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Linking a new task to a risk

Roles and permissions

The following roles can link a task to a risk:

  • Administrators who are members of the Risk Register

  • Compliance managers who are members of the Risk Register

  • Users who are members of the Risk Register

Note

Risks cannot be linked to tasks created on a different object, e.g. to a task created on a control.

  1. From the left menu, select Risk.

  2. Select your Risk Register.

  3. Select the Risks tab.

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  4. Select the risk that you want to link the task to.

  5. Click the Task icon.

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  6. Optionally, click the Pin icon to pin the Tasks panel.

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  7. Click New task.

    The Task window opens.

  8. Click Create.

    The task is created.

Linking a Jira issue to a risk

A Jira issue can be linked to a risk via a Hyperproof task.

  1. Create the issue in Jira if it does not already exist.

  2. Link the Jira issue to a Hyperproof task. See Attaching an existing Jira issue to a task

  3. Link the task to a risk. See the steps above