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ISO 27001 Risk Register Template
Manage information security risk identification, assessment, and mitigation in one structured worksheet.
- Format
- XLSX
- Size
- 19 KB
- Language
- Indonesian & English
- Price
- Free
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In short
A risk register is the worksheet where an organisation records every information security risk together with its owner, likelihood and impact scores, treatment option, and the residual risk left after controls are applied. ISO 27001 clauses 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 require this process to be documented, and the register is the evidence auditors ask for at the stage 2 audit.
What This Document Is For
Almost every organisation that stumbles at the stage 1 audit stumbles on the same thing: a risk assessment that cannot be shown. Not because the risks were never considered, but because that thinking is scattered across meeting notes, conversations, and one or two people's heads — with no single place that can be handed to an auditor.
This template provides that place. Its structure follows the path auditors examine: from assets and threats, to the risk score before controls, to the treatment decision with its owner and deadline, and finally to the residual risk management accepts. The columns are deliberately no more numerous than needed — an over-elaborate register stops being filled in by the third month.
What's Inside
Standards & Regulations It Helps Satisfy
| Standard / Regulation | Clause / Article | What this document covers |
|---|---|---|
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | Clauses 6.1.2 & 6.1.3 | The information security risk assessment and treatment process and its documented results. |
| ISO/IEC 27001:2022 | Clauses 8.2 & 8.3 | Risk assessment and treatment performed at planned intervals, not once at certification time. |
| ISO/IEC 27005 | Whole document | The information security risk management guidance this register's structure follows. |
This document helps satisfy the requirements above, but does not by itself make an organisation compliant. Compliance is judged on practice in operation, not on documents held.
Questions About This Document
What risk scale does this template use?
A 1–5 scale for likelihood and impact, producing a 1–25 score across four risk levels. The scale can be changed — what matters is that its definition is written on the scale sheet and applied consistently by every assessor. Auditors check consistency, not a particular number.
How many risks should a register hold?
There is no required number. Small single-product organisations typically end up with 30–60 risks; mid-sized ones with 80–150. What draws an auditor's attention is a register with five risks, or one with five hundred that has clearly never been reviewed.
Is this register enough for a certification audit?
A register evidences the outcome, not the process. Auditors will also ask for a written risk assessment methodology and proof that assessments actually run on schedule. This template covers the outcome side; the methodology and review cycle you need to write yourself.
Need guidance, not just a template?
A template speeds up producing the document. What decides whether an audit passes is whether its contents genuinely reflect how your organisation works — and that is what we support.