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FeaturesIT in the boardroom
If an organisation’s IT does not work, there is a real prospect that strategic objectives will not be reached. Yet how many boards spend time on IT issues? How well do they understand the IT risks they face? Two recent surveys provide some answers. Lani Bannach and Sue Copeman analyse ...
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FeaturesEPL An inevitable trend
In the US, where payouts over discrimination claims can be huge, insuring against such claims is seen as a must. Will Europe follow in US footsteps? Nathan Skinner investigates the probability.
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Using your intelligence
Sheets of figures alone are not sufficient to help you understand your business. Nakis Papadopoulosse argues that you need a proper business intelligence platform if you are to stay competitive
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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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FeaturesCarl Leeman
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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The long REACH of regulatory risk
New EU regulations concerning the registration of chemicals are likely to entail massive costs, but one company perceives opportunities too.
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Global challenges of managing risk
What keeps the CEO awake at night? Paul Pilkington and Jane Woolcott discuss the findings of a recent CEO survey on key risks
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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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Regulation, risk and global strategy
The need for EU-based insurers to develop and implement an enterprise risk management strategy in response to Solvency II was one of the topics at the International Insurance Society (IIS) 43rd annual seminar in Berlin in July. Jean-Paul Louisot reports
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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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Triumph or tragedy?
Has the Compensation Act started to make a dent in the compensation culture? The jury remains out, according to Paula Jefferson
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Serious but misunderstood
Lee Coppack discusses the findings of a new study on global business and the threat of political violence
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Serious but misunderstood
Lee Coppack discusses the findings of a new study on global business and the threat of political violence
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Preventing unwanted legacies
According to Gartner, between 30% and 40% of IT departments do not care about cutting their carbon footprint, and only 10% are being active in developing relevant policies to address the issue of their energy use. These statistics are staggering in today's society, where we are all encouraged to recycle ...
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Improving safety on site
Building sites can be dangerous places. Andrew Stokes and Chris Baranowski believe that CDM 2007 should reduce bureaucracy and make it easier for everyone to understand their responsibilities
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Is regulation driving risk management?
News that a new EU directive is on the horizon is rarely greeted with cheers. Sue Coperman looks at what our Benchmarking Club respondents have to say about regulation
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Walking the tightrope
Andre Basile examines the risks facing directors and officers from emerging legal challenges
