Methodology Elements

This section allows the tool user to define the necessary values when creating the inventory of elements.

Options Visibility

Cost Analysis: If enabled, it allows access to the "Cost Analysis" functionality in the Risk Analysis option.
Multiple Risks: If enabled, it allows access to the "Multiple Risks" functionality in the Risk Analysis option.
Impacted Risk Map: If enabled, it allows access to the "Impacted Analysis Graph" functionality in the Risk Assessment option.
Indicators in risk analysis: If enabled, it allows associating Dashboard Indicators with the risks in Risk Analyses.
Documentation
- Visible in form: Selecting this option will add the possibility to include documentation in the inventory elements and treatments form.
- Visible in elements table: Selecting this option will add the possibility to include documentation in the Elements Table and the Treatments Table.
Allow editing propagated records: If enabled, the records of Services, Processes, Inventory Elements propagated to lower entities can be edited. If unchecked, they will not be editable.

General Analysis Configuration

Dependencies: Selecting this option will enable the possibility to manage the dependency tree, allowing for easy modeling of the inventory of elements through dependencies between them.
Elements Table in Dependencies: If enabled, it allows displaying the elements table on the right in the "Inventory" / "Elements Tree" option.
Propagate dependencies between elements: If enabled, when elements are propagated to lower entities, the dependencies between them will also be propagated.
Propagate element dimensions: If enabled, when new elements are propagated to lower sub-entities, or already propagated elements are updated, the valuation of the dimensions will be included.
Degree of accumulated dependency: Allows identifying whether dependencies between elements should be established "by dimension" (different for each one) or globally.
Degrees of dependencies: Enables defining the levels of dependency between the established dimensions and the percentage reduction of each.

Asset Category:

Option that allows defining the categories or subcategories to associate the assets in the inventory and the CMDB. To create categories, click the 'New Category' button, which generates a new entry in the table at the first level. If you want to generate levels associated with a category, click the 'New Subcategory' button. When creating a new entry in the table, the tool associates a default icon, which can be modified by selecting the desired category/subcategory and clicking the 'Change Icon' button.

The 'Type' column allows associating an asset category with one of the tool's options found in the dropdown menu that appears when double-clicking. This way, when an element is created in any of these options, that element is registered in the asset inventory as an asset of the associated category.

When a company is created, a set of asset categories is generated by default, where some of them automatically have a type associated. This is done so that, by default, the tool considers services, processes, etc., registered in these options as assets. Each of the types available in the dropdown corresponds to:

Services: "Service Catalog" option. All services registered in this option are recorded in the asset inventory with the name of the category associated with the type.
Processes: "Processes" option. All processes registered in this option are recorded in the asset inventory with the name of the category associated with the type.
Information: "RTO and RPO Calculation" option. All elements registered in the "RPO Calculation" tab of this option are recorded in the asset inventory with the name of the category associated with the type.
Infrastructures: "Infrastructures" option. All infrastructures registered in this option are recorded in the asset inventory with the name of the category associated with the type.
Personnel: "Employees" option. All employees registered in this option are recorded in the asset inventory with the name of the category associated with the type.
Suppliers: "Providers" option. All providers registered in this option are recorded in the asset inventory with the name of the category associated with the type.

Risk Category :

Allows establishing general risk categories to classify any type of threat analyzed in risk analyses. The risk categories established in this option are independent of the risk analyses performed, allowing threats from different risk analyses to be classified in the same category. This enables obtaining the total list of threats associated with each risk category.

Configurable Attributes

Configurable Attributes allow defining new custom attributes associated with the elements within the management system.

Dimension Configuration

Accumulated Value Treatment

Allows establishing which value to select to perform the calculation set by the user. The following options can be chosen:

Own: Allows defining that the value of the selected dimension is the one to be part of the calculation.
Accumulated: Allows establishing that the value of the accumulated dimension is the one to be part of the calculation.
Highest Value: Offers the possibility that the maximum value between the selected dimension or its accumulated one is the one to be part of the calculation.

Dimensions

Allows configuring the dimensions to be valued in the asset inventory. Dimensions can be created and deleted, as well as configuring the order of appearance in the corresponding table with the 'Move Dimension Up' and 'Move Dimension Down' buttons.

To facilitate modeling, using the "Copy" button, it is possible to copy a dimension from the elements methodology with all its information.

The information provided by the table is as follows:

Alias: Identifier automatically generated by the tool
Name: Displays the name of the dimension. Double-clicking on the cell allows changing its name.
Order: Identifies the order in which the dimension will appear in the asset inventory.
Show Color: Allows defining whether we want to highlight the dimension in a color.
Minimum Value: Identifies the minimum number on which the formula of the selected dimension is calculated.
Accumulated: Enables including and establishing the dependencies of the selected dimension (Dependencies Table) and visualizing the accumulated values of this in the 'Analysis/Asset Inventory' section.

