSF 2.0 on Mac
Map from either side and read coverage in three honest states.
How to check framework coverage on Mac
Covered, mapped but not operating, or not mapped — and what to do about each.
How to import a control framework on Mac
Bring your own catalogue in from CSV or JSON, and keep your mappings when it is revised.
How to run an ISO 27001-style risk assessment on Mac
Assets, threats, controls and a residual score you can show an auditor.
Reporting & Branding
How to export a risk report as PDF on Mac
A paginated, branded document with a running header, ready for the board pack.
How to export a risk dashboard as HTML on Mac
One self-contained file that opens in any browser and loads nothing from the internet.
How to export a risk register to Excel on Mac
A live workbook whose formulas re-score themselves when you change a likelihood.
How to print a risk report on Mac
Exactly the PDF, sent to the printer, with the same branding on every page.
How to add your logo to a risk report on Mac
The header and footer designer, a live preview, and a variant for dark backgrounds.
How to choose what goes in a risk report on Mac
Ten sections, one scope switch, and how to keep four formats saying the same thing.
How to build a board risk report on Mac
What executives actually read, in the order they read it.
How to report top risks on Mac
Rank by residual score, show the trend, and say what is being done about each.
Import, Export & Backups
How to import risks from CSV on Mac
A line-by-line preview of what will be created, updated or skipped, before anything is written.
How to export a risk register to CSV on Mac
Every risk, every field, written to one dated table you can edit and bring back in.
How to import controls from CSV on Mac
Bring a control catalogue in, and watch the risks that rely on it re-score.
How to back up a risk register on Mac
Everything — risks, history, controls, settings — in a single file you control.
How to restore a risk register from a backup on Mac
What restoring replaces, what it tells you first, and why a newer file is refused.
How to move a risk register to a new Mac
Back up on one machine, restore on the other, and check the counts agree.
How to set a backup reminder on Mac
Choose how often the register should nudge you, and what the banner is telling you.
Profiles & Working on a Mac
How to manage risk for multiple clients on Mac
One app, a profile per client, and every export in that client's terms.
How to switch client profiles on Mac
Change methodology, appetite, report defaults and branding with a keystroke.
How to put a client's logo on a risk report on Mac
Their name and mark on the cover, yours never displaced.
How to keep a risk register private on Mac
No account, no sync, no telemetry — and the one network call there is.
How to use the risk dashboard on Mac
Fourteen cards, and the three you should read first every morning.
How to find what needs attention on Mac
Breaches, overdue reviews and overdue actions, gathered in one card.
Risk register settings on Mac, explained
Methodology, appetite and privacy — every switch, and what changes when you touch it.
Accessible risk management on Mac
VoiceOver, Reduce Motion, Increased Contrast, and why colour is never the only signal.