Your risk matrix still describes today's company?
We update the enterprise risk matrix, confirm the design of key controls and genuinely test the controls behind the most critical risks. Leadership gets a single view of the risk profile, control effectiveness and what to do first.
An outdated matrix gives false comfort.
The business changes, the matrix stays the same. Controls that exist on paper go untested, and leadership decides based on an old snapshot.
Risks that changed
New business lines, systems, suppliers and ESG requirements are missing from the matrix.
Controls only on paper
Controls described, but with no owner, no evidence or no execution in day-to-day work.
Effectiveness never tested
Nobody knows whether the controls behind the most serious risks actually work.
No clear priority
Many findings, little direction: governance investment gets scattered.
Three layers of depth, a single view.
Enterprise risk assessment
Strategic, operational, financial, technology, compliance and ESG risks, assessed by likelihood, impact and control effectiveness. An updated matrix, with interdependencies, heatmap and action plans.
Walkthrough of key controls
Design, implementation and traceability of the controls tied to the main risks, with interviews and evidence. Gaps, redundancies and simplification opportunities.
Audit of critical controls
Operating-effectiveness tests, with sampling and objective evidence, on the controls behind very-high-criticality risks. Results rated and validated with the areas.
5 stages in 11 weeks, from alignment to roadmap.
Planning and methodology
Kick-off, criticality criteria, RACI and standard templates.
Enterprise risks
Interviews, document review and benchmarking: a new validated matrix.
Walkthrough
Design and implementation of key controls confirmed.
Critical control audit
Effectiveness tests, evidence and rating of results.
Presentation and roadmap
Reports, GRC maturity dashboards and governance roadmap.
From diagnosis to action, with clear priorities.
- Updated risk matrix, consolidated heatmap and priority risk dashboard
- Walkthrough records and gap matrix with recommendations
- Critical control audit report, with evidence and findings
- GRC maturity dashboard in Power BI and short, medium and long-term roadmap
- Technical and executive report, presented to senior management
- A current risk profile, linked to controls and action plans
- Real, not assumed, effectiveness of critical controls
- Fewer redundant controls and more efficiency
- Evidence ready for internal and external audits
- Governance investment prioritized by criticality
The matrix does not go back into a drawer.
The matrix, controls and action plans can stay alive in NLC | Risk, NLC's risk management platform: heatmap, KRIs, control assessment and action plans tracked day to day.
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Risk matrix, appetite, controls, KRIs, action plans and reports in one place, with an audit trail.
Decide with today's picture.
In 11 weeks, leadership knows which risks matter, which controls work and where to start.