Build risk assessment flows for safety and compliance at scale

Collect structured data from questionnaires – then deliver tailored insight and action plans, on autopilot.

With Pointerpro, you implement what’s needed to streamline the risk assessment processes of you or your clients:

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    Interactive assessments

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    Follow-up communication

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    Full-blown report delivery (and dashboards)

Trusted by 1.500 consultants, HR professionals and companies use Pointerpro worldwide

What is a risk assessment?
(and what other terms are used for it)

A risk assessment is a structured process to identify, evaluate and manage potential risks – whether operational, safety-related, environmental, digital or regulatory – that could impact your people, assets, or compliance posture.

It’s more than just a checklist: it helps you understand exposures, who or what might be impacted, what measures are in place, and where further action is needed.

Organizations use various forms of risk assessments and attach diverse names to it: workplace safety assessments, (cyber)security assessments, compliance audits, and more.

Why is Pointerpro the best tool for risk assessment?

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Automatically
tailored reports

Digitize your framework to reveal risk levels, responsible parties and recommend mitigation actions based on scoring and formulas.

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Streamlined process
and follow-up

Notify and inform respondents or relevant stakeholders via automated email notifications and default or custom dashboards.

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Flexible management
and distribution

Deploy multi-user setups to manage one-off audits or recurring risk assessments across multiple teams or locations.

How do businesses use risk assessments? Key examples:

  

Operational risk assessments

Understand hazards before launching new operations, processes, or projects. Standardize risk evaluation across teams, sites or countries.

Perfect for:

Workplace safety, process risk, supply chain risk assessment by HR or specialized departments

Start risk reporting

Cybersecurity or data-security risk assessments

Human beings are the weakest link in ensuring security. Interactive assessments form the perfect security scan.

Monitor and track changes over time - especially after incidents, near-misses, or organizational changes.

Perfect for:

IT departments or IT consultancy firms that want to keep a finger on the pulse of secure end-user behavior

Start assessing risks

Compliance and regulatory risk assessments

Ensure compliance with all the standards that are relevant in your industry. 

Deliver more than a compliance checklist. Provide transparency and professional documentation for audits, insurers or regulators. 

Perfect for:

Legal, environmental and ESG auditors or internal compliance officers

Automate compliance assessment

Real-life risk assessment example:

Digitizing psychosocial risk and well-being scans

Better Minds at Work used Pointerpro to digitize a psychosocial risk and well-being assessment for organizations and their employees.

Their assessment captures factors such as stress, energy, workload and support, applies consistent scoring logic, and automatically generates both individual and aggregated reports - replacing a manual Excel- and Word-based process.

The outcome? A scalable risk-assessment setup that delivers clear, actionable insight for employees, teams and management, while significantly reducing administrative effort.

How do risk assessments and auto-personalized reports work in Pointerpro?

  

1. Design your questionnaire

Build your questionnaire based on your risk framework, regulations, or internal policies.

Capture hazards, exposures, controls, and contextual factors using flexible question types, conditional logic, and clear structuring - even for complex or sensitive topics.

Result:

A clear, structured digital risk assessment that respondents can complete with confidence.

  

2. Apply scoring logic and risk calculations

Turn your questionnaire into a true risk assessment by assigning scores to answers and combining them into risk metrics such as likelihood, impact, severity, or residual risk.

Group questions by risk categories, locations, assets, processes, or compliance areas - and apply formulas where needed.

Pointerpro automatically calculates risk levels based on your logic.

Result:

Consistent, repeatable risk scoring - without manual error-prone interpretation.

  

3. Define outcomes and personalized advice

Turn calculated scores into meaningful outcomes such as risk levels, priority classes, or risk profiles.

Each outcome can trigger customized messaging, warnings, mitigation recommendations, or required follow-up actions on the end screen of the assessment.

Result:

Every respondent understands their risks and what actions to take next.

  

4. Deliver automated risk or compliance reports at scale

Turn assessment results into professional PDF risk reports, including risk summaries, heatmaps, charts, explanations, and tailored action plans.

