Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a Dose of Risk Management
For the past few years the news has been a drumbeat of threatening events—and the beat seems to be growing louder. In such times, the best thing an organization can do is […]
Risk Matrix: Why You Should Employ a Risk Management Matrix
One of the best tools for assessing and reducing risk is a risk management matrix. Today’s blog provides an example of such a matrix and explains how and why to use one. […]
Know Your Gaps: Manage Residual Risk to Keep Your Company Safe
Over the past 18 months, most organizations have made changes to their business continuity plans to increase their resiliency. Unfortunately, few have taken the critical next step of measuring and managing the […]
Every Single Day: Make Risk Management Part of Your Company’s Culture
The recent blockage of the Suez Canal was a rare event that pointed up the need for companies to undertake a certain vital activity every single day: risk management. In today’s post, […]
Types of Risk: Don’t Forget to Keep Tabs on Your Long-Term Risks
The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have understandably monopolized most business continuity professionals’ attention over the past six months. In today’s post, I want to remind you of what the five types […]
What’s Ahead in the World of Enterprise Risk Management
The new decade will bring massive change to the practice of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), the field of identifying and preparing for risks and hazards that can interfere with an organization’s achieving […]
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Managing Risk but Were Afraid to Ask
In business continuity, risk is at the center of everything we do. Therefore, we thought it might be helpful to make today’s blog a primer on risk. Most of this stuff you […]
Solving the Puzzle of the Operational Risk Management Lifecycle
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Go Like a Rocket: 3 Tools to Help You Manage Enterprise Risk
Few things embody the task of balancing risk and reward like a manned space rocket sitting on the launchpad as the moment of liftoff approaches. Such a rocket brings together in one […]
The Risk of Virtualization
As virtualization becomes the norm, the risk of virtualization should be in the forefront of any business continuity manager’s mind. We’ve compiled a list of areas of concerns and controls to reference […]
BIA and Risk Assessment: Why Both Are Important
Can you describe the differences and benefits of the BIA and Risk Assessment? Today’s short blog may help you provide answers when the questions arise. You just spent time completing a Business Impact […]
Mitigating Controls and Your Business Recovery Plans.
Understanding what residual risk remains after we have implemented all of the mitigating controls available to us is essential for a strong BCM program. In the world of Business Continuity Management (BCM), […]