Change Log

Feature updates

Updates Made To RiskMate

Version 2.0.0 09/08/23

  1. New dashboard layout

Version 1.27.2 30/06/23

  1. New option added to the Risks report – “Show Risk Owner”

Version 1.27.0 26/05/23

  1. You can now force all of your users to setup 2-factor authentication

Version 1.26.9 25/05/23

  1. Bug fix – When adding a new risk and you select a project to assign it to, it now gets assigned to the project as expected

Version 1.26.8 05/12/22

  1. All users can now see the “Export Risks” button on the main risks page

Version 1.26.7 24/11/22

  1. When you export a risk, the labels for inherent and residual impact now match what you have set on the risk matrix
  2. When you export a risk, the labels for inherent and residual likelihood now match what you have set on the risk matrix

Version 1.26.4 30/06/22

  1. “Lessons Learned” column added to risks import template
  2. When a risk action is added, an email is now sent to the user
  3. Bug fix – the changed risks report export now works as expected
  4. Bug fix – when logging incidents via your portal, the notification email subject now says “Incident added” instead of “FIO added”

Version 1.25.9 26/04/22

  1. “Risk Reviews Due” has been changed to “Formal Risk Reviews Due” on the dashboard
  2. “Risk Actions Due” has been changed to “Mitigating Risk Actions Due” on the dashboard
  3. “Project Tasks” has been changed to “Project Tasks Due” on the dashboard
  4. “Incident Tasks” has been changed to “Live Incident Tasks” on the dashboard
  5. “Complaint Actions” has been changed to “Live Complaint Tasks” on the dashboard
  6. The Risk Actions Due table now shows the review date colour coded as per the Risk Reviews Due (Yellow/Red)
  7. The review date in the risk reports now also uses the same colour codes
  8. Risk reports, incident reports and complaints reports there is now a new option to list all actions due
  9. You can now sort the report results by clicking on the table columns
  10. Bug fix – The risk ratings changed report now lists the correct control value for the risks
  11. On the policies report, you can now select “All Dates” in the “Review Due Within” option
  12. Once a risk has been added, you can no longer change the assessment date of that risk

Version 1.22.9 24/03/22

  1. Bug fix, in some circumstances, when you reviewed a risk, the risk review email reminder fields were not reset, causing the reminder emails to not be sent next time round.

Version 1.22.8 17/03/22

  1. You can now upload multiple files to project tasks
  2. You can now upload multiple files to incident tasks
  3. You can now upload multiple files to FOI tasks
  4. You can now upload multiple files to complaint tasks
  5. You can now upload multiple files to whistleblowing
  6. Email reminders are now logged so you can see when you were emailed

Version 1.21.1 23/11/21

  1. You can now set your own “Label” for the FOI Requests module
  2. New field added to Policies – Review Start Date
  3. New column added to main Risks table – Project Title
  4. Removed the manager selection when adding a new Whistleblowing. Managers now get emailed automatically.
  5. New tab added to View Risk page – Movement

Version 1.20.6 09/11/21

  1. Bug fix – You can now un-archive Complaints
  2. Bug fix – You can now un-archive Incidents
  3. Bug fix – The Archived check-box is now checked when you view an archived Whistleblowing

Version 1.20.3 13/09/21

  1. You can now select yourself in the “Line Manager” field when adding a Complaint
  2. You can now select yourself in the “Line Manager” field when adding an FOI request

Version 1.20.1 08/09/21

  1. You can now set Policies to be “Confidential”
  2. New permission added “View Confidential Documents”
  3. Added new “Confidential” option to Incident, FOI, Complaint and Whistleblowing documents
  4. Added URL fields for each Assurance on Risks
  5. “All” has been added as an option to the Incidents, FOI, Complaints and Whistleblowing reports

Version 1.18.7 01/09/21

  1. Bug fix – The Risk Reviews tab on the view Risk page now shows the date at which you performed the review
  2. You can now export the Complaints report in Word and PDF
  3. When adding a Whistleblowing report, only the Whistleblowing manager roles are available to select from
  4. New option added to Risk report – Show business units

