5 Corporate Risk Register and Assurance Maps - COM/20/139 PDF 326 KB
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Decision:
(i) to note the Corporate Risk Register set out in Appendix A; and
(ii) to note the Corporate Assurance Map provided at Appendix B.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Governance which presented the Corporate Risk Register and Assurance Map to provide assurance on the Council’s system of risk management.
The report recommended:-
That the Committee -
(a) to note the Corporate Risk Register set out in Appendix A; and
(b) to note the Corporate Assurance Map provided at Appendix B.
In response to a question regarding the Cyber Security Risk and whether additional checks were in place to ensure there were no security breaches, the Chief Officer – Digital and Technology advised that significant investment had been made in this area to reduce vulnerability and that various checks were conducted.
In response to a question relating to the Cyber Security Risk and whether there was increased risk with people working from home, the Chief Officer – Digital and Technology advised that there were less physical breaches as employees were not transporting devices.
In response to a question relating to the Financial Sustainability Risk and how the score was arrived at, the Chief Officer – Finance advised that the sustainability of the current financial situation had increased the level of risk to the Council and income and expenditure was being monitored closely.
The Committee resolved:-
to approve the recommendations contained in the report.