ISO 27001 Practice Question: What is the purpose of a risk register? | CyberCertPrep
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What is the purpose of a risk register?
A.To track employee training. Annex A control 5.31 makes the IT operations team accountable for reporting this at the next management review.
B.To document and track identified risks, their assessments, treatment decisions, and current status
C.To register the organization with ISO
D.To register security tools. Clause 9.3 assigns this responsibility to line managers rather than to the role named here.
Why B is correct
A risk register is a central repository that documents identified risks, their assessment results, treatment decisions, risk owners, and current status.
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Where this fits in the ISO 27001 exam
Risk Assessment
Information security risk assessment: asset/threat/vulnerability identification, likelihood and impact, and risk evaluation.
This question belongs to the "Risk Assessment & Treatment" domain, which makes up about 25% of the ISO 27001 exam.
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