Managed centrally, the Designer Tool is used to capture the organisation's unique risk framework.

The framework is built upon a hierarchy of risk areas/categories, risks and controls. Building the framework centrally ensures there is consistency in risk terminology, classification and scoring across the business.

Model details, such as terminology, field descriptions, classification categories, etc., can be controlled from the Designer Tool. Additional information fields can also be defined in the Designer Tool to enable organisations to capture information specific to its business lines.

No assessment is undertaken in the Designer Tool.