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Creating a Mitigation Plan

How to create and populate a mitigation plan in Hyver to organize your remediation work.

Updated over 5 months ago

Overview

This article explains how to create a mitigation plan in Hyver and start assigning findings to it. You'll learn how to define a plan, add findings, and use different views to monitor and adjust your progress.

If you haven’t created a mitigation plan before, this is where you start. You'll need an existing finding to assign — or create a plan first and add findings later.


When to Create a Mitigation Plan

You can create mitigation plans for different use cases, depending on how you want to manage risk. For example:

  • By team (e.g., a separate plan for the network team)

  • By severity (e.g., critical or high findings only)

  • By target exposure (e.g., to reach a specific exposure reduction goal)


Steps to Create a Mitigation Plan

  1. Click the Plans icon in the left navigation pane.

  2. Click + Mitigation plan in the top-left corner.

  3. In the Plan name field, enter a name for your new plan:

  4. In the Time frame field, set the Start date and End date for when you'd like to complete the mitigation.
    Tip: A three-month period is common, but you can continue working on the plan even after the end date.

  5. Click Create plan. You’ll see a confirmation that your plan was created successfully, and it will appear in the Plans list.


Adding Findings to a Plan

Once the plan is created, you’ll be prompted to start adding findings.

Option 1: From the Findings List

  1. Click Go to findings list or use the Findings icon in the left navigation pane:

  2. Click the ⋮ (three-dot icon) next to a finding.

  3. Select Add to mitigation plan.

    • If the finding is already in a plan, you’ll see options to Remove from mitigation plan or Move to another mitigation plan.

  4. In the Plan name dropdown, select the plan you just created:

  5. Click Add.

Now, this finding — and all of its remediation assets — appear in your plan:


Option 2: From the Mitigation Graph

You can also create a plan directly from the Mitigation Planner and add findings there. See: [Creating a Plan from the Planner]


Reviewing Plan Details

  • Expand any plan in the Plans list to view its findings.

  • Expand individual findings to see associated remediation assets.

Plan Details in the Right Pane

  • Overview tab – Basic info about the plan.

  • History tab – Tracks who made changes and when:


Important notes

  • Each finding can only belong to one plan at a time.

  • You must have at least one plan created before you can add a finding to it.

  • If you're organizing by team, severity, or risk reduction goals, it's best to define those upfront.


Wrap-up / Next Steps

Creating a plan is the first step in getting organized about remediation. Whether you're slicing by team or by risk level, Hyver gives you the tools to track and manage every step along the way.

Once you’ve built a plan, the next move is understanding what kind of impact it’s going to have.

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