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FeaturesCracking down on cartels
EU competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has vowed to get tough on companies that don't play fair. Neill Blundell says the EU and other regulators are giving a stark warning to boardrooms
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FeaturesTreading a tightrope?
Do StrategicRISK Benchmarking Club correspondents think that IT security measures are sufficient and should laws be tightened in this area? Sue Copeman describes the results of our latest survey
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FeaturesThe regulator investigates
Regulators take insider trading very seriously. Their powers to search for evidence are growing. Comply, or face disaster, say Jonathan Pickworth and Elizabeth Bremner
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FeaturesCodes and cultures
There is a growing global consensus about the need for good governance, but cultural differences can intervene. Alan Waring looks at some of the issues arising in Asia and closer to home.
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Measuring the markets
Where are the best opportunities to be found among emerging markets? And what about the risks? Ian Coleman explains the thinking behind an index which balances the risks and rewards
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FeaturesBeat the cheats
Internal audit should be checking your anti-fraud controls, says John Smart
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There's more to it than 'badging in'
If your security department is bottom of the heap, the organisation is rife with an ‘open’ culture, and IT has pinched the business continuity issues, you can still conduct a fight back. Peter Speight invokes Turnbull and SOX to explain how
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Insiders are the biggest enemy
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
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
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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Acting without pretext
Aaron Stephens and Lucinda Brett explore and comment on 'pretexting' developments in the US and UK, with a particular focus on the application of the new Fraud Act 2006
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Walking the tightrope
Andre Basile examines the risks facing directors and officers from emerging legal challenges
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Understanding IT system failures
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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Finding the leverage points
Modifying the behaviour of complex systems in such a way as to minimise risk and promote opportunity is a crucial risk management function. Andrew Leslie looks to an essay by the late Donella Meadows to identify the leverage points where risks or opportunities are likely to congregate
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The extradition risk
Gillian Eastwood and Paul Lomas summarise the current extradition arrangements in the US and UK, assess the change in the extradition risk and outline some practical steps for managing it.
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Topics and trends
A steady stream of regulation has imposed stringent requirements on European company directors and officers. Sue Copeman looks at the areas that risk professionals believe have implications for management liability in 2007.
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How effective is your security?
Steve Wright discusses how you can measure the effectiveness of security using ISO 27001.
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Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion
Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.
