Analysis – Page 12
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AnalysisChina gives Africa $20bn to defend against Western Powers’ “Bullying”
Pledge makes China Africa’s primary trading partner
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AnalysisHSBC under fire over money laundering
Bank criticised by US Senate report after lengthy investigation
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AnalysisTop tips for business information handling during the Olympics
Majority of businesses are exposing themselves to increased information risk
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AnalysisALARM 2012 winners announced
Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service and Renfrewshire Council steal the show picking up two gongs apiece
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AnalysisAlarm 2012: See you in Manchester!
I’ll be heading back to my native Manchester for next week’s 2012 Alarm Learning and Development Forum
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AnalysisTaming the monster
Governments’ main answer to continued economic uncertainty seems to be to legislate. But what risk managers really need is a considered approach to the problems rather than political crowd-pleasing
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AnalysisSurviving in the public eye
The Italian cruise ship tragedy in January demonstrated that there is nowhere to hide from the all-seeing eye of the camera phone today. But, given the opacity of many management structures, this may not be a bad thing
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AnalysisMandatory quake insurance could be good news for Swiss companies
Switzerland only faces a medium level of earthquake risk but a large potential for high costs due to urban density
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AnalysisBefore the storm
The seeds of today’s economic woes can be found at the start of a decade that saw huge social change and the risk management profession come of age
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AnalysisConcerns mount on supply chain risk
Delegates at the Amrae conference in France discuss the key supply chain risk management concerns
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AnalysisThe 1990s – a new focus on risk
It was the decade that brought Hurricane Andrew, asbestos, and a seismic shift in the scope and importance of risk management
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AnalysisIT risk biggest concern amongst organisations worldwide
Almost three quarters (74%) of organisations consider unplanned IT and telecom outages their biggest concern, a survey by the Business Continuity Institute claimed.In the survey 458 business leaders revealed their top five risks. They were:Unplanned IT and telecom outages – 74%Data breach (i.e. loss or theft ...
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AnalysisStrife in the streets
Risk management is likely to continue to remain in the foreground for organisations with facilities or suppliers in troubled countries in North Africa and the Middle East, while in Europe measures designed to remedy national financial problems are likely to spark off further public protests and even riots
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AnalysisManaging business in the line of fire
As war and conflict increasingly creep across the globe, organisations must reconsider how they do business in volatile countries and, indeed, as the situation in Libya demonstrates, just who they’re doing business with
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AnalysisGreek debt is Europe's biggest worry
Greece can’t pay back its massive debt on its own it’s simply too large. That has prompted other European countries to throw Greece a lifeline. Currently this is in the form of an EU bailout fund totalling €780bn. But even that might not be enough
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AnalysisBoards are blinding themselves to risk
A major new study draws attention to seven existential risks that are beyond the realm of traditional risk management processes. Nathan Skinner dissects the findings
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AnalysisInsurers re-evaluate earthquake cover
After the Japanese earthquake, companies could find it much harder to buy catastrophe cover in hazardous zones, finds Sue Copeman
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AnalysisRisk management qualifications - What's on offer?
Here's our handy guide to all of the risk management training and qualifications available to you in the UK
