Register
A single authoritative list of things of one kind, with a status against each. The pattern recurs across GRC in the obligations register, the risk register, the exception register and the Portfolio Index. The operating rule is that if something is not in the register, it does not exist as far as anyone else is concerned.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 4 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A single authoritative list of things of one kind, with a status against each. The pattern recurs across GRC in the obligations register, the risk register, the exception register and the Portfolio Index. The operating rule is that if something is not in the register, it does not exist as far as anyone else is concerned.
The tone and directness of a document's persuasive framing, which this topic teaches must adjust by audience, more restrained and evidence-first for a Brussels reader, more directly persuasive for a Washington-facing document, even when the underlying facts stay identical.
A single authoritative list of things of one kind, with a status against each. Risks, obligations, issues and exceptions each have one, and mixing their contents is the most common cause of a list nobody trusts.
The working record of live risk positions, held at the working altitude, containing every row with its state, evidence, trigger and requested decision. Not the board's risk report.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- Compliance One-Pagers That Persuade: Requirement In, Talking Point Out · AI Law in Practice: The Compliance-to-Persuasion Toolkit, The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.