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Overview

The Risk Heatmap provides a graphical display of the risks impacting your organization. It is fully customizable and can be filtered to display any type multiple types of risk.

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Risk items in ZenGRC have a different set of permissions than other objects. To review those permissions and how they impact user access, please see Role-Based Permissions for Risk.

Accessing the Risk Heatmap

Overview

Each cube in the grid displays the number of risks associated with the risk value the cube represents.

The size of the Heatmap changes depending on the chosen vectors and their threshold ranges. 

Number of Ranges = Number of Boxes

To access the Risk Heatmap, complete the following:

  1. Click Dashboard | Risk Heatmap.

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  2. The Risk Heatmap home page displays.

Filtering the Heatmap View

The Risk Heatmap can be filtered to show risks associated with an individual selection. heatmap displays a color-coded matrix that is configured on the Heatmap Settings page. When a risk is identified and scored, it displays as a numerical value in the associated grid. 

Several dropdowns allow users to narrow results displayed.

Filter by Mapped Object or Status

To filter the heatmap by mapped object, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Type dropdown boxthe Filter Risks by Mapped Object section, select an option in the first dropdown. The options only include objects that have a mapping to a risk.
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    To further refine the results, select an object in the Object dropdown. The page displays with For example, in the below screenshot, the only objects that have mappings are controls, issues, policies programs, tasks and vendors.

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  2. Once a selection is made, the page refreshes with  the number of risks populating each cube.Image Removed
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    The highest-rated risk cube for the filter selections is highlighted with its risks displayed to the right as links for easy accessYou can further refine results by clicking the next dropdown box and selecting a specific item to review its risk rating.

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  4. If there are more than one risk attached to the option selected, they will all display in the heatmap.

  5. To view the risks associated with any cube in the quadrant, click the cube.
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  6. The page refreshes with the selected cube highlighted and its risks displayed at page bottom or to the right of the matrix depending on your resolution.
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  7. Click a risk in the Title column to open the Risk Details page.

Finding Risks by

Risk Category

Status

To find risks according to the risk category in which they fallfilter the heatmap by status, complete the following steps:

On the Risk Heatmap page, find the risk category on the grid.
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In the screenshot below, the mouse is hovering over the category that ranks Moderate for the Impact and Low for the Likelihood.

Click the category. The page refreshes with linked risks in that category displaying in the right-hand column.
  • Click a risk to open the Risk Details page.
    • AnchoreditingariskeditingariskEditing a Risk

    To edit a risk accessed from the Risk Heatmap home page, complete the following steps:

    1. Click a linked risk.
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      The Risk Details page displaysIn the Filter Risks by Status section, select an option in the first dropdown. The options only include statuses currently assigned to risks. For example, in the below screenshot, the only statuses in use are Draft and Closed.
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    2. If other filters are selected, the heatmap takes all selections into account and displays matches to all.


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