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Featured story: Risk Transformation Measuring Risk Culture
Ed Little & David van Gogh
28 Sep 2020
In our article ‘Clarifying Risk Culture’, we described our framework for considering Risk Culture and the basic requirements for measuring it. In this article, we examine the critical success factors for successfully executing a Risk Culture Assessment, and we provide guidance on interpreting results and driving uplift actions.
Critical Success Factors
Risk Culture Assessments are […]
Featured story: Business Risk and Resilience Amstelveen Risk Update: Edition 3, July 2020
Amstelveen
8 Jul 2020
Welcome to the third edition of our Risk periodical, the ‘Risk Update’. In this edition, our team has provided a perspective on three specific risk areas.
Business Continuity Management during COVID
Over the past year, global, political, economic and environmental events have caused significant disruption to organisations and their day to day operations. With organisations slowly […]
Featured story: Technology and Cyber Risk Key considerations when implementing periodic User Access Reviews
Abishek Rathour
8 Jul 2020
This article is a part of Risk Update 3. An effectively designed user access review (UAR) process mitigates the risk of inappropriate access to an organisation’s data, which in turn reduces the risk of either erroneous data entries being made, or confidential data being leaked.
Introduction
User access reviews are a key review area from […]
Featured story: Risk Transformation Six remedies to curb your GRC implementation fears
Jack Armsworth
8 Jul 2020
GRC solutions can enhance and even automate some of an organisation’s risk management capabilities and practices, but their implementation often appears challenging. However, with the right planning, team, access to data and a focus on the end-user, a great outcome is achievable.
Featured story: Business Risk and Resilience Business Continuity Management in COVID
Romana Bizjak
8 Jul 2020
The traditional boundaries of the industry are dissolving as exponential innovation propels the future of risk forward.
Featured story: Business Risk and Resilience COVID-19: Remote Working Questionnaire
Amstelveen
21 Apr 2020
Initial Observations About the responders Responders from over 20 industries participated in the survey. The largest groups of responders were Financial Services and Professional Services, which is a general reflection of our LinkedIn audience where this survey was primarily shared. Thank you to everyone who participated.
Featured story: Business Risk and Resilience Risks for the remote organisation
Andrew Millward, Romana Bizjak, Obed Ooei & Hima Raj
4 Apr 2020
COVID-19 has made remote working a critical capability, but there are some important risks for technology teams to consider across the themes of resiliency, security, third party and people. These risks are important now and also in the future, as many organisations rely on remote working as a continuity strategy for many scenarios where office facilities […]
Featured story: Technology and Cyber Risk The State of Cyber Security 2020
Andrew Millward
11 Feb 2020
We examine six trends that will likely shape cyber security in 2020 to help you prepare your organisation.
Featured story: Business Risk and Resilience Top 5 Risk and Governance Trends 2020
Amstelveen
1 Jan 2020
Business resiliency will be front-of-mind 2019 tested the resilience of organisations against a wide variety of threats. 2020 will see a continued focus on business continuity to address a range of complex threats spanning geopolitical, environmental and technological. For some organisations, this may involve re-evaluating strategies, redundancy plans and impact assessments to foster effective business […]
Featured story: Business Risk and Resilience 2019 Key Industry Events
Amstelveen
18 Dec 2019
Notable risk headlines, compliance breaches and regulatory changes:
Financial Services Royal Commission
76 recommendations put forth to tackle issues across banking, financial advice, superannuation, insurance, culture, governance, remuneration, and regulators. Over $6b to be spent in relation to compensation and remediation by Australia’s Big Four Banks: Major Breaches Regulation APRA’s Climate Change Survey The survey […]
Featured story: Risk Transformation Clarifying Risk Culture
David van Gogh
9 Dec 2019
An introduction to the factors which influence Risk Culture, approaches to measurement and methods for uplift.
Featured story: Technology and Cyber Risk Data Processing
Zachary Chapman
9 Dec 2019
Technology functions are increasing their use of data processing automation. This article considers how the associated risks of using Workflow Automation tools can be managed.
Featured story: Technology and Cyber Risk Personal Security, Part 1: Practical Tips for Staying Secure in a Connected World
Ed Little
9 Dec 2019
This article is a part of Risk Update 2. This is the first article in a series looking at personal security, practical tips for staying safe online and managing your digital identity. In this series we will cover how to protect your accounts online (the subject of this article), avoiding scams and safeguarding your devices […]
Featured story: Business Risk and Resilience Amstelveen Risk Update: Edition 2, December 2019
Amstelveen
9 Dec 2019
Welcome to the second edition of our Risk periodical, the ‘Risk Update’. In this edition we have delved into two specific areas of technology risk and covered some of the cultural aspects of good Risk Management. Practical Tips for Staying Secure in a Connected World Cybersecurity related risks continue to be of high interest to […]