Cybersecurity Program RAID Log
This is a practical guide to building a raid log for a cybersecurity program project — a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, adapted to the realities of strengthening security posture and closing vulnerabilities.
What a RAID Log is
A raid log is a consolidated log of Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies. For the full concept and how it works in general, see RAID Log. On a cybersecurity program project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Cybersecurity Program project
Cybersecurity Program projects live or die on strengthening security posture and closing vulnerabilities. A well-built raid log gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how cybersecurity program projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Risks
- Assumptions
- Issues
- Dependencies
- Owners and status
Cybersecurity Program-specific considerations
Tailor the raid log to the risks that most often derail cybersecurity program projects:
- Evolving threat landscape
- Business disruption from controls
- Compliance deadlines
Example
On a real cybersecurity program project, the raid log would be shaped by strengthening security posture and closing vulnerabilities. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — evolving threat landscape, business disruption from controls, compliance deadlines — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.