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Criticality Overview
The Safeguard Ranking is a simple, yet powerful way to understand which safeguards are most critical. This criticality information can be used to prioritize audits and maintenance enabling organizations to improve their use of resources (human and capital) and ensure critical safeguards are in place and working effectively.
Safeguards are listed from most critical to least critical in the module and the sample risk matrix below helps explain how criticality of safeguards is determined.
The Safeguard A would have higher Criticality than the Safeguard B due to the following factors:
Safeguard A provides 2 drops in likelihood vs. only 1 drop in likelihood for Safeguard B
Safeguard A is reducing risk on scenarios with higher severity consequences than Safeguard B
Safeguard A is used in multiple scenarios where Safeguard B is used in only 1 scenario
Filtering Safeguards
Safeguards displayed in the left panel of the module are listed from most critical to least critical as indicated by the length of the colored bar below the safeguard text. The color of the criticality bar is related to the safeguard category which can be found in the safeguard category doughnut chart to the right.
Safeguards can be filtered based on their category, safeguard name or risk receptor. Begin filtering by clicking the “Search” bar at the top right of the module. A filter control will be displayed.
Examples of how to filter safeguards:
Select one ore more safeguard category tiles
Select one or more risk receptor category tiles
Type in the tag number or word related to the safeguard
When a filter is applied, the filter control will indicate how many safeguards match the filter in the bottom left corner of the control as pictured below.
Filters can be cleared by clicking “CLEAR ALL FILTERS”. When clicked, all safeguards are listed in the left panel.
Viewing Safeguard Details
Safeguard details can be viewed in the bottom right panel of the module.Click on any safeguard in the list to view its category text, number of times the safeguard was used, credits and related scenario risk receptors.
