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Risk exception: [short title]

An exception records accepted residual risk. It does not convert a failed control into a pass.

Field Value
Exception ID
Affected release/environment
Affected control IDs
Requested by
Accountable risk owner
Security/privacy/legal reviewers
Created at
Automatic expiry
Remediation owner and due date

Failed or blocked requirement

Describe the requirement, current condition, affected users/data/systems, and why it cannot be resolved before the release decision.

Risk analysis

  • Threat or failure scenario:
  • Likelihood and basis:
  • Impact and blast radius:
  • User, security, privacy, integrity, financial, legal, safety, and operational effects:
  • Detection limitations:
  • Worst credible outcome:

Compensating controls

Describe controls already implemented and attach evidence that they work. Planned controls are remediation, not compensation.

Monitoring and response

  • Detection signal and threshold:
  • Dashboard/alert owner:
  • Immediate containment:
  • Feature disablement or rollback path:
  • Incident declaration criteria:

Scope reduction

Record any cohort, region, feature, traffic, data, or permission reduction used to bound the risk.

Decision

  • Decision: Approve / Reject
  • Risk owner:
  • Decision date:
  • Rationale:
  • Required conditions:

Closure

  • Remediation evidence:
  • Closed by:
  • Closed at:
  • Review of any incidents or near misses: