One list of what waits for you.
Focus brings every approval, plan, task, evidence request and due date from every module into one list, ordered by urgency. Act inline, or straight from an email after you sign in.
| Item | What is expected | Record | Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| Approve plan | Risk Owner approval | R-1042 | Today |
| Submit evidence | Evidence request | EVR-0311 | Nov 08 |
| Decide exception | CISO approval | SEX-0142 | Nov 09 |
| Review answer | Vendor assessment | Northwind Payroll | Nov 12 |
| Complete sub-task | Treatment work | TSK-000123-01 | Nov 15 |
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What Action Center & Email Approvals does
Focus is the first tab of the Action Center. It lists risk and finding plans, treatment in progress, exceptions, acceptances, date changes, escalations, ownership requests, tasks, evidence requests, control exceptions, third-party decisions, policy approvals, delegated items and due dates. Each item appears once and they are ordered overdue, today, this week, then later. Each item shows only what the decision needs, and you act inline: approve, return, complete, submit evidence, or even define a whole treatment plan.
Approvals open with an AI decision brief built only from the record's facts, and it never recommends a decision. Email notifications carry action buttons that open the exact item in Focus after sign-in and MFA. The decision then runs through the module's own rules, exactly as in the app, and is logged as made via email. Opening a link never decides anything by itself. Routine notifications can be grouped into daily, weekly or monthly digests, but approvals, actions, escalations and @mentions are always sent individually.
Key capabilities
Everything in one list
Approvals, plans, tasks, evidence, exceptions and due dates from every module.
Ordered by urgency
Overdue, today, this week and later, with count filters.
Act inline
Approve, return, complete, submit evidence or define plans without leaving Focus.
AI decision briefs
Factual summaries for approvers that never recommend a decision.
Email decisions after sign-in
Email buttons open the item; the module's own rules decide.
Email digests
Routine notices grouped per theme; actions always sent individually.
The business case.
Efficiency, multi-framework alignment, reduced complexity and streamlined processes: what Action Center & Email Approvals changes for your programme.
Less chasing and context switching
People stop hunting across modules and inboxes for what they owe.
Decide in seconds
A decision brief and inline actions shorten every approval.
Email or app
Decisions from email run through exactly the same checks and audit.
Digests for routine mail
Routine notifications are consolidated without delaying what matters.
Efficiency figures compare the effort of each workflow cycle in RiskVantis with the same work done manually or in a traditional GRC tool. Your result depends on your starting point; we will model it with you in a demo.
From setup to outcome.
Open Focus
See everything waiting for you, most urgent first.
Read the brief
Get the facts the decision needs.
Act
Decide inline, or from the email after sign-in.
Move on
The item leaves the list; the module records the decision.
Supports your obligations.
Action Center & Email Approvals contributes evidence and coverage to these frameworks and regulations.
Common questions.
Can someone approve just by clicking an email link?
No. Every email decision happens after sign-in and MFA, and the item is re-checked before the module's own route decides.
Which approvals can be decided from email?
Risk treatment plans, risk acceptances, risk exceptions and finding remediation plans. Every Focus item has an email button that opens it after sign-in.
Will digests delay urgent emails?
No. Approvals, action requests, escalations, @mentions and security notices are always sent individually.
Works better together.
Collaboration & Delegation
Invite an internal colleague or an external expert to one record, with only the fields and evidence they need and only the permissions you tick, for a limited time.…
Learn more →Risk ManagementRisk Treatment Workflows & Approvals
Choose how a risk becomes Active, such as the Risk Team defining the plan or the Action Owner defining it for Risk Owner and CISO approval. Every plan is versioned,…
Learn more →Evidence & Audit ReadinessEvidence Requests & Reminders
Ask the right person for the right evidence with a due date and an independent reviewer. Then let one reminder engine nudge, escalate and follow up across every…
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