Getting Familiar with Email Notifications

RiskVision notifies system users by email under a variety of circumstances. The user who receives the email notification is almost always determined by the entity or other object ownership.

NOTIFICATION
EMAIL TEMPLATE 
RECIPIENTS
Assessment Workflow Started Assessment Launch, Classification Assessment Launch, ERM Assessment Launch, and Risk Assessment LaunchStakeholders are always notified. Stakeholders includes ‘Primary Owner’ by default.
Assessment Restart

An assessment is automatically restarted based on recurrence rules
Assessment RecurrenceAll stakeholders in the initial stage that are tagged with the notify icon.
Exception Workflow StartedOptional

 Do Not Send Email is the default.
Exception requester is the only stakeholder if Notify selected stakeholder is checked.
Ticket Workflow Started Optional

No pre-defined templates.
If Notify selected stakeholder is checked.
Workflow Action

An action changes a workflow to a new stage.
User-selected.

Note: Pull down list for Policy workflow is ‘Content Pack’ choice. Assessment Review, Assessment Review Rejection, Assessment Signoff, Assessment Signoff Rejection, Ticket Review, and Ticket Review Rejection.
All stakeholders of the stage before the change.
Escalate (optional)

The escalations for different objects can be sent based on the available different date types.
User-Selected Email TemplateEscalates to the stakeholders in the current workflow stage. See the note at the end of this section.
Reminder

The reminders for different objects can be sent based on available different date types.
User-Selected Email TemplateReminds all stakeholders in the current workflow stage. See the note at the end of this section.
Ticket CreatedDefault Ticket AssignmentThe user assigned to the ticket.
Exception or Ticket DelegatedException Delegation and Ticket DelegationThe new assignee.
Ticket Exception Expiration

Date in a ticket’s ‘Exception Expiration’ field has passed.
Specified in the ticket.exception.expired.notification.template PropertyAll stakeholders of the current stage.
Vendor Account CreatedNew Vendor Contact NotificationNew vendor user.
Assessment is Accessed

(Optional in all except terminal stages) Assessment is accessed when questionnaire is opened.
N/APrimary owner. If the primary owner is removed from list of stakeholders, no email is sent.
Score Crosses a Threshold

A control, compliance, or risk score crosses a specified threshold.
Alert NotificationSelected in the alert rule.
A Scheduled Job Completes SuccessfullyScheduled Job Completed SuccessfullySpecified email user.
A Scheduled Job FailsScheduled Job FailedSpecified email address.
A Dashboard or Report is Sent to the UserReport or Dashboard DeliveryThe original requestor.
Risk CreatedRisk IdentifiedOwner.
New Threats or Vulnerabilities are Reported

New threats or vulnerabilities are reported from a security research organization.
Threats Advisory AlertsControl/entity owner.
User Account Delegation

Notify users of assigned access delegations.
Out of Office DelegationThe user who has been designated as a delegate.
Content has Been ChangedQuestionnaire Changed NotificationStakeholders in the current workflow stage.
Workflow escalation and reminders can be sent as one email to all (single email to all stakeholders) or one email to each (email individually to each stakeholder).