Risk and Asset Management

Risk management and asset inventory for ISO 27001 and ENS

Keep a risk register where every risk has an owner, a treatment decision and a residual level at each review, built on an inventory of everything you need to protect.

Qalea Risk Manager showing the risk heatmap with inherent and residual views, the evolution of residual risk at each review, and the top threats and vulnerabilities
Residual risk at last review
High0
Medium3
Low27
Treatment plans
4 in progress
How it fits together

From your assets to treated risks

Risks are assessed on the assets in your inventory, treated with the controls of your frameworks and reviewed over time.

1

Asset inventory

Information, processes, software, hardware, people, facilities and suppliers, each with an owner and a criticality rating.

2

Risk assessment

Describe what could happen to those assets and rate likelihood and impact from 1 to 5.

3

Treatment and safeguards

Mitigate or accept each risk and link the safeguards to your ISO 27001 or ENS controls.

4

Review

Reassess residual risk at each review and compare it with previous periods.

Risk management

Risk register and heatmap

Every risk is evaluated twice: before safeguards, as inherent risk, and after them, as residual risk.

Qalea risk register listing each risk with its owner, score and treatment status
Change since last review
High-2
Medium-5
Low+17
Risk register
30 risks with an owner
1

Risk register with owners

Each risk has an owner, the assets it affects, the interested parties and a status: planned, in progress, delayed or closed. Import and export the register in CSV.

2

Inherent and residual heatmap

A 5×5 heatmap of likelihood and impact, with a toggle between inherent and residual risk.

3

Treatment and safeguards

Mitigate or accept each risk, describe the measures, link them to ISO 27001 or ENS controls and rate their effectiveness from 1 to 5.

4

Risk catalogue based on ISO 27005

Add predefined scenarios filtered by asset type, with threats, vulnerabilities and impacted dimensions already filled in, then adapt them to your company.

5

Reviews and evolution

See the register as it stood at any previous review, how residual risk evolves from one review to the next, and every change with its date and author.

Methodology

A methodology that fits your certification

ISO 27001

Simple

For companies certifying ISO 27001. Each risk is documented with its attributes, affected security dimensions, evaluation, treatment and safeguards.

ENS Medium or High

Advanced

For ENS Medium or High category, or an ISMS that has been running for years. Each scenario links to threats and vulnerabilities from the ISO 27005 catalogue, and the platform ranks the most frequent ones across your register.

Your Qalea team helps you choose the methodology when you set up risk management.

Asset management

Asset inventory

Every asset has a responsible team, a location, a criticality rating and a classification.

Import assets in bulk, link them to the risks that affect them and record each review.

Information
Processes
Software
Hardware
People
Facilities
Suppliers
Qalea Asset Inventory listing each asset with its category, responsible team, location, criticality rating and classification, with bulk upload
Assets by criticality
Critical10
High18
Medium23
Asset inventory
52 assets rated
Requirements

What each framework asks for

ISO 27001

Risk assessment and treatment (clauses 6.1.2 and 6.1.3), plus an inventory of information and other associated assets (Annex A 5.9).

ENS

Risk analysis (op.pl.1) and asset inventory (op.exp.1).

NIS2

Policies on risk analysis and information system security (Article 21).

DORA

An ICT risk management framework and the identification of ICT assets (Articles 6 and 8).

FAQs

Risk management questions, answered

Does the risk assessment meet what ISO 27001 auditors check?
The register covers what clauses 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 ask for: criteria, owners, evaluation, treatment and residual risk, with a change history. The auditor makes the final assessment, and your Qalea team helps you prepare it.
Which methodology do I need?
Simple if you are certifying ISO 27001 only. Advanced if you are certifying ENS Medium or High category, or your ISMS has been running for several years.
Can I bring my current risk register and asset inventory?
Yes. Import the risk register in CSV and add assets in bulk.
How often are risks reviewed?
As often as your risk management procedure defines. Each review is saved, so you can compare periods.
Are suppliers covered?
Suppliers are one of the asset types in the inventory. For supplier reviews and risk levels, see Supplier Risk Management.
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