APPLICATION RISK REGISTER

Business-critical applications aren't ranked by real exploitability and impact, so security effort spreads evenly instead of protecting what matters most. The crown-jewel apps aren't clearly prioritised.

Actors

  • Application Security Manager
  • CISO
  • Business Application Owners

Systems / Vendors

  • Application inventory
  • SAST / DAST / SCA
  • GRC platform

Business Question

"Which of our applications, ranked by exploitability and business impact, actually deserve our attention first?"

What SPoG Does

  • Ranks business-critical apps by exploitability and impact.
  • Focuses effort on the highest-risk applications.
  • Keeps an app risk register aligned to business value.

Outcome Metrics

1

App risk register

−25%

Risk on critical apps

6–10 wks

To first outcomes