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Risk Maturity Benchmark user guide

A guide to using the Risk Maturity Benchmark

The Risk Maturity Benchmark is a free self-assessment tool available to all VGRMF agencies and departments. It’s designed to help you review, understand and improve your risk management practices on an annual basis.

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Enter your self-assessment

How to enter your self-assessment

  1. Log in to the Self-Assessment Hub (the Hub).

    Self-Assessment Hub(opens in a new window)


  2. From the Hub homepage, click on the 'Assessments' tab at the top of the page.
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  1. Click on the assessment name and the campaign page will appear.
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  1. Click on the ‘Enter Assessment’ button.
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Complete your assessment 

Navigate and save responses in the Risk Maturity Benchmark self-assessment.

Review your results 

Overview of your organisation’s risk maturity and benchmarking

Understanding your assessment results

Your assessment results provide an overview of your organisation’s risk management maturity.

They include:

  • Overall maturity score
    Your overall maturity rating, total score, and the number of improvement opportunities.
  • VGRMF requirements by category
    Your confidence level for each selected category against the VGRMF maturity levels.
  • Maturity score by topic
    Your results for each key area:
    • Risk Management Framework
    • Risk Culture
    • Risk Management Process
    • Insurable Risk

Create improvement plans

Navigate and create actions from your improvement plans

The Improvement Plan shows a list of improvement opportunities based on your assessment results. These suggested improvement opportunities help you build a set of actions for your organisation to work on.