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Airmic 2026: Risk managers urged to speak boardroom’s financial language
Risk professionals need to show how their work protects cash flow, capital and resilience, rather than rely on technical insurance language, Airmic has warned.
Airmic 2026: Gulf deal buys time, not certainty, risk managers warned
A conditional agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz may ease pressure on energy markets, but companies with Gulf exposure should not assume regional stability has returned.
Case study: How risk appetite helped a start-up make faster decisions
Michael Bruno, principal of enterprise risk at Airbnb and founder of Crow’s Nest Consulting, explains how he built and used a risk appetite framework with a start-up client, and how it held up under real-time trade-offs.
Case study: how McDonald’s McHire breach exposed the risks of AI recruitment
A basic security flaw in McDonald’s AI hiring platform McHire exposed millions of job applicants. As AI is used to run more and more of the recruitment process, what are the big takeaways for firms evaluating their third-party risk?
Shiitake happens: Taiwan’s veg smuggling row exposes a wider supply chain risk
Taiwan