# Board and executives: its php2shell risk register

> Research: collected from outside sources and what this site derives from them; every fact links to a saved copy of its source.

The fractal risk register for Board and executives: 5 risks assigned to it or arriving through its parts, the part it plays in each and who it shares them with.

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# Board and executives: its risk register

Accountable under NIS2 Article 20 and DORA; decides whether to take a service offline.

**Kind** role · **Assigned here** 5 · **In its register** 5 · [the briefing for a board member or executive](../../../briefings/board/index.html)

## The register

Assigned here, or arriving through a part of this stakeholder. The part played is the one recorded for whoever holds the assignment.

| Risk | Rating | Kind | Part played | Controls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [R04 Services lost to precautionary shutdowns](../../../grc/risks/r04/index.html) | **20** critical | Operational | **owner** | [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.29](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-29), [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.30](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-30), [NIS2 Art.21(2)(c)](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-21-2-c), [DORA Art.11](../../../grc/frameworks/dora/index.html#c-art-11) +2 |
| [R06 A compromise becomes a reportable breach](../../../grc/risks/r06/index.html) | **15** high | Compliance | **owner** | [GDPR Art.32](../../../grc/frameworks/gdpr/index.html#c-art-32), [GDPR Art.33](../../../grc/frameworks/gdpr/index.html#c-art-33), [GDPR Art.34](../../../grc/frameworks/gdpr/index.html#c-art-34), [NIS2 Art.23](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-23) +2 |
| [R03-3 Exploited in the wild without anyone being able to show it](../../../grc/risks/r03-3/index.html) | **12** high | Governance | **owner** | [CISA KEV and BOD 22-01 KEV-entry](../../../grc/frameworks/kev/index.html#c-kev-entry), [NIST CSF 2.0 ID.RA-02](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-id-ra-02), [NIST CSF 2.0 GV.RR-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-gv-rr-01) |
| [R04-3 The agencies' advice disagrees](../../../grc/risks/r04-3/index.html) | **12** high | Governance | **owner** | [ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.5](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-a-5-5), [NIST CSF 2.0 GV.RR-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-gv-rr-01), [NIS2 Art.20](../../../grc/frameworks/nis2/index.html#c-art-20) |
| [R07 Decisions made on numbers that measure something else](../../../grc/risks/r07/index.html) | **12** high | Governance | **owner** | [NIST CSF 2.0 GV.RM-01](../../../grc/frameworks/nistcsf/index.html#c-gv-rm-01), [ISO/IEC 27001 6.1.2](../../../grc/frameworks/iso27001/index.html#c-6-1-2), [OWASP Top 10s LLM09:2025](../../../grc/frameworks/owasp/index.html#c-llm09-2025) |

## Where its risks sit

| Likelihood / impact | 1 Minor | 2 Moderate | 3 Significant | 4 Major | 5 Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Happening | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 [R04](../../../grc/risks/r04/index.html) | 25 |
| 4 Likely | 4 | 8 | 12 [R04-3](../../../grc/risks/r04-3/index.html) [R07](../../../grc/risks/r07/index.html) | 16 | 20 |
| 3 Possible | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 [R03-3](../../../grc/risks/r03-3/index.html) | 15 [R06](../../../grc/risks/r06/index.html) |
| 2 Unlikely | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 Rare | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

## Who it shares risks with

[Agencies and CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/agencies/index.html) (2), [The press](../../../grc/stakeholders/media/index.html) (2), [Threat intelligence and detection](../../../grc/stakeholders/threat-intel/index.html) (1), [US: CISA and the NSA](../../../grc/stakeholders/us-agencies/index.html) (1), [Governments and public services](../../../grc/stakeholders/public-sector/index.html) (1), [People who need a service that went offline](../../../grc/stakeholders/service-users/index.html) (1), [Communications team](../../../grc/stakeholders/comms/index.html) (1), [Organisations running PHP](../../../grc/stakeholders/operators/index.html) (1), [Data protection officer](../../../grc/stakeholders/dpo/index.html) (1), [People whose data is held in PHP applications](../../../grc/stakeholders/data-subjects/index.html) (1), [EU and member-state CERTs](../../../grc/stakeholders/eu-agencies/index.html) (1), [Wiz Research](../../../grc/stakeholders/wiz/index.html) (1)

## The standards its register touches

[NIST CSF 2.0](../../frameworks/nistcsf/index.html) (4), [ISO/IEC 27001](../../frameworks/iso27001/index.html) (4), [NIS2](../../frameworks/nis2/index.html) (3), [GDPR](../../frameworks/gdpr/index.html) (3), [DORA](../../frameworks/dora/index.html) (2), [CISA KEV and BOD 22-01](../../frameworks/kev/index.html) (1), [NIST SP 800-53](../../frameworks/nist80053/index.html) (1), [Cyber Resilience Act](../../frameworks/cra/index.html) (1), [OWASP Top 10s](../../frameworks/owasp/index.html) (1)


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