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Risk Management Softwares (part 3)

So I guess the most important part of this adventure are the actual softwares evaluated. So here goes...

SOFTWARES
Document Based/Templates - RiskMan Toolkit (xls) by Method123, Risk Management Plan Template (doc) by Carnegie University.

Project Open + Risk, OSRMT, RiskGuide (web-based only), Project administrator v5.1,RiskMatrix220,RiskSuite,pmtoolbox,dotProject -- Good Project Management Tools, but only with a little Risk assessment features/modules.

ITPG (IT Project Guide -Risk Management) -- Simple web-based PM tool w/ almost a decent Risk Management module.

PTA - Practical Threat Analysis -- Great Risk Assessment software with lots of features including reports (yea, lucky for you risk managers!) , Threat Builder, Libraries, etc. Free for students, Researchers and independent Security Analysts.

SMART (Security Management & Risk Tracking) -- Web-based. Strong Security Risk Tracking w/ compliance features.

Sobf Tool (Security Officer's Best Friend) -- SOMAP-Secuity Officer's Management & Analysis Project. An OpenSource IT Risk Management software.

CONCLUSION
Now if you're looking for a cost-effective risk management solution for your business, I recommend the last three softwares.

But if you're gonna make me pick the best one and treat me to a good dinner, well I'd say PTA. At first, it may seem like to focus only on security threats, but PTA has more features and more flexible than that. And, I just can't do justice to it in such a short amount of time. Maybe I'll make a separate blog for it soon.