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Information Security Risk Assessment Generator

Generate a risk assessment for information security PDF with source-backed hazards, controls, risk ratings and review actions.

How to generate your draft PDF

1

Edit or add hazards

Choose a preloaded hazard, add your own, and adjust the initial risk details.

2

Fill the assessment

Add controls, optional action details, and residual risk ratings.

3

Review and export

Review all hazards, then generate the draft PDF for internal review.

Interactive Assessment

What should be included in scope?

Include the assets, systems, and data that matter most to your organization for a complete and meaningful risk assessment.

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key scope areas

Focus on the areas that have the greatest impact on your risk posture.

  • Critical systems, applications, data stores, and business processes
  • Users, privileged accounts, remote access, and third-party connections
  • Threats, vulnerabilities, configurations, dependencies, and cloud services
  • Preventive, detective, response, and recovery safeguards
  • Logging, monitoring, incident handling, backups, and recovery testing

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    Asset and Data Inventory

    Helps confirm the systems, applications, data, and dependencies included in the assessment are current.

  • 2

    Access Review and MFA Records

    Supports review of privileged access, remote access, account exceptions, and authentication coverage.

  • 3

    Vulnerability and Patch Reports

    Shows how identified weaknesses and configuration issues are prioritized and tracked for remediation.

  • 4

    Security Alert and Incident Tickets

    Helps validate how monitoring findings are reviewed, escalated, and used in response decisions.

  • 5

    Backup and Recovery Test Results

    Provides current evidence for recovery assumptions used when rating ransomware, outage, or data-loss risks.

Assessment details

Category

Cyber Security

Frameworks and guidance

NIST SP 800-30; NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0; CISA cybersecurity best practices

Last verified

June 30, 2026

Review status

Source mapped / Not human reviewed

Information Security Risk Assessment FAQs

A risk assessment for information security is a structured draft document that identifies phishing and social engineering, ransomware or malware infection, and related consequences, then records controls such as multi-factor authentication, endpoint protection and patching, and review actions. It helps teams create a source-backed PDF for planning, communication, and review before use.

Generate your Information Security Risk Assessment PDF

Use preloaded hazards, suggested controls, and source-mapped guidance to create a draft assessment for review.