¶ Using templates
Using a template copies its content into a risk assessment. This lets you populate a new assessment quickly with a standard set of risks, or add a baseline set of risks to an assessment you are already working on. To create a template first, see Creating templates.
¶ Starting a new risk assessment from a template
There are several places to start from a template:
- From the Templates page: Open Templates in the module and click Select template on the template you want.
- From the risk assessment list: Open Risk Assessment in the module and click Add from template.
- During registration: In the Register risk assessment form, choose a template in Add risks from template.
To create a risk assessment from a template:
- Click Add from template (or Select template on the Templates page).
- In Select template, browse or search for the template. The template browser shows each template's description and how many events, causes, consequences, assets, threats, vulnerabilities and treatments it holds, and whether it is inherited.
- Under Select what you want to copy from the template, choose the content to copy.
- Choose the module in Create in module. If you choose another module than the one you are in, Diri tells you where the assessment will appear.
- Click Create risk assessment, and complete the registration.
¶ Adding a template to an existing assessment
You can also layer template content onto an assessment you are working on:
- Open step 3, the bowtie risk assessment. On an empty bowtie, choose Use a template; otherwise click Add from template at the top of the work surface.
- Select the template.
- In Apply template, choose what to copy:
- Events, causes & consequences - the full bowtie structure.
- Treatments - the preventive and reactive treatments linked to the events. Requires events to be selected first.
- Assets, Threats and Vulnerabilities.
- Apply the template.
Several templates can be combined in the same assessment. Review the result for duplicates afterwards.
¶ After using a template
The content copied from a template becomes part of your assessment and can be changed freely. Later changes to the template do not affect assessments already created from it.