Dimension Type

Offers the possibility to establish the calculation method of the dimensions, allowing the following options:

Quantitative: Allows defining that the calculation of the selected dimension is quantitative, enabling a numerical value to be set in the dimension.
Qualitative: Allows defining that the calculation of the selected dimension is qualitative, enabling a determined range of values to be set (e.g., High, Medium, Low).

Value

Allows defining how we want the calculation (Manual or Automatic) of the selected dimension in the upper table to be performed.

Calculation Type

If an automatic calculation was selected in the previous option, the tool offers the following options:

Cartesian Product: Allows establishing the calculation of the selected dimension based on a matrix of two dimensions defined in the 'Dimensions' option. To do this, a dimension must be selected on the 'X-Axis' and another on the 'Y-Axis,' and values must be assigned based on the established levels.

NOTE: The Cartesian product cannot be generated based on dimensions whose calculation is quantitative.

Formula: The option allows defining how the calculation of the selected dimension will be obtained, based on a mathematical formula. For this, the tool displays the following option:

The user can choose between the different dimensions and calculation options to generate the formula based on which the result of the selected dimension will be obtained.

NOTE: It is necessary to validate the formula before saving it by clicking the 'Validate Formula' button.

Result

Allows defining the values of the selected calculation option in the upper point (Cartesian Product or Formula)

Dimension Levels

Allows defining the valuation levels of the selected dimension. As with other options, levels can be created and deleted, as well as parameterizing the desired color to highlight the levels during valuation by selecting the level to modify and clicking the 'Change Color' button.

Choose Criticality Dimension: Additionally, in the elements methodology, it is possible to choose which dimension corresponds to the criticality of the element.

NOTE: If levels are defined for a qualitative dimension, the tool allows defining the calculation range of the selected level and the value on which it will be calculated. If levels are defined for a quantitative dimension, it allows defining the color in which numerical values will be highlighted in the asset inventory.

Dimension Visibility Configuration

Dimension Visibility (forms)

This table allows configuring GlobalSUITE so that the visualization and/or valuation of some types of elements (services, processes, providers, infrastructures, employees, etc.) and even the form of the elements themselves can be performed in the option where they are generated, in addition to the 'Inventory' option.

As seen in the image above, it is possible to configure some tool options (services, processes, suppliers, infrastructures, and employees) to indicate which inventory dimensions can be valued in the corresponding GlobalSUITE option. To indicate 'Yes' or 'No,' simply click on the corresponding cell. If an option has all dimensions set to 'No,' the corresponding form will not have the section that allows valuation.

Dimension Visibility in Tables

This table allows configuring GlobalSUITE so that the visibility of dimensions in the tables of determined options can be modified.

Predefined Filters.

Here, different views in the inventory can be configured. These filters allow configuring which dimensions to view according to the Category of the element.

Filter Management:

New: Creates a new filter with the name “New filter + date and time” and without categories or dimensions selected inside.

Duplicate: A copy of a predefined filter is made, with the default name “Copy of + name of the copied filter.”

Delete: Deletes the selected filter.

Filter Configuration

When entering the filter, a pop-up window is displayed where the selected filter can be configured.

Name: Mandatory field where the name to be displayed for the filter in the Inventory is entered.

Description: Field that allows entering the description/purpose of the filter.

Category Tab: In this tab, all categories and subcategories configured in the system are displayed. This selection will indicate which categories of elements the filter will display in the inventory.

Dimensions Tab: In this tab, all dimensions defined in the system are displayed. In this selection, it is possible to select which dimensions will be displayed for the selected category or categories.

Keep in mind that even if they are not visible in this tab, the fields Name, Category, Category Path, and Responsible will be displayed by default in all filters.

Control Fields Configuration

Associate Standards to Controls:

If enabled, it allows associating standards to controls. These standards are configured in Standards Configuration.

Compliance Requirements in Control Form:

If enabled, it allows consulting within a control form, in Control Management, which Compliance requirements are associated with that control.

Control Levels Risk Management / Adaptation Plan:

Allows defining the levels of the different states of a Treatment Plan and Adaptation Plan.

As shown in the table above, we can define as many levels as we want, defining their name. We will also define the degree of completeness the plan will have when we select that state. It will be measured in %.

Control Form

Allows configuring the fields that will be displayed in the control form.

As shown in the table above, we can modify the names of all fields. We can decide for each field the following visibility:

Control Form: This field can only be viewed when accessing a control form.
Tables: This field can only be viewed from the Risk Analysis, Control Management tables, etc.
All: It can be viewed both in the Control Form and in the Tables.
None: This field will not be visible anywhere.

We can configure the order of the fields with the help of the Move Up Order and Move Down Order buttons. The last column indicates the fields that will be displayed in the Treatment Plan.

Translate

In the upper right part of the view, there is a button that allows switching to a view where we can configure the labels and field names in another of the available languages.

By selecting one of the available languages, we will switch to the translation view, where texts and fields can be changed in that language. GlobalSUITE® users who have that language configured will see those names.

If any configured field does not have a defined translation, it appears shaded in gray, with the text in the default language.

If we want to exit the translation view and return to the configuration view, simply click "Back."