Features – Page 9

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    Insiders are the biggest enemy

    24 September 2007

    Much security effort is expended on preventing external IT breaches, but the potentially catastrophic threats reside internally, warns Edward Wilding

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    Comparison shopping

    24 September 2007

    Lee Coppack looks at how the UK and US giants, Tesco and Wal-Mart are reporting risk, and how their risk management translates in the real world

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    Risk, responsibility and regulation

    24 September 2007

    Cardiff may provide the backdrop for the BBC series, Dr Who and Torchwood, but now it has another claim to fame as the venue of the 2007 ALARM annual conference on 2 and 3 July. Lynn Drennan reports

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    Colour-coded risk management

    24 September 2007

    Two years ago an article about a new risk management tool called KRRIS (the Key Risk Ranking Indicator System) created considerable interest among readers. The system has now been refined and extended to new industries, says Doug Scott.

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    Powering the plan`

    24 September 2007

    The recent flooding in the UK left many businesses as well as households without any electric power. David Sanderson stresses the need for back-up power solutions

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    Converting the cynical

    31 May 2007

    Having initially been cynical about the value of business continuity management, Paul Johnson explains how he became converted

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    Looking after the paperwork

    31 May 2007

    Losing vital documents in a fire or other disaster can slow down business recovery, warns Kirsten Rix

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    Seeing risk through a glass darkly

    31 May 2007

    Investigations into the accident at the Texas City refinery suggested that all was not well with BP’s perception of risk, says Lee CoppackOne of the world's most respected companies was responsible for the worst industrial accident in the US since 1990. An investigation by a US federal government agency found ...

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    No weak links

    1 April 2007

    Behind every large company is a chain of smaller suppliers. And that company is only as strong as the weakest link. Ken Charman explains why the survival of Europe's major companies requires businesses to work together to build effective contingency plans

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    Time for Review?

    1 April 2007

    The news that the recent UK high court judgment in Bartoline Limited v (1) Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc & (2) Heath Lambert Ltd (2006) may now be going to the Court of Appeal has created even more uncertainty in an already confused situation. John Cooper and Bob Martin ...

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    Performance of Commercial Buildings in Hurricanes

    30 March 2007

    The hurricanes striking land in the US in 2004 and 2005 have provided a wealth of experience on commercial building writes Timothy Reinhold

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    Reflections in New Orleans

    30 March 2007

    From a distance the roads look unremarkably. There are few cars, but it is the middle of the day. Closer up there is clearly something wrong.

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    Loss prevention from the ground up

    30 March 2007

    Getting loss prevention experts involved early reduces the risk of project disaster and delay. By Martin Vinkenfluegel

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    Preventing losses in the chemical industry

    30 March 2007

    Safety risks are inherent to the operational process of chemical manufacturing plants and refineries, but also pose a major concern for chemical facilities in other types of industry. By Leonardo Piazzi

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    Real time mapping

    30 March 2007

    Drawing on the detailed graphic rendering of programs such as Google Earth, new mapping tools can illustrate property assets at risk in real time. By Andrew Leslie

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    Understanding IT system failures

    30 March 2007

    The failure of an organisation's IT network can be debilitating, and it is a risk that affects almost all companies, across all industry sectors. By Shaun Cooper

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    Hard lessons from windstorms

    30 March 2007

    Ports and transport facilities suffer badly in windstorms but the experience from major storms like Katrina can provide lessons to reduce future losses. By Ian Lush

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    Port security risk management

    30 March 2007

    NBC weapons seeping across the US border, and the potentially catastrophic result, represent the ultimate risk for US federal, state and local authorities. By Christopher Rissetto and Jason Matechak

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    Windstorm Kyrill: A glimpse into the future?

    30 March 2007

    Windstorm Kyrill is a reminder that windstorm is a real threat to insurers and reinsurers in Europe. By Julian Alovisi, Claire Souch and Jane Toothill

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    Athena and Artemis

    30 March 2007

    Using Geographic Information Systems to Manage Flood Risk. By Suzanne Corona