Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

Scores nobody can explain make a risk register useless. Start from what you own, say the customer database, and ask how someone would get to it: a phished admin password, or the VPN appliance that missed last quarter's patch. Write that path down before you score anything.

The templates are for IT risk owners, CISOs and compliance teams who need a risk register the board can read. The method goes asset, attack path, likelihood, impact, treatment, and every risk ends with a named owner and a review date. If a score cannot be traced back to an asset and a path, it is left out.

What's inside:

• Asset inventory and classification methodology
• Threat identification and likelihood assessment
• Vulnerability identification and scoring (CVSS-aligned), adjusted for whether the flaw is reachable from the internet
• Cybersecurity risk matrix and risk scoring templates
• Risk treatment options: accept, mitigate, transfer, avoid, each with a named owner
• Risk register template and management workflow
• Board-level risk reporting templates