Risk Treatment Plan

Turn identified and scored risks into concrete, trackable treatment actions with the Secutas Risk Treatment Plan.

This ready-to-use Excel template helps GRC and risk professionals select an appropriate treatment strategy, define controls and actions, assign ownership, set deadlines, track progress, and record the residual risk remaining after treatment.

What’s Included

1. Blank Risk Treatment Plan

A structured worksheet for documenting:

Risk ID
Risk Description
Current Risk Rating
Treatment Strategy
Treatment Actions / Controls
Resources Required
Responsible Owner
Target Completion Date
Status
Residual Risk Rating
Last Reviewed

2. Example Risk Treatment Plan

Includes practical examples demonstrating how different risks can be treated using Mitigate, Accept, and Transfer strategies, with defined actions, owners, resources, deadlines, status, and residual ratings.

3. Strategy & Status Key

Provides clear definitions for four treatment strategies:

Avoid — Eliminate the risk by changing plans or removing its source.
Mitigate — Reduce likelihood or impact through controls and safeguards.
Transfer — Shift the risk or financial consequence to a third party.
Accept — Acknowledge the risk when immediate treatment is not justified.

It also includes status definitions for Not Started, In Progress, Completed, Overdue, and On Hold.

4. Designed for Risk Lifecycle Management

Use the template after risk identification and scoring to move from “What are our risks?” to “What are we doing about them?”

The workflow supports:

Identify → Score → Treat → Assign → Implement → Review → Reassess

Ideal For

GRC professionals
Risk managers
Cybersecurity teams
Compliance teams
Internal auditors
Risk consultants
Business and process owners
Organizations building structured risk management processes

Key Benefits

Convert risk assessments into actionable treatment plans
Establish clear risk ownership and accountability
Track treatment deadlines and status
Document controls and required resources
Compare current and residual risk ratings
Standardize treatment strategies across risk areas
Support regular risk review and monitoring

From risk identification to risk reduction — create a clear action plan for every priority risk.

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Risk Treatment Plan