Risk
Risk refers to threats an organization faces -- loss of earnings, loss of reputation, or harm of any kind. These articles explore the challenges of preventing, identifying and mitigating risk. Risk can come in many forms, including financial issues, legal liabilities, strategic or leadership errors, or accidents and natural disasters. Today, IT- and data-related risks are growing concerns. The following articles about risk look at the issue from many angles, especially from that of compliance officers risk managers.
Growth, Stability and the CRO’s New Balancing Act
MetricStream’s COO, Gaurav Kapoor, discusses how the Chief Risk Officer’s role is changing; CROs are finding themselves increasingly focused on enabling growth while simultaneously ensuring stability. It’s a global trend: Consumers and investors are demanding better standards of corporate governance and integrity. This trend has...
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Cognitive Governance: 5 Principles
James Bone explores cognitive governance, the first pillar of the cognitive risk framework, and the five principles that drive the framework to simplify risk governance, add new rigor to risk assessment and empower every level of the organization with situational awareness to manage risk with...
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Natural Disasters: Protecting Employees and Planning for the Worst
Natural disasters – and their consequences – come in many forms, each with potentially devastating and even deadly outcomes. Skillsoft’s Allison Gruenigen discusses how an organization can protect the business and its employees. While summer comes with many benefits, such as warmer weather and longer...
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Global Rise of Collective Investor Actions Significant Risk for Companies
Mechanisms for shareholder class-action lawsuits are being developed around the globe. Dechert attorneys David Kistenbroker, Joni Jacobsen and Angela Liu offer insights on what legal and compliance departments can do to shield their organizations from litigation risk. Stakes continue to grow in investor litigation around...
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GRC Trends in 2019: Nimble, Anticipatory and Secure
MetricStream’s Gaurav Kapoor shares insights and trends he’s gleaned from connecting with leading CXOs this summer. Here are some of the common threads these influential minds in IT GRC and audit discussed. This June, over 450 business executives, board directors, GRC practitioners, government leaders, industry...
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Sustainability Performance: A Differentiation Opportunity?
How critical is sustainability performance, and how is ESG reporting likely to evolve in the coming decade? Protiviti’s Jim DeLoach explores the myriad ways strong ESG performance is vital to organizations. As if it’s a double-edged sword, the pursuit of aggressive environmental, economic and social...
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Cognitive Governance: The First Pillar of a Cognitive Risk Framework
Cognitive governance is a radical departure from traditional risk management. James Bone explains the benefits and how the former complements the latter. After the 2008 reckoning of the Great Recession and a 60 percent decline in market value, I became redundant and soon began to...
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Risky Women Radio
Risky Women RadioRisky Women Radio, hosted by Kimberley Cole, brings together hundreds of senior women professionals and emerging talents from their global network connecting,celebrating and championing women in risk, regulation and compliance. Sharing insights and perspectives on the latest developments we need to think about,...
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5 Ways to Bolster Cyber Safety and Minimize Risk
Cyber threats are simply a business reality in the modern age, but with the right knowledge and tools, we can protect our businesses, employees and customers. Davis Malm’s Robert Munnelly outlines five actions companies can take to maximize long-term cyber safety. Decades of experience in...
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Companies That Don’t Tackle Cybersecurity Issues Head-On Will Fail
Every company should be expecting a security breach at some point. MetricStream’s Vibhav Agarwal discusses the importance of tackling cybersecurity directly and what risk-focused executives must do to avoid disaster and position their organizations for success. In a world where organizations are rapidly digitally transforming,...
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Using Comedy and Creativity to Enhance Compliance and Risk Training
Entertainment and comedy can be a hugely effective way to get compliance and risk training to “stick.” Ronnie Feldman builds a business case for more creative approaches to training and communication. Let’s talk about comedy and corporate risk. Using humor and other entertaining devices to...
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How to Mitigate Risk with a Comprehensive View of Company Policies
Employers must make clear to their employees what compliance topics and policies are essential to the organization. As Skillsoft’s John Arendes explains, it’s to the employer’s benefit to help employees deal with information overload. The workplace continues to evolve over time; from the impact of...
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