The Risk Overview tab is the default landing page for Risk Manager. It provides a visual summary of your organisation's risk profile through heat maps and metric cards.
Metric Cards
Six metric cards are displayed above the heat maps:
Total Risks: count of all risks in the company
Overdue Risks: risks with review dates in the past
Active Controls: controls with Active status
Overdue Controls: controls with review dates in the past
Uncontrolled Risks: risks with no linked controls
Reviews Due: risks and controls with reviews due soon
Each card is clickable — selecting a card navigates to the relevant filtered view (e.g. clicking "Overdue Risks" opens the Risks tab with the overdue filter applied).
Heat Maps
Two heat maps are displayed side by side:
Inherent Risk Heat Map: on the left, showing risk ratings before treatment
Residual Risk Heat Map: on the right, showing risk ratings after treatment
Heat Map Structure
Horizontal axis (bottom): Impact levels (Insignificant, Minor, Moderate, Major, Catastrophic)
Vertical axis (left): Likelihood levels (Rare, Unlikely, Possible, Likely, Almost Certain)
Cells: colour-coded according to the risk rating scale (green, yellow, red)
Numbers: each cell shows the count of risks at that likelihood × impact combination (1-25)
Heat Map Behaviour
Risks without any rating do not appear on the heat map
Empty cells show no count (blank or zero)
Cells are colour-coded based on the score threshold (e.g. green for low risk, red for high risk)
Important: The heat maps reflect the current state of your risk register. After updating a risk's rating, the heat map will reflect the change on the next page load.
Further Information
For configuring the rating scales that determine heat map colours, see Configuring Risk Rating Scales. For the detailed risk list, see Managing Risks.