Understanding the Different Risk Profile Dashboard Charts/Sections

Overview

The TrustArc Dashboard includes four Risk Profile widgets that give you a visual summary of your organization's inherent and residual risk posture across record types. Each widget focuses on a different dimension of risk — from averages and high-risk factors through to assessment progress.

This article describes what each widget displays and how to interact with it.

What you can do
View average inherent and residual risk scores across record types
Explore high risk factors globally and by region
See the distribution of residual risk levels per record type
Track assessment and task completion progress across record types
Prerequisites
Active TrustArc account with Dashboard access
Risk Profile widgets added to your Dashboard (see Accessing your Risk Profile Widgets )
Risk Averages

This chart displays the average inherent and residual risk for each record type.

Risk Averages chart showing average inherent and residual risk per record type
📋 Note: This chart is updated every time a Hub record is created or updated, or Inherent Risk is re-evaluated. Refresh the Dashboard page to see the latest data.

The chart supports the following interactions:

You can view an aggregate of both Business Process and Data Inventory records in the same chart.

Risk Averages chart showing aggregate view of Business Process and Data Inventory records

Hovering over a circle-shaped point on the heat map displays additional details about the inherent risk — including the inherent risk averages and the number of risk evaluations completed.

Risk Averages heat map with circle point hovered showing inherent risk details

Hovering over a square-shaped point on the heat map displays additional details about the residual risk — including the residual risk averages and the number of assessments completed.

Risk Averages heat map with square point hovered showing residual risk details

To download the chart as a .jpeg file, click the ellipsis menu in the upper-right corner of the widget and select Download as Image.

Risk Averages widget with the ellipsis menu open showing the Download as Image option

To configure what is included in the chart, click the ellipsis menu and select Configure. From there you can choose to exclude:

TrustArc-calculated inherent risk scores — only user-selected inherent risk scores will be used.
Records missing a risk score for either field — only records with both an inherent and a residual risk score will be included.

Risk Averages Configure panel showing options to exclude TrustArc calculated scores and incomplete records

High Risk Factors

This chart displays the total number of high risk factors globally (1) and by region across all record types. High risk factors cover the following categories:

Data Elements
Data Subject Volume
Data Subject Type
Data Volume
Historical and Scientific Purposes
Processing Purposes
Third Parties
📋 Note: This chart is updated every time a Hub record is created or updated, or Inherent Risk is re-evaluated. Refresh the Dashboard page to see the latest data.
High Risk Factors chart showing global total and regional breakdown

To drill down into a specific region, click the region name (2) in the chart. The total number of high risk factors in that region is shown, broken down by country (3). Only countries in that region that have been identified as hosting locations are included.

High Risk Factors chart drilled into a region showing country-level breakdown
📋 Note: To download the chart as a .jpeg file, click the ellipsis menu and select Download as Image.
High Risk Factors widget with ellipsis menu open showing Download as Image option
Residual Risk Level per Record Type

This chart displays the number or percentage of records per residual risk level for each record type.

To switch the chart from counts to percentages, click Show Percentages (1) in the upper-right corner of the widget.

Residual Risk Level chart with Show Percentages button highlighted in the upper-right corner

Hover over any bar in the chart (2) to see which records fall into each risk level (Low, Medium, or High). You can also use the color indicators (3) in the lower-left corner of the chart as a reference.

Residual Risk Level chart with a bar hovered showing the breakdown by risk level

To download the chart as a .jpeg file, click Download As Image.

Residual Risk Level chart with the Download As Image option visible
Risk Management Assessment Progress

This chart displays, for each record type, the total number of:

Records that have an associated assessment
Assessments in an Approved state
Completed tasks

For example, the screenshot below shows 152 Business Process records, with 7 assessments approved and 10 of 820 tasks completed.

📋 Note: This chart is updated every time a Hub record is created, or an assessment or task is approved or completed. You may need to refresh the Dashboard page to see the latest figures.
Risk Management Assessment Progress chart showing record counts, approved assessments, and completed tasks

To download the chart as a .jpeg file, click Download As Image.

Risk Management Assessment Progress chart with the Download As Image option visible
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