How is this different from a risk register spreadsheet?

A register is an artefact; the value comes from consistent assessment, ownership, escalation thresholds and reporting that changes decisions. We build the process, and the register follows it.

Who should own risks?

The business owner who can actually influence the outcome — not risk or compliance staff. Where no such owner can be named, the risk is usually mis-stated, and we work through that.

How does a enterprise risk management engagement start?

With a short discovery conversation and a written view of scope, risk and the decisions to be made. That view is useful to you whether or not the work continues.

How is a enterprise risk management engagement priced?

Scope and, where relevant, rules of engagement are agreed in writing before any work begins, and the engagement is a fixed fee for that scope or phased with a cost envelope per phase — so you know the cost and the boundaries up front. Larger pieces of work are broken into phases with findings delivered early rather than a single invoice at the end.

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Enterprise Risk Management

Risk registers that live in departmental spreadsheets tell leadership very little, because the same severity means different things to different teams. We build enterprise risk management that informs decisions: a consistent assessment method, appetite statements specific enough to act on, and an owner for every significant risk. Each risk carries a treatment decision and an escalation threshold, so the register shows movement rather than a static list. Reporting is framed for the board and the relevant committees, so the work changes where attention and money go.

In short

Enterprise risk management gives leadership a consistent view of the risks that could prevent the organisation meeting its objectives. It is the process by which those risks are identified, compared on the same terms, owned by someone accountable and escalated before they crystallise.

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What we do

The work inside enterprise risk management.

Framework and appetite

We define risk categories, a scoring scale and appetite statements specific enough to guide real decisions. Appetite written as "we are risk averse" cannot be applied; a threshold expressed in time, money or regulatory consequence can. The framework is kept proportionate so assessment is repeatable without specialist help.

Risk identification and assessment

We run workshops and analysis across functions to surface risks consistently, rather than relying on whoever happens to shout loudest. Using one method across the organisation makes a high risk in one function comparable with a high risk in another. It also brings out the risks that sit between functions, which tend to be the ones nobody owns.

Register and ownership

We build a register in which every risk has an accountable owner and an explicit treatment decision — accept, treat, transfer or avoid. The owner is the business person who can actually influence the outcome, not a risk or compliance administrator. Where no such owner can be named, the risk is usually mis-stated, and we work through that before it is logged.

Escalation and reporting

We set escalation thresholds so a worsening risk reaches leadership automatically, not by chance. Reporting shows movement since the last cycle — what rose, what was treated, what is newly in scope — rather than a flat list. This is what lets the board see the few risks that genuinely need a decision this quarter.

What you receive

Deliverables, in writing.

Documented output your teams keep and can act on without us in the room.

Risk framework with scoring and appetite statements
Enterprise risk register with owners and treatments
Escalation thresholds and process
Board and committee reporting pack

When this work helps

You may be facing this.

Risk registers exist per department with no consolidated view
Risk appetite is stated in language too general to apply
Significant risks were known but never escalated

How an engagement runs

Discover, assess, design, deliver.

01
Discover
Establish the obligations, decision rights, and risks that genuinely matter to this organisation. We separate the requirements that truly apply from those assumed to, so effort is not spent governing risks you do not carry.
02
Assess
Review existing controls, policy, evidence, and how the work is actually performed. We compare the control on paper with the control in practice, because the gap between the two is usually where the real risk sits.
03
Design
Design a proportionate control set with named ownership, evidence, and review cadence. Every control has an owner who can operate it and a defined source of evidence, so nothing depends on memory or heroics.
04
Deliver
Embed the changes with the teams doing the work, and test that the controls operate. We hand over controls the process owners can run themselves, rather than a framework only we understand.

Where we work

Delhi, India — and wherever the work is.

Fidova provides governance, risk and compliance consulting from Delhi, India, and works with organisations operating in several jurisdictions at once, mapping obligations across regions to one coherent control set.

Engagements run in English, are scheduled around your time zone, and can be delivered remotely end to end, with on-site time planned where a phase genuinely benefits from being in the room.

Related services

Often needed alongside this.

IT Risk Assessment

IT risk assessment evaluates the technology risks — availability, integrity, obsolescence, supplier and change risk — that threaten operations. It covers the risks that materialise without any attacker, which a security-only view tends to miss.

Cyber Risk Assessment

Cyber risk assessment quantifies the likelihood and impact of credible cyber scenarios against your organisation. It answers what an incident would actually cost and which of your controls would interrupt it, rather than cataloguing weaknesses in the abstract.

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory compliance work establishes which regulations apply to you, what they require operationally, and how compliance is evidenced. It turns legal text into specific controls and the records that demonstrate they operate.

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