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This page provides a quick reference of commonly used terms that you’ll find throughout the product and documentation.

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Name

Definition

Guidelines

Example

Answer

The response to a Question that includes extra details like:

  • Response (Yes, No, N/A, N/O)

  • Answered By

  • Answered At (Time)

  • Related Item

  • Flag

  • Attached Files

  • Description

  • Recommendation

Corrective Action Plan

The Corrective Action Plan (CAP) contains all known deficiencies for your organization.

Deficiency

A Deficiency is a noncompliant Answer

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Name

Definition

Guidelines

Example

Hierarchy (Location)

This is the order of progression that is observed in the Circadian tool for locations.

The default hierarchy in the CR tool is as follows:
Organization → Region → Campus → Building → Level

  1. Circadian Risk (Organization)

  2. MidWest (Region)

  3. Ann Arbor (Campus)

  4. Headquarters (Building)

  5. Floor 1 (Level)

Inherent Risk Score

SUM([Probability Measures]) * SUM([Severity Measures])

These can be filled out on the Location details page for each of your Campuses or Buildings.

Note: your organization must choose to have your scores set at either campuses or buildings.

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Name

Definition

Guidelines

Example

Node

A specific location that has been created in the location hierarchy.

  • Region node = MidWest

  • Campus node =

  • Building node = HQ Building

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Name

Definition

Guidelines

Example

Property (Assessment)

A piece of information that is answered for a particular item category, that has no effect on the compliance of an assessment.

For a video management system item category:

  • VMS brand

  • number of cameras

  • types of analytics

Property (Location)

A piece of identifying information that is answered about the location in an organization. These can be customized per organization.

  • Number of employees

  • building type

  • sq. footage

Question Set

Question Sets are filled with the questions/standards that gets uploaded to an organization and are used to create the content that are used in assessment templates.

  • General Security QS

  • NFPA Question Set

  • C-TPAT Question Set

  • Internal Guidelines

Residual Score

[Inherent Risk Score] - [Control Percentage * Inherent Risk Score] = [Residual Risk Score]

Scenario

A Scenario is a way to organize related Questions into Assessments and Scores to help you compare your locations in a consistent way.

  • Annual Compliance Check-in

  • Fire & Life Safety

  • PCI

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Name

Definition

Guidelines

Example

Tag (Location)

A defining label that can be applied to a location node. These labels are completely definable by the organization.

For a building, it may be tagged as:

  • Office

  • Data Center

  • Distribution Center

Template (Assessment)

The specific information that will be answered when conducting an assessment, that is created from question set uploads.

An assessor can create templates for all types of assessments. They can be from the full question sets that are uploaded, or even portions/samples, depending on the focus the assessor is creating for that particular assessment being conducted.

  • Camera assessment template

  • General Security Assessment Template

  • Active Shooter Assessment template

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