Features – Page 4

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    Be a winner?

    1 October 2007

    If you and your team are implementing a new or improved risk management initiative, start thinking about your entry to the StrategicRISK European Risk Management Awards 2008, says Sue Copeman

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    Enterprise-wide fleet risk profiling

    1 October 2007

    Is fleet risk management just a poor sister in your organisation? John Stevens argues that is too important to be left out in the cold, and needs to be integrated into enterprise risk management. He suggests the solution.

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    Who's accessing your system?

    1 October 2007

    The human factor is a key risk to IT security. A strict security policy and strong authentication are needed to counter it. Jan Valcke explains

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    Carl Leeman

    1 October 2007

    Based in Belgium, Katoen Natie is a privately owned logistics company with activities worldwide. Carl Leeman, chief risk officer, shares his candid thoughts on the profession, its limitations and what needs to change

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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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    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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    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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    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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    Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Terrorism

    19 December 2006

    Since 1983, civil war and terrorism have, in the eyes of the international media at least, provided an ever present backdrop to Sri Lankan affairs.

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    Ten Years of Earthquake - Insurance in Japan

    19 December 2006

    In this article, we look back over the past 10 years in the Japanese insurance industry with the focus on earthquake coverage. We also attempt to make some predictions for the future direction of eart

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    Staying in business after the storm

    19 December 2006

    For a company in a hurricane prone area, a hurricane emergency plan may mean the difference between being back in operation quickly and going out of business for good.

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    Froogle continuity!

    19 December 2006

    Google's 'Froogle' service compares cheapest internet sources for common consumer items. Business continuity solution economics prove harder to evaluate. Ian Hammond gives his company's own top ten affordable continuity "must-haves"

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    Competing in the age of the continuous enterprise

    19 December 2006

    Keith Tilley believes that companies outside the financial services sector are generally unaware of the damage that downtime causes and of how to prevent it.

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    Key risks

    24 October 2006

    European risk professionals share their personal views with Sue Copeman on the risks that they consider crucial to their organisations.