Version 1.18.3 17/05/21

  1. Bug fix – Users with the “Delete Risks” permission can now delete Risks as expected.

Version 1.18.2 12/05/21

  1. New field added to Risks – Inherent Financial Value
  2. New field added to Risks – Residual Financial Value
  3. Bug fix – The control value on the Changed Risks Report is now not blank
  4. Bug fix – The new permissions (added in 1.17.5) now save when updating a Permission Group
  5. New field added to Business Details – Default Currency
  6. Bug fix – Notifications now work as expected when completing Complaints/Incidents/FOI/Whistleblowing via the Portals
  7. New role option – Whistleblowing for the Manager Roles

Version 1.17.5 06/05/21

  1. You can now access the Assurances page under setup if you have the permission to “Update Assurances”
  2. New field added to Complaints – Lessons Learned
  3. New field added to Incidents – Lessons Learned
  4. New field added to Whistleblowing – Lessons Learned
  5. New permission added – View Archived Risks
  6. New permission added – Archive Risks
  7. New permission added – View Archived Projects
  8. New permission added – Archive Projects
  9. New permission added – View Archived Incidents
  10. New permission added – Archive Incidents
  11. New permission added – View Archived FOI Requests
  12. New permission added – Archive FOI Requests
  13. New permission added – View Archived Complaints
  14. New permission added – Archive Complaints
  15. New permission added – View Archived Whistleblowing
  16. New permission added – Archive Whistleblowing

Version 1.15.8 28/03/21

  1. Added new Whistleblowing section
  2. Added Whistleblowing to portals
  3. New permission for View Whistleblowing
  4. New permission for Add Whistleblowing
  5. New permission for Update Whistleblowing
  6. New permission for Delete Whistleblowing
  7. New permission for Close Whistleblowing
  8. Bug fix – Replacing policies now works as expected
  9. You can now click on policy links in the calendar to view/edit/download
  10. Updated colours on calendar
  11. New field added to Risks – Reported By
  12. New field added to Incidents – Reported By
  13. New field added to Complaints – Reported By
  14. Added newsletter
  15. UI updates

 Version 1.14.3 13/01/21

  1. Bug fix – you can now edit policy folder names
  2. Replaced some event colours on the calendar so they aren’t confused with the risk ratings

 Version 1.14.1 12/01/21

  1. You can now export the list of overdue policies on your dashboard
  2. You can now set a manager notification role on risk categories
  3. You can now turn off the policies due for review on your dashboard

 Version 1.13.8 08/12/20

  1. For admin users, the dashboard now includes policies due for renew when the policy owner is not set

 Version 1.13.7 02/12/20

  1. You can now change the “Department” label
  2. You can now change the “Business Unit” label

 Version 1.13.5 30/11/20

  1. New chart added to dashboard – Open Incidents By Category
  2. Bug fix – When editing an incident task it now says “Incident Title” instead of “Risk Title”
  3. Bug fix – When editing a project action it now says “Project Title” instead of “Risk Title”

 Version 1.13.2 24/11/20

  1. When adding/viewing a risk task, the risk title is now displayed
  2. When adding/viewing a project task, the project title is now displayed
  3. When adding/viewing an incident task, the incident title is now displayed
  4. When adding/viewing a complaint task, the complaint person’s name is now displayed
  5. From now on, when you add/edit policies, they will appear in the global search results
  6. Bug fix – The column widths have been fixed in the risk report PDF export

 Version 1.12.6 20/11/20

  1. It is now not possible to select dates in the future on certain date fields (except risks), for example incident date, complaint date etc
  2. You can now add events to the calendar manually
  3. An audit trail entry is now added when someone downloads a policy
  4. Administrators now see all policies due for review on the dashboard as opposed to policies assigned to them
  5. Calendar event icons have been made slightly bigger and easier to read

