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Risks you score, not just describe.

A 5×5 matrix with pre and post-control scoring, Bowtie diagrams for high-risk items, and a control library that ties every mitigation back to the SOP that governs it. Living document, not a spreadsheet.

5×5 matrixPre / post controlsBowtie diagramsControl libraryRisk owner workflows
The problem

Risk registers don't have to die in a spreadsheet.

Most risk registers are a static workbook someone updated once for an ISO audit. ENSURE makes them living: every hazard scores pre-control and post-control, every control cites the procedure that governs it, and high-risk items get Bowtie diagrams instead of free-text descriptions.

5×5 matrix with pre + post scoring

Severity × likelihood, before and after controls. Auto-coloured tiers (Low / Medium / High / Critical) on both sides so the residual is visible at a glance. Owner-assigned, review-dated, history preserved.

  • Configurable severity + likelihood labels per org
  • Auto-tier colour by score (4 tiers)
  • Pre vs post-control gap visible per row
Risk · RISK-038
Slip / trip on wet floor · Bay 4
OPEN
Pre-control
4 × 5
CRITICAL · 20
Post-control
2 × 2
LOW · 4
OwnerJ. Davies

Bowtie diagrams for high-risk items

For Critical and High residual risks, free text isn't enough. ENSURE's Bowtie diagrams structure threats on the left, the top event in the middle, consequences on the right — and the prevention + mitigation barriers connecting them. Structured data, not loose drawings.

  • Threats, top event, consequences as discrete records
  • Prevention + mitigation barrier rows
  • Each barrier links to a control + the procedure
Bowtie · RISK-038
Threats
Process leak Wash-down spill Condensation
TOP EVENT · Person slips on wet floor
Consequences
Minor injury Lost-time injury Equipment damage

Control library cross-linked to procedures

The same control gets re-used across risks — bunding, gas testing, PPE matrix, LOTO. ENSURE's control library makes them first-class records, and each one cites the SOP / WI / training course that governs it.

  • Re-use a control across many risks — single source of truth
  • Each control cites its source procedure(s)
  • Effectiveness review per control on a schedule
Control library
Bunding · 110% capacity
CTRL-005
SOP-014 WI-09
Anti-slip flooring
CTRL-022
SOP-022
Spill kit · 30m radius
CTRL-034
EPP-005
Reused across14 risks
Connected to everything else

Risk → control → procedure → audit.

A risk register isn't a destination. ENSURE keeps it tied to the procedures that govern the controls and the audits that verify them.

HAZ-014
Hazard
Identified on inspection or incident
RISK-038
Risk Register
Scored pre + post, Bowtie if Critical
CTRL-005
Control
From the library — bunding · anti-slip · spill kit
SOP-014
Procedure
Governs how the control is implemented

Stop running a register that nobody reads.

Living risks with structured controls and visible residual scores. Book a 30-minute demo and we'll walk it through on your workflow.

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