Risk Profiles and Risk Solution Presets

Overview

In Paramify, Risk Families group related Risks, and each Risk is addressed by one or more Risk Solutions. A Risk Profile is a reusable selection of Risks and the Risk Solutions you want to end up on a stack, and a Risk Solution Preset maps solution parameters — the component that implements each Risk Solution — onto those Risk Solutions. You typically apply one Risk Profile to a Stack, then layer on several smaller, targeted Risk Solution Presets. To learn more about Risks and Risk Families, see this article.

Who can use this

Creating, editing, and deleting Risk Profiles and Risk Solution Presets, and granting workspaces access to them, requires account admin permissions. Applying an existing profile or preset to a stack does not require account admin.

Create a Risk Profile

1. Open the Risk Profiles page

From your account, go to Templates → Risk Profiles.

2. Start a New Profile and Name it

Click New Profile, then enter a name and an optional description.

3. Select the Risks you Want to Cover

Choose the Risks this profile should cover — select them individually, or select all.

4. Confirm the Risk Solutions

Paramify shows every Risk Solution inside the risks you selected and pre-selects all of them, so you only need to unselect the ones you do not want.

5. Review and Create the Profile

Check the summary — any selected risk with no risk solutions is flagged with a warning — then submit to create the profile.

6. Manage the Profile from its Detail Page

On the profile detail page, use the Risks and Risk Solutions tabs and their Manage selection buttons to adjust what the profile covers. You can also create brand new Risks and Risk Solutions from here, and they are added to the profile automatically.

Create a Risk Solution Preset

1. Open the Risk Solution Presets page

From your account, go to Presets → Risk Solutions, then click New Risk Solution Preset.

2. Name the Preset and Select Risk Solutions

Give the preset a name, then select only the Risk Solutions this preset should configure. Targeted presets work best — for example, one preset for everything AWS-related and another for Azure.

3. Set the Solution Parameter for each Risk Solution

For each selected Risk Solution, choose the solution parameter (the implementing component) that should be filled in when this preset is applied.

Give a workspace access

A workspace can only use profiles and presets it has been granted access to. In the account admin, open Workspace Settings → Risk Profiles and grant the workspace access to the profile, then do the same for the Risk Solution Preset.

Apply a profile and presets to a stack

1. Open the stack's Risk Settings

In the workspace, go to Stacks, open or create a stack, and select Risk Settings.

2. Apply the Risk Profile

Click Manage Risk Profile, select the profile you want, and apply it. All of the Risk Solutions in that profile are added to the stack.

3. Apply one or more Risk Solution Presets

With the profile applied, apply a Risk Solution Preset to fill in the solution parameters on the Risk Solutions it covers. Repeat for each targeted preset you want to use.

4. Fill in Remaining Risk Solutions

Work through the remaining Risk Solutions and set solution parameters manually for anything your presets did not cover.

What to expect

Applying a Risk Profile adds every Risk Solution you selected in that profile to the Stack. Applying a Risk Solution Preset sets the solution parameter on each Risk Solution the preset covers and creates the corresponding Solution Capabilities.