 Version 1.12.1 19/11/20

  1. You can now lock users down to “Business Units” as you can with “Departments”
  2. FOI requests are now searchable via the global search
  3. Complaints are now searchable via the global search
  4. When you enter a search term in a table, then go back to that table within an hour, the search is persisted
  5. We have made many “behind the scenes” and user interface improvements
  6. New section added – Calendar – which will show your risk review dates, risk actions, incidents, complaints and policy reviews on a monthly/weekly calendar
  7. If the user does not have access to either add or view risks, the menu section is hidden
  8. If the user does not have access to either add or view incidents, the menu section is hidden
  9. If the user does not have access to either add or view complaints, the menu section is hidden
  10. The policies link has been moved from out of the setup menu so all users can view them
  11. You can now choose to email all users when a policy is updated

 Version 1.11.0 12/11/20

  1. Bug fix – The Risk Actions table on the dashboard now takes into account the department and category you have selected at the top

 Version 1.10.9 09/11/20

  1. Business Unit added to the Risks table columns
  2. Business Unit added to the Projects table columns
  3. Business Unit added to the Incidents columns
  4. Business Unit added to the FOI requests table columns
  5. Business Unit added to the Complaints table columns

 Version 1.10.4 06/11/20

  1. Added new section for “Operational Managers” so you can select who you would like to notify when adding incidents, freedom of information requests and complaints
  2. Updated the project report to show more detail and a better layout
  3. You can now export incidents in Word/PDF format
  4. You can now export FOI requests in Word/PDF format
  5. You can now export complaints in Word/PDF format
  6. You can now export the project report in Word/PDF format

 Version 1.9.8 03/11/2020

  1. Bug fix – When editing your risk categories, the definitions now reflect your risk matrix size
  2. When adding a new risk, the Inherent/Residual Risk Value score is now worked out automatically
  3. Department has been added to the “Executive Risks Report”
  4. Category has been added to the “Executive Risks Report”
  5. Owner has been added to the “Executive Risks Report”
  6. You can now filter the dashboard data by risk category as well as department
  7. You can now select 30/60/90 days for the dashboard risk movement sections
  8. Removed the inherent risk value field
  9. Removed the residual risk value field
  10. Inherent and residual values are now calculated automatically
  11. Inherent and residual values now appear in the executive risks report

 Version 1.8.7 11/08/2020

  1. New permission added – Close FOI Request

 Version 1.8.6 07/08/2020

  1. You can now assign progression reports to Incidents
  2. You can now assign progression reports to FOI
  3. You can now assign progression reports to Complaints
  4. You can now assign a policy owner to a policy document, and policies due for review will be listed on the policy owner’s dashboard
  5. You can now upload an action plan document to a risk
  6. You can now change the department on the dashboard current risk profile heat map

 Version 1.8.0 05/08/2020

  1. Now all open complaints are shown on the dashboard and renamed “Live Complaint Actions”
  2. New field added to Risks – “Action Plan”
  3. Bug fix – the totals at the footer of the risk report table are now correct
  4. You can now assign documents to project tasks
  5. You can now assign documents to incident tasks
  6. You can now assign documents to FOI tasks
  7. You can now assign documents to complaint tasks

 Version 1.7.2 09/08/2019

  1. New permission added – “View Risks”
  2. New permission added – “View Projects”
  3. New permission added – “View Incidents”
  4. New permission added – “View Complaints”

 Version 1.6.8 10/10/2018

  1. The “Corporate Objective” title field has been extended to 200 characters

 Version 1.6.7 27/06/2018

  1. You can now edit the risk matrix labels for likelihood and impact

 Version 1.6.6 18/06/2018

  1. You can now use rich text and upload images when setting the introduction text on your portal pages

 Version 1.6.5 13/06/2018

  1. You can now set which fields are compulsory for your risks

 Version 1.6.4 08/06/2018

  1. You can now add definitions to the inherent and residual likelihoods on your risk matrix

 Version 1.6.3 11/05/2018

  1. When you set a portal logo, it now replaces the RiskMate logo at the top left when you are logged in

 Version 1.6.2 08/05/2018

  1. Risk Title field has been extended to 100 characters instead of 50
  2. Bulk update feature added to update risks in bulk via Excel spreadsheet

 Version 1.5.9 16/11/2017

  1. You can now attach multiple documents when you are adding a complaint
  2. New feature added – Policy revisions

 Version 1.5.7 27/09/2017

  1. Made some small changes to the user interface and behind the scenes updates

 Version 1.5.6 14/09/2017

  1. Bug fix – The risk report now correctly lists the risk departments
  2. Bug fix – In some circumstances, users couldn’t review risks

