“Without the proper tools, attempting to implement a comprehensive IT Risk Management program can in itself be a cause of failure.”
- John Jackson, Executive VP Fusion Risk Management

Business Results

Senior executives gain an ongoing business-oriented view of their IT risk management program.

Managers gain prioritized objectives, justification for budget requests, and action plans for remediation.

Fusion Framework Assessment Services

Contact Fusion Risk Management for a comprehensive Framework Assessment of your IT Risk Management program.

Fusion Associates

Through the Fusion Associates Program, your consulting firm is enabled to deliver comprehensive IT Risk Management assessments and program management services using the Fusion Framework Software platform.

For more information on the Fusion Associates Program, contact:

Andy Mercker
Vice President Business Development
(847) 632-1002 x519

Fusion Framework™ Software is the industry's most compelling assessment, prioritization and management system for IT and Operational Risk Management.  Fusion Framework software converges multiple areas of risk into a comprehensive program that can be managed effectively, efficiently and economically.

Business Problem:  Today, organizations face a complex array of IT and operational risks, multiple audit and compliance agendas, and an ever-growing list of threats and vulnerabilities.  Senior executives are challenged to manage risk in a comprehensive manner.  Unless risks are consistently 1) identified, 2) organized and 3) measured, efforts to mitigate risk become reactive, disjointed and difficult to justify.  Without a comprehensive risk management program, there is no effective way to determine which risks should be accepted or mitigated, and no consistent way to turn risk management investments into results that impact the business.

Fusion Framework Software:  The Fusion Framework software platform provides an organizational framework, measurement tools, comprehensive maturity model, and the data repository needed to capture an organization’s overall risk management profile.  Fusion’s hierarchical approach enables top down views for senior executives to see the most critical gaps in an organization’s risk management program, as well as the roadmap of risk mitigation priorities tuned to the needs of the business. 

Drill-down detail within each component of risk enables management and operational layers to assign roles and responsibilities associated with an unlimited number of compliance, audit and risk mitigation agendas.  Dashboards and reporting enable stakeholders at every layer of the organization to gain a synchronized view of risk management priorities, understand risk management issues through a common lexicon, and track the status of risk mitigation activities.

Fusion Framework Assessor™

The Fusion Framework Assessor module enables risk management profile assessments.  Practitioners and consultants use the Assessor module to quickly and efficiently conduct a comprehensive risk management assessment for target organizations. 

The Assessor module identifies, organizes and measures risk elements across a comprehensive array of components and domains.  Quantifiable elements are matched against a standards-based risk management maturity model to present the current risk management profile for the organization.

Next, the desired state of risk management maturity is defined.  The Fusion Framework software presents weighted gaps tuned to the requirements of the business, enabling remediation plans to be developed and prioritized across a comprehensive array of risk management issues, compliance and audit agendas and current business requirements and constraints.

The Framework Assessor™ provides comprehensive, metrics-based results that set priorities to ensure that investments and resources are focused on the next most important activity in an organization’s risk management program.

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Fusion Framework Program Manager™

The Framework Program Manager extends the power of the Framework Assessor to deliver on-going Risk Program Management. The Framework Program Manager™ is used by practitioners and consultants to develop and execute a roadmap to achieve planned states over time; ensuring these are maintained on an ongoing basis.

Framework Program Manager is used to align mitigation projects to risk management issues, assign accountability based on business requirements, prepare for and execute audits, educate and inform senior management, and quickly and easily provide executive and board level reporting.

The Framework Program Manager provides the foundation for program benchmarking over time, as well as benchmarking against a demographic peer group.

Contact Fusion Risk Management today to schedule an executive briefing on the Fusion Framework methodology and software platform.

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