Luck, the Sibling of Risk
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What are the most significant risks facing humanity?
It is difficult to determine the single biggest risk management issue facing homo sapiens, as our risks and challenges are complex and...
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The Fastest Way to Do a Risk Assessment
Risk assessments can be complex beasts. Some of them can take months to complete. But if you have a requirement to get a risk assessment...
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Threat, intelligence, and risk
Every year and in every nation, government and commercial intelligence agencies create and protect volumes of intelligence 'product.' ...
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How to make money from risk management?
I don't often get asked how to make money from risk management, even though I've been making a good living from it for over 30 years. You...
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The Risk Management Continuum
I’d been in the room for about five minutes and had already heard Brian (not his real name) tell me at least three times in a variety of...
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At the risk of sounding anxious
What would you expect to see at a macro level in our societies if anxiety and depression increased significantly? Probably greater social...
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The ten best books for security, risk, and law enforcement professionals
I recently reflected on the daily risks our law enforcement and security professionals face. And what, if anything, could I offer to help...
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Risk Assessment: The Snooze-Inducing Task That's Taking Over the Corporate World!
Bob: "Hey Jane, how's that risk assessment coming along?" Jane: "Don't even get me started, Bob. I've been going over the draft report...
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Digital technology and software for risk management
Digital technologies can be a powerful tool for organizations to identify, assess, and control risks. These technologies can help...
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Risk Management for the Modern Business: A Comprehensive Guide to Enterprise Risk Assessment
You have a lot on your plate as a CEO or senior executive. Numerous factors, from staying competitive to attracting and retaining top...
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Bow-Tie of Christmas
Ah, the bow-tie model, the beloved tool of risk management professionals everywhere. But what happens when this trusty tool is applied to...
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The implications of the reproducibility crisis for risk management
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated several emerging trends, including: The widespread adoption of remote work, or working from home,...
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How to implement ISO31000 Risk Management Standard
Understanding, let alone managing risk, can often feel like hanging on by your fingertips. But it doesn't have to be that way. By...
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A better definition for risk management?
"The effect of uncertainty on objectives." “It’s just semantics,” he said with a dismissive wave of his hand. Have you ever been involved...
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The problem with control self-assessment
I've done a lot of work in developing metrics for control self-assessment and designing benchmarking protocols so it's not unusual that I...
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Dealing with nebulous risks and risk adaptation
I’d just scrambled off a long-distance bus ride in India at the typical chaotic celebration of life that is an Indian bus station. I've...
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Peter Drucker was wrong
"What gets measured gets managed." - Peter Drucker [1] Like many cliches, "what gets measured gets managed" is correct enough to be...
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Audits are useful, but auditing is essential
“Auditing is essential – and as far I am concerned it should be inquisitive auditing. If you read the report of a major incident you will...
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What's wrong with quantitative risk assessment?
Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) is a practical approach for evaluating and analyzing risk. Some proponents of QRA argue that it is the...
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Existential Risk as a Process
In Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises, a passage in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he...
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Why Your Company Can't Afford to Neglect Risk Management Training
Climate change, artificial intelligence, geopolitical instability, and the Internet of things are just a few examples of the trends...
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Some risk(y) thoughts
Let's start with the three most common errors when doing a risk assessment: Inadequate risk identification. Will the real risk please...
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Risk Management for Executives and Company Directors
I have put all my intelligence and effort into some beautifully crafted risk assessments over my years as a practitioner and I've been...
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