All report content is governed by your own rules and thresholds. Once configured, each completed assessment generates its own targeted risk report - ready to act on.

Result:

Audit-ready risk reporting at scale, with zero manual follow-up.

  

5. Share, track, and reuse across use cases

Share your assessment and reports via links, QR codes, embeds, email invitations, or instant downloads at completion.

Track respondents and risk levels in dashboards, monitor trends over time, segment data by team or location, and reuse the same assessment logic across different departments, sites, or moments.

Result:

Consistent risk visibility across locations, teams, and moments - without reinventing the process every time.

3 Pointerpro capabilities to build risk assessments
that lead to mitigation and compliance

  

Risk scoring and thresholds

What it's about:

Calculating risk scores by combining likelihood, impact, exposure or control factors. Use formulas and thresholds to automatically classify results into risk levels such as low, medium, or high.

Why it matters:

Automated scoring and thresholds ensure risks are evaluated the same way every time,  and that high-risk situations are unmistakably flagged.

  

Benchmarks and relative risk positioning

What it's about:

Using percentiles and filtered formulas to position a result against a broader population or peer group - for example by location, role, or business unit.

Why it matters:

A risk score alone lacks context. Benchmarking shows whether a “medium” risk is typical - or a warning sign compared to similar teams, sites, or environments.

  

Conditional logic at every stage

What it's about:

Adapting question flows, in-report recommendations and follow-up emails based on answers or calculated risk levels.

Why it matters:

Conditional logic ensures the right attention, focus and escalation actions.

Plug and play your risk assessment workflow with these 4 key components

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Questionnaire Builder

To build engaging questionnaires and boost response rates

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To create full-fledged templates that auto-personalize feedback in PDF reports

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Distribution Portal

To delegate and boost assessment distribution exponentially

Dashboard Builder

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To get data visualized in myriad ways for every stakeholder

 

Your expertise. Your maturity assessment. Your brand.

With Pointerpro, you consolidate and retain all your valuable know-how to generate top quality reports time after time - on autopilot.

And that deserves your company’s design and logo, don’t you think?

From the first question to the final report. With Pointerpro’s white-labeling option you get your brand in every interaction.

From assessment to presentation in a few clicks

The Report Builder’s PowerPoint export feature also lets you instantly turn your Pointerpro reports into editable PPT files.

Easily adjust layouts, add insights, and tailor recommendations - all without starting from scratch.

Perfect for board meetings, client updates, or any time you need a presentation-ready version of your insights.

Speak to every respondent - in their language

Deliver a fully localized experience at any scale, without endlessly duplicating assessments or complicating administration.

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    Add multiple languages to a single questionnaire: Let respondents choose their preferred language on a customizable intro screen - or force a specific language using simple URL parameters.

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    Flexible translation workflows: Translate directly in the editor with progress tracking, or export/import a CSV to work offline.

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    Smart distribution: Share one generic assessment link for all languages. Send tailored emails and PDFs by pairing translated versions with rules that match the respondent’s selection.

Risk assessment software with service

To start building your top-notch risk assessments, compliance audits, and report templates, one of our personal trainers will take you under their wing during one-on-one onboarding sessions

Once you’re live, our global support team is always available - wherever you operate.

Need 100% unburdening? Hire our professional service team.

Given the limitless capabilities of the Pointerpro platform, organizations envision audacious assessment projects to catalyze their business. 

Whatever resources you may lack to manage the scope of your imagination, we can handle for you.

You think it, we’ll build it.

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You're in safe hands

We’re ISO 27001:2022 certified!

ISO 27001 certification assures our customers of a steadfast commitment to maintaining the highest standards of information security and safeguarding their valuable data.

This certification underscores Pointerpro’s dedication to meeting global benchmarks and instilling confidence and trust in the reliability and security of its services.

