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title: Add a control to a risk
description: Controls are added to the risks for the on-going review of processes.
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product: GRC: Risk Management Workspace
classification: grc-risk-management-workspace
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breadcrumb: [Use, Risk Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Add a control to a risk

Controls are added to the risks for the on-going review of processes.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_risk.manager and sn\_compliance.manager

## About this task

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Risk** > **Risk Register** > **All Risks**

2.  Open the risk record from the list.

3.  Continue with one of the following options.

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Option

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Description

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**Add an existing control**

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1.  In the **Controls** related list, select **Add**.
2.  Select the controls that are associated with the risk profile.
3.  Select **Add relationship**.
 **Note:** The controls displayed after selecting the **Add** button are limited to controls where the entity of control matches the risk entity. If there are no eligible controls that can be related to the risk, the **Add** button isn’t displayed on the Controls related list.

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**Add a new control**

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1.  In the **Controls** related list, select **New**.
2.  On the form, fill in the fields. For a description of the field values on the Control form, see [Create a control](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/policy-and-compliance-management/t_CreateAControl.md).
3.  Select **Submit**.


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**Inherit common controls**

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1.  In the **Controls** related list, select **Inherit common controls**.
2.  Select the controls.
3.  Select **Add**.
 **Note:** The common controls displayed after selecting the **Inherit common controls** button are limited to controls where the reliant entity of control matches the risk entity. If there are no eligible controls that can be related to the risk, the **Inherit common controls** button isn’t displayed on the **Controls** related list.

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</table>    -   When a control objective and risk statement are associated and the control entity matches the risk entity, the risk-control association is created.
    -   The risks and controls that are created after associating a control objective to the risk statement aren’t associated with the risk statement immediately. They get associated when the **GRC Profile Generation** scheduled job runs.
    -   If you manually delete a control from a risk, the control won’t be re-created by the scheduled job. You must manually create it again if necessary.

**Parent Topic:**[Using Risk Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/using-risk-mgmt.md)

**Related topics**  


[Associate a risk statement with a control objective in the Risk Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/grc-risk-management-workspace/create-control-objective-ws.md)