CRISC Risk Response and Reporting Practice Question
A company is integrating its IT risk management program with the enterprise risk management (ERM) program. What is the primary benefit of this integration?
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It provides a holistic view of risk across the organization.
Integration ensures that IT risks are considered in the context of overall organizational objectives and that risk responses are aligned across the enterprise.
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It allows IT to operate independently from business units.
Why it's wrong here
Integration embeds IT risk within business objectives and tolerance, requiring closer alignment with business units rather than independence. It tempts because IT owns technical controls, but operating independently contradicts the purpose of enterprise risk integration.
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It eliminates the requirement for a separate IT risk register.
Why it's wrong here
A separate IT risk register may be consolidated into the enterprise register, but integration does not eliminate the requirement to record and track IT risks. It tempts because duplication is reduced, yet the underlying risk data must still be captured and monitored.
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It provides a holistic view of risk across the organization.
Why this is correct
Integration aggregates IT risk with operational, financial and strategic risk registers, giving leadership a consolidated enterprise-wide view rather than isolated silos. This holistic perspective improves prioritisation and capital allocation, ensuring IT risk is evaluated against overall organisational risk appetite during decision-making.
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It reduces the need for IT-specific risk assessments.
Why it's wrong here
Integration aligns IT risk with enterprise appetite and reporting; it does not remove the need for IT-specific assessments, which supply the technical detail ERM aggregates. It tempts because consolidation reduces duplicated reporting, but assessments remain essential to identify technology-specific exposures.
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