Build an IT Risk Taxonomy – Phases 1-3

Author(s): Donna Bales

Use this blueprint to to design a IT risk taxonomy suitable for your organization.

  • Leverage Info-Tech’s Build an IT Risk Taxonomy Guideline and identify level one IT risks types.
  • Test level one IT risk types by mapping to your enterprise's ERM level one risk types.
  • Break down level one risk types into subcategories.
  • Work backward to test and align risk events and controls to the lowest-level risk category.
  • Enhance your risk registry by adding the risk types and risk appetite statements to your registry or risk management software tool.