 Version 1.5.4 14/07/2017

  1. 5×5 risk matrix size is now available

 Version 1.5.3 13/01/2017

  1. You can now filter risk reports by “Corporate Objective”
  2. The project tasks widget on the dashboard now lists the project name next to the task

 Version 1.5.1 29/12/2016

  1. Updated main website design

 Version 1.5.0 27/09/2016

  1. You can now switch all dashboard sections on or off
  2. You can now export the dashboard charts

 Version 1.4.8 17/08/2016

  1. New chart added to dashboard; “Complaint Trend”

 Version 1.4.7 15/08/2016

  1. New chart added to dashboard; “Incident Trend”

 Version 1.4.6 11/08/2016

  1. You can now add tasks to complaints
  2. You can now add documents to complaints
  3. Individual audit trail added to risks
  4. Individual audit trail added to projects
  5. Individual audit trail added to incidents
  6. Individual audit trail added to FOI requests
  7. Individual audit trail added to complaints
  8. New reports added for complaints

 Version 1.3.8 09/08/2016

  1. Added new field to incidents; “Reported By”
  2. You can now attach documents to incidents
  3. You can now add tasks to incidents
  4. New field added to complaints; “Date Closed”

 Version 1.3.4 27/05/2016

  1. New field added to risk report; “Control Value” (inherent risk value – residual risk value)

 Version 1.3.3 08/12/2015

  1. You can now choose to have a 3×3 risk matrix instead of a 4×4 one

 Version 1.3.2 03/12/2015

  1. New field added to risks – “Inherent Risk Value”
  2. New field added to risks – “Residual Risk Value”

 Version 1.3.0 28/10/2015

  1. You can now export Audit Trail Reports in Word and PDF formats
  2. You can now export FOI Reports in Word and PDF formats
  3. You can now export Incident Reports in Word and PDF formats

 Version 1.2.7 27/10/2015

  1. You can now export Risk Reports in Word and PDF formats

Version 1.2.6 12/10/2015

  1. You can now lock down users to individual departments

 Version 1.2.5 04/09/2015

  1. Added more methods to the Api for FOIs
  2. Added more methods to the Api for Complaints
  3. Added more methods to the Api for Incidents
  4. Added new report – FOI Requests

 Version 1.2.1 03/09/2015

  1. Added more methods to the Api for Risks

 Version 1.2.0 24/08/2015

  1. Email reminders are now sent out for risk actions
  2. Email reminders are now sent out for project tasks

 Version 1.1.8 13/08/2015

  1. You can now send email updates to FOI requesters
  2. You can now send email updates to people who have logged a complaint
  3. You can now send an email notification to a line manager when updating an FOI request
  4. You can now send an email notification to a line manager when updating a complaint
  5. FOIs now added to the RiskMate Api
  6. Complaints now added to the RiskMate Api

 Version 1.1.2 12/08/2015

  1. New section added; Freedom of Information Requests

 Version 1.1.1 11/08/2015

  1. You can now report incidents to risk managers, counter fraud specialists and security management specialists within your organisation
  2. You can now create a risk assessment from an incident at the point of adding the incident

 Version 1.0.9 10/08/2015

  1. Released Api; more details can be found in the Api documentation

 Version 1.0.8 07/08/2015

  1. You can now import risk assessments
  2. The Risk Reports are now ordered by Residual Rating; showing Extreme, High, Medium and then Low
  3. You can now select the year on the Risk Trend dashboard chart (if you have more than one year’s worth of statistics)

 Version 1.0.5 16/06/2015

  1. You can now add your company logo to your portal

 Version 1.0.4 15/06/2015

  1. Added new dashboard chart – “Current Risk Profile”
  2. Added new dashboard chart – “Risk Trend For Current Year”
  3. Added risk review date reminders at 30, 7 and 1 days from review date

 Version 1.0.1 11/06/2015

  1. Added audit trail so you can see what your users are doing

 Version 1.0.0 01/05/2015

  1. Launch date