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Connect monitoring to action

Define verifiable controls, observable signposts, explicit thresholds, and predefined responses.

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Controls, signposts, and actions

Controls and treatments

  • Existing control is already operating.
  • Shaping action tries to make an assumption more likely to hold.
  • Hedging action preserves options if it fails.
  • Mitigation reduces likelihood or impact.
  • Contingency prepares a response after a trigger.
  • Opportunity enhancement increases the chance or value of a favorable event.

Every action needs a linked risk or assumption, owner, due date, status, expected effectiveness, and verification. Mark an ineffective control explicitly rather than quietly leaving it active.

Signposts

A complete signpost has an observable indicator, condition or direction, threshold, data source, cadence, owner, current observation, status, and predefined response. ā€œMonitor closelyā€ is incomplete.

When a signpost is triggered, activate or escalate the named response, record the observation, and revisit the linked ratings and assumptions. Do not close the risk automatically.