Risk management must move beyond registers, heat maps and compliance theatre to become a value-based discipline that helps leaders make better strategic decisions, writes Michael Rasmussen, The GRC Pundit & Analyst.
New country rankings from Global Citizen Solutions suggest resilience is being shaped more by readiness than by size alone, as geopolitical fragmentation, supply chain realignment, energy security, digital capability and climate risk pull nations further apart.
In major infrastructure projects, the real test of risk management is not identifying threats but managing how they intersect. In this port expansion, resilience depended on building a framework that could respond as those connections shifted over time.
This alternative insurance is a vital tool for risk managers worldwide needing fast liquidity and more certainty in the face of climate volatility. A report from Generali, in partnership with the UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility, shows how governments, businesses and critical services are building resilience in these high-risk ...
When Hurricane Melissa struck Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, satellite-based synthetic aperture radar provided near real-time, countrywide damage intelligence through cloud cover, enabling government and humanitarian teams to prioritise resources, accelerate decision-making and reach the hardest-hit communities faster.
In this latest StrategicRISK SR:500 roundtable, senior risk leaders explored a question that is becoming increasingly urgent: what does “emerging risk” actually mean in a world where volatility feels constant and systemic?
RIMS president Manny Padilla has a simple message for the profession: stop underselling yourselves. Being a jack of all trades is something to be proud of, as translators, connectors and complexity cutters, risk managers must claim a more strategic position.
Hans-Kristian Bryn and Carl Sjostrom examine what a true strategic pivot demands of an organisation, and why leaders must weigh risk, return and reward far more carefully than they would in a simple strategic adjustment.
The compounding shocks created by climate change were the topic of our latest SR:500 roundtable. Organisations are being forced to reassess their long-held assumptions about resilience, continuity and operational risk as they navigate the road ahead.
Previously a back-office function, resilience in the digital space is now in the spotlight. At an SR:500 roundtable in asssociation with Marsh, risk leaders explored how AI, regulation and culture are highlighting new strategies and demanding board-level attention.
As regulatory frameworks such as NIS2, DORA and the EU AI Act begin to overlap, organisations face mounting pressure to rethink how governance, risk and compliance operates in practice. Riskonnect’s Sherry Dillon explains why traditional compliance approaches are no longer enough.
Enterprise risk management often promises insight but delivers assurance. As boards push for clearer, risk-informed choices, risk leaders need to move beyond compliance-driven GRC workflows and towards decision-focused measurement that links risk to objectives, an approach Face the Risk is helping organisations put into practice.
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As nat cats grow more severe, insurance gaps are widening - but parametric solutions might hold the key to resilience, says Dianna Nelson, a senior structurer at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions