Risks linked to the controls that mitigate them, the incidents that prove them real, and the assets they touch.
Risk registers are required by every major framework, yet in many programs they receive attention only at audit time. This is rarely a question of intent — it is a question of design. A register that lives in isolation, scored on a static scale, and disconnected from the rest of the program will inevitably go unused.
In ComplyAura, each risk is linked to the controls that mitigate it, the incidents that have materialized against it, and the vendors and assets within scope. Residual risk updates automatically as control status changes, and the daily briefing surfaces risks whose context has shifted overnight.
The risk review assistant inspects the register on a regular cadence and surfaces inconsistencies a thoughtful reviewer would notice: a risk scored medium despite a related control whose last review is eight months stale; a vendor risk that has not been linked to a recently disclosed SOC 2 exception; a risk that has not been touched in a year and may no longer reflect current reality.
A register that earns ongoing attention because it is connected to the work the rest of the program is already doing — and that delivers usable signal between audits, not only before them.