● Skefto Risk Maturity Assessment Tool
Gain Clarity on How Effective Your Risk Management Really Is
Understanding whether your risk management framework is working in practice is critical for good governance. A risk maturity assessment gives you a clear, structured view of how well risk is being identified, managed and embedded across your organisation.
The Skefto Risk Maturity Assessment Tool (RiskMAT) is an online assessment and improvement service designed to help organisations systematically review, benchmark and strengthen their risk management practices as part of an ongoing, repeatable improvement cycle.
What Is a Risk Maturity Assessment?
A risk maturity assessment evaluates how well your organisation’s risk management framework is operating across key dimensions such as governance, culture, processes, capability and oversight.
Rather than focusing on compliance alone, a maturity assessment helps you understand:
How consistently risk management is applied in practice
Whether leaders and staff understand their risk responsibilities
How effectively risk information supports decision making
Where your organisation sits on a maturity scale, and where to focus next
Skefto’s approach is practical, evidence-based and aligned with recognised risk management standards, making it suitable for organisations operating in complex regulatory environments.
A Practical Risk Maturity Assessment Tool
Skefto’s RiskMAT is delivered as an intuitive online self-assessment supported by expert insight and benchmarking.
It enables you to complete a structured review of your current risk practices and turn the results into meaningful improvement actions, rather than a static report.
What You Will Achieve
Using the assessment as part of your governance cycle allows you to:
- Gain clear insight
Understand how effective your current risk management practices really are, beyond policy and documentation. - Identify actionable improvement opportunities
Pinpoint specific gaps and strengths across your risk framework, culture and capability. - Track progress over time
Repeat the assessment annually to demonstrate improvement and embed a culture of continuous learning. - Benchmark against similar organisations
Compare your maturity against peers within your sector once sufficient benchmarking data is available.
How the Risk Maturity Assessment Works
The assessment is designed to fit easily into your annual governance and assurance calendar.
- Complete the self-assessment
Your organisation completes a structured online assessment covering key aspects of risk management maturity. - Review your results
You have the option of receiving a detailed maturity report highlighting strengths, gaps and priority focus areas. - Improve with confidence
Use the insights to inform your risk management strategy, training priorities and improvement initiatives. - Repeat and benchmark
Conduct the assessment on a regular basis to track progress year-on-year and benchmark maturity against peers.
RiskMAT Designed for Your Sector
Risk management maturity looks different across sectors.
Governance structures, legislative obligations and operational risks vary significantly between councils, education providers and government agencies.
Skefto’s RiskMAT has been tailored to reflect the real-world regulatory and operational context of specific sectors,
ensuring that your results are meaningful, practical and aligned to your obligations.
Select your sector to begin your survey:
Local Government
Education
Government
Each assessment provides a structured snapshot of your current maturity level,
highlights priority improvement areas and supports year-on-year tracking of progress.
Got Your RiskMAT Survey Results?
Completing the survey is only the first step. The real value comes from understanding what your results mean for your organisation and how to prioritise the right actions.
Whether your results highlight quick wins or deeper structural improvements, we can support you with targeted advice, workshops or ongoing risk consulting to embed meaningful change.
