RSK-02 · Risk and Decisions

Risk register with owners and treatment

Risks are recorded with inherent and residual judgment, an owner, a treatment decision and a review date.

6frameworks fully address it
1partially
1leave it out
SOC 2 ISO 27001 NIST CSF PCI DSS HIPAA GDPR EU AI Act NIST AI RMF
1Where each framework asks for it
  • SOC 2FullCC3.4
  • ISO 27001Full6.1.3
  • NIST CSFFullID.RA-05
  • PCI DSSPartial12.3.1 Targeted risk analyses only, not an enterprise register.
  • HIPAAFull164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B)
  • GDPRAbsent No register of organizational risk is required; Art. 30 requires a record of processing activities, which is a different artifact.
  • EU AI ActFullArt. 9(2)
  • NIST AI RMFFullMANAGE 1.3

Build the control once against this objective and cite the clause each auditor asks about. A partial mapping says what the framework leaves out; an absence is a finding about the framework, not a gap in your program.

2What usually proves it

Risk register, treatment plans, review evidence.

?Why it exists

A register nobody owns is a list.

For a smaller organizationA spreadsheet reviewed quarterly by the leadership team.