Risk assessment software FAQ

Risk assessment software like Pointerpro can support a wide range of use cases, including:

  • Operational risk assessments to evaluate internal processes
  • Compliance risk assessments for regulatory readiness
  • Cybersecurity risk assessments to identify digital vulnerabilities
  • Environmental and safety risk assessments for workplace or ESG standards

The software helps automate scoring, standardize evaluation criteria, and streamline reporting. 

By using predefined logic, standardized criteria, and automated scoring, software minimizes subjective interpretation and manual errors. It ensures consistency across different assessors, enables weighted scoring, and supports traceability — resulting in more reliable, auditable assessments.

Key features to consider include:

  • Customizable assessment frameworks
  • Conditional logic and dynamic question paths
  • Automated risk scoring and categorization
  • Exportable reports and dashboards
  • Integration options with other business systems (e.g., GRC, CRM)

Pointerpro combines all of these.
Also, consider whether the tool supports team collaboration and secure data handling.

Not at all. While enterprise-level organizations use a platform like Pointerpro, the tool is used just as much by SMBs and especially consultants who need flexible, scalable solutions. Cloud-based software often comes with modular features and pricing tiers, making it accessible to businesses of all sizes.

Yes - a good risk assessment tool allows you to build your own model or framework. You can define custom risk categories, rating scales, scoring logic, and reporting outputs. This is especially valuable for industries with unique compliance or operational requirements.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pointerpro is a software platform to create your own online assessments, automatically generate personalized reports and manage the distribution of assessments.

Our headquarters are based in Belgium, Europe. However, our team is distributed across multiple time zones to ensure responsive support, no matter where you are. This global presence allows us to provide timely and efficient assistance around the clock.

Your assessment challenges and objectives are unique to you. So is our pricing. Request your quote and find how we can help you.

Yes, we are.

This depends on the plan. You can pay monthly for the Professional and the Enterprise plan.

You’re in safe hands. We’re ISO 27001:2022 certified!

ISO 27001 certification assures our customers of a steadfast commitment to maintaining the highest standards of information security and safeguarding their valuable data. This certification underscores Pointerpro’s dedication to meeting global benchmarks and instilling confidence and trust in the reliability and security of its services.

Pointerpro’s servers are hosted at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Ireland (EU/EEA) (more info here) and in Australia for Australian users, the world’s largest and most reliable cloud infrastructure provider. This ensures compliance with EU data protection regulations and guarantees high standards of security and reliability. All our servers are set up redundantly to prevent loss of data or unavailability of any kind. Our SLA with AWS ensures any issue be taken up with the highest priority. Our specialized infrastructure and operations provider keeps a watchful eye to make sure everything is done following the highest standards and operating smoothly. For more info check Pointerpro’s security statement.

We have over 50 languages supported. You can create each assessment and report in one or more languages. You can check the full supported languages list here.

We offer two approaches: Do-it-yourself (DIY) and done-for-you (DFY).
DIY is a hands-on approach to building everything by yourself. We will ensure you learn how to use the key features to build a great assessment and report. Likewise, we’ll support you until you are ready to go live and launch the assessment to the respondents

DFY is the quickest way to get there. Our team will do the heavy lifting here. You will simply share with us the existing version of the assessment and pdf report and we will translate them into Pointerpro. Once we are done, we will teach you how to make changes to it, teach you how to distribute the assessment for you to master your desired workflow. You can reach out to support@pointerpro.com

It’s best to get started right away but our team is there to help you to feel comfortable when using the tool based on your own needs and timings. We also have a clear onboarding process in place.

We offer a do-it-yourself solution to build your own assessments, ranging from personality to skills to cybersecurity, and far beyond. The aim of our platform is to help you leverage your own expertise. That means, we don’t provide any content for your assessments.

Our onboarding process is designed to help you get up and running smoothly - whether you're starting from scratch or already have something in mind! The Onboarding Team will guide you through the key steps to create and launch your assessments and reports with confidence. After the Onboarding, our support team is available whenever you need extra help or have additional questions.

We are a global company that serves businesses across every industry with stories similar to yours. Check out our gallery of customer case studies or feel free to ask for some other specific cases we can share.

 

 

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