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Risk Assessment Table IT

Access Legistify's IT risk assessment table, covering identified risks, impact levels, and mitigation strategies for IT systems.

Written by Akshat Singhal

Document History

Version

Date

Author

Description of Change

1.0

10/10/2023

CISO

Initial Release

2.0

10/10/2024

CISO

Second Release

3.0

10/10/2025

CISO

Third Release

Approvers List

Name

Role

Approver/Reviewer

Date

Technical head

TOP MANAGEMENT

10/10/2023

Technical head

TOP MANAGEMENT

10/10/2024

Technical head

TOP MANAGEMENT

10/10/2025

Risk Identification

Risk ID

Date Identified

Risk Submitter

Risk Description

ITD_01

10/10/2023

ISG

Risk Assessment Table not updated

ITD_02

10/10/2023

ISG

List not updated of IT assets

ITD_03

10/10/2023

ISG

Licenses (Windows, Adobe, and other softwares)

ITD_04

10/10/2023

ISG

Backup data loss

ITD_06

10/10/2023

ISG

Unavailability of the services (server)

ITD_07

10/10/2023

ISG

System Updates (Antivirus, system updates)

ITD_08

10/10/2023

ISG

Vulnerability scan

ITD_09

10/10/2023

ISG

Admin Access to employees

ITD_10

10/10/2023

ISG

Malware attack on system(s)

ITD_11

10/10/2023

ISG

Virus attack on system(s)

ITD_12

10/10/2023

ISG

Incorrect data processing by employees

ITD_13

10/10/2023

ISG

Leased lines not working

ITD_14

10/10/2023

ISG

Wi-Fi not working

ITD_15

10/10/2023

ISG

Biometric machines not working

ITD_16

10/10/2023

ISG

Hacking activity

ITD_17

10/10/2023

ISG

Fraud activity on company devices

ITD_18

10/10/2023

ISG

Physical Security breach

ITD_19

10/10/2023

ISG

Theft of company assets and confidential data

ITD_20

10/10/2023

ISG

Natural disaster like flood, fire, cyclone, earth quake

ITD_21

10/10/2023

IT

Not enough hardware Budget

ITD_22

10/10/2023

ISG

Fire due to short circuit

ITD_23

10/10/2023

ISG

Technology out of date and difficult to maintain

ITD_24

10/10/2023

CEO

Use of social media in company

ITD_25

10/10/2023

IT

Admin Access to employees

ITD_26

10/10/2023

IT

USB unblocked

ITD_27

10/10/2023

IT

Access Management (Misuse of credentials)

ITD_28

10/10/2023

IT

Firewall Crash Down or Power Failure

ITD_29

10/10/2023

IT

Wifi Password theft

ITD_30

10/10/2023

IT

Antivirus on Linux

Risk Classification

Risk ID

Category

Risk Type

Risk Owner

Probability

ITD_01

Organizational

Opportunity

ITD

Likely

ITD_02

Organizational

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_03

Organizational

Threat

ITD

Low Likelihood

ITD_04

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_06

Organizational

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_07

Technical

Threat

ITD

Likely

ITD_08

Technical

Threat

ITD

Likely

ITD_09

Organizational

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_10

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_11

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_12

Technical

Threat

ITD

Low Likelihood

ITD_13

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_14

Technical

Threat

ITD

Likely

ITD_15

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_16

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_17

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_18

Organizational

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_19

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_20

Organizational

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_21

Threat

ITD

Likely

Significant

ITD_22

Technical

Threat

Admin

Highly Likely

ITD_23

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_24

Technical

Threat

ITD

Likely

ITD_25

Technical

Threat

ITD

Likely

ITD_26

Technical

Threat

ITD

Low Likelihood

ITD_27

Organizational

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_28

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_29

Technical

Threat

ITD

Highly Likely

ITD_30

Scope

Exception

ITD

Not Likely

Risk Impact Analysis

Risk ID

Prob Value

Impact

Impact Value

Risk Rating

ITD_01

0.5

Very Serious

0.4

0.2

ITD_02

0.7

Serious

0.2

0.14

ITD_03

0.3

Very Serious

0.4

0.12

ITD_04

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_06

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_07

0.5

Serious

0.2

0.1

ITD_08

0.5

Serious

0.2

0.1

ITD_09

0.7

Serious

0.2

0.14

ITD_10

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_11

0.7

Serious

0.2

0.14

ITD_12

0.3

Serious

0.2

0.06

ITD_13

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_14

0.5

Serious

0.2

0.1

ITD_15

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_16

0.7

Catastrophic

0.8

0.56

ITD_17

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_18

0.7

Serious

0.2

0.14

ITD_19

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_20

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_21

0.5

Significant

0.1

0.05

ITD_22

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_23

0.7

Serious

0.2

0.14

ITD_24

0.5

Significant

0.1

0.05

ITD_25

0.5

Significant

0.1

0.05

ITD_26

0.3

Serious

0.2

0.06

ITD_27

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_28

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_29

0.7

Very Serious

0.4

0.28

ITD_30

0.1

Significant

0.1

0.01

Risk Priority & Response

Risk ID

Risk

Priority

Risk Response Type

Corrective Actions

ITD_01

Moderate

Very High

Mitigate/Control

Risk Register is to be updated by ITD

ITD_02

Moderate

Medium

Mitigate/Control

ITD team implemented IT asset tracker tool

ITD_03

Moderate

Very High

Mitigate/Control

ITD maintained software inventory

ITD_04

Severe

High

Mitigate/Control

Backup Policy is implemented

ITD_06

Severe

High

Mitigate/Control

Weekly backup of cloud servers

ITD_07

Moderate

Medium

Mitigate/Control

Centralized Antivirus is in place

ITD_08

Moderate

High

Mitigate/Control

Scheduled VAPT and patching

ITD_09

Moderate

Medium

Mitigate/Control

Access Control Policy is in place

ITD_10

Severe

Medium

Mitigate/Control

Antivirus and removable media blocked

ITD_11

Moderate

High

Mitigate/Control

Firewall and Antivirus in place

ITD_12

Minimal

High

Mitigate/Control

Firewall blocks unwanted sites

ITD_13

Severe

Very High

Transfer

Multiple ISP and load balancing firewall

ITD_14

Moderate

High

Mitigate/Control

Multiple WiFi backup available

ITD_15

Severe

High

Mitigate/Control

Weekly biometric backup

ITD_16

Severe

Very High

Mitigate/Control

VAPT, Firewall and Antivirus

ITD_17

Severe

Very High

Mitigate/Control

Firewall and removable media blocked

ITD_18

Moderate

Medium

Mitigate/Control

Access control policy implemented

ITD_19

Severe

Very High

Mitigate/Control

Drive locked with BitLocker

ITD_20

Severe

Very High

Accept

BCP implemented and WFH available

ITD_21

Minimal

Medium

Mitigate/Control

Inventory maintained in advance

ITD_22

Severe

Very High

Mitigate/Control

Fire Extinguisher and Alarm

ITD_23

Moderate

High

Mitigate/Control

Patching and VAPT performed

ITD_24

Minimal

Medium

Mitigate/Control

Firewall blocks unwanted websites

ITD_25

Minimal

Medium

Mitigate/Control

Admin access approval process

ITD_26

Minimal

Very High

Mitigate/Control

USB blocked in devices

ITD_27

Severe

Very High

Mitigate/Control

Access Control Management Policy

ITD_28

Severe

Very High

Mitigate/Control

Genset in place for power down

ITD_29

Severe

Very High

Mitigate/Control

WiFi passwords encrypted

ITD_30

Minimal

Low

Mitigate/Control

Antivirus not required for Ubuntu

Residual Risk Analysis

Risk ID

Residual Probability

Residual Prob Value

Residual Impact

Residual Impact Value

ITD_01

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_02

Likely

0.5

Significant

0.1

ITD_03

Low Likelihood

0.3

Serious

0.2

ITD_04

Not Likely

0.1

Serious

0.2

ITD_06

Not Likely

0.1

Serious

0.2

ITD_07

Low Likelihood

0.3

Significant

0.1

ITD_08

Not Likely

0.1

Serious

0.2

ITD_09

Low Likelihood

0.3

Marginal

0.05

ITD_10

Likely

0.5

Serious

0.2

ITD_11

Low Likelihood

0.3

Marginal

0.05

ITD_12

Likely

0.5

Marginal

0.05

ITD_13

Low Likelihood

0.3

Marginal

0.05

ITD_14

Likely

0.5

Serious

0.2

ITD_15

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_16

Not Likely

0.1

Marginal

0.05

ITD_17

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_18

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_19

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_20

Not Likely

0.1

Very Serious

0.4

ITD_21

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_22

Low Likelihood

0.3

Very Serious

0.4

ITD_23

Not Likely

0.1

Serious

0.2

ITD_24

Likely

0.5

Significant

0.1

ITD_25

Likely

0.5

Significant

0.1

ITD_26

Low Likelihood

0.3

Very Serious

0.4

ITD_27

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_28

Low Likelihood

0.3

Very Serious

0.4

ITD_29

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

ITD_30

Not Likely

0.1

Significant

0.1

Residual Risk Result

Risk ID

Residual Risk Rating

Residual Risk

ITD_01

0.01

Minimal

ITD_02

0.05

Minimal

ITD_03

0.06

Minimal

ITD_04

0.02

Minimal

ITD_06

0.02

Minimal

ITD_07

0.03

Minimal

ITD_08

0.02

Minimal

ITD_09

0.015

Minimal

ITD_10

0.1

Moderate

ITD_11

0.015

Minimal

ITD_12

0.025

Minimal

ITD_13

0.015

Minimal

ITD_14

0.1

Moderate

ITD_15

0.01

Minimal

ITD_16

0.005

Minimal

ITD_17

0.01

Minimal

ITD_18

0.01

Minimal

ITD_19

0.01

Minimal

ITD_20

0.04

Moderate

ITD_21

0.01

Minimal

ITD_22

0.12

Moderate

ITD_23

0.02

Minimal

ITD_24

0.05

Minimal

ITD_25

0.05

Minimal

ITD_26

0.12

Moderate

ITD_27

0.01

Minimal

ITD_28

0.12

Moderate

ITD_29

0.01

Minimal

ITD_30

0.01

Minimal

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