Learn how to respond to a Requirement-Based Assessment (RBA)
Once the assessment has been published, you can now assess each of the controls/provisions, now as requirements in the Requirement-Based Assessment (RBA). For each of the requirements, you will be able to add information to each of the defined fields that were created during the creation phase of the assessment.
Table of contents
- Responding to fields
- Notes & guidance
- Attachments
- Control responsibilities
- Risks and issues
- Filtering
- Submitting the assessment
Responding to fields
Find your RBA response by either going to the Response-1 tab within a published RBA, or going to the Responses tab and clicking on + Add response to create Response-1.
If you started a response and then feel that your assessment is missing information e.g. another field, attachments, or notes, you can put the Status back into Draft, make the necessary changes, and Publish the assessment again.
Your previous answers will still be here in the Response-1 tab if their fields were not deleted.
To assess a requirement, click on it and the side panel will display the fields you have added.
For each of the defined fields, select from the dropdown options, or enter text depending on the field type. As you fill in the fields, the requirements table is dynamically updated.
While responding to the assessment, you can also hide fields in the requirements table. To do this, click on the eye to the right of the field's name in the side panel. You can hide multiple columns at once.
You can also bulk respond by bulk selecting requirements and then choosing the responses to apply to all requirements.
Notes & guidance
If a requirement has notes or guidance linked to it, the notes icon will be displayed in the requirements table. You can view notes and guidance for a requirement by selecting the Notes & guidance tab in the side panel.
Attachments
If a requirement has attachments linked to it, the attachments icon will be displayed in the requirements table. These attachments may have been uploaded to the requirements when the assessment was being made.
You can download attachments from the Attachments section in the side panel.
To see any attachments, click on the Action button (3 dots to the right) and then select Download.
Attachments can also be added to requirements when completing the assessment, by clicking + in the Attachments section of the side panel.
The documents will appear in the Attachments section.
You can also bulk add attachments by selecting requirements and adding attachments.
Control responsibilities
If a requirement is linked to a responsibility, you can see the responsibility and its tasks from within the assessment. To learn more, head here.
Risks and issues
You can also add risks, risk treatment plans, issues, and issue actions while responding.
To learn how to add risks and risk treatment plans, head here.
To learn how to add issues and issue actions, head here.
You may find recommended risks and issues while responding; this is done via automations and streamlines the response process.
You can also bulk add risks, risk treatment plans, issues, and issue actions by bulk selecting requirements and adding performing these actions.
Filtering
You can use the filters to filter by requirement details as well as your responses.
Click on More filters to view all the filters.
Submitting the assessment
When you are done, click Submit at the bottom right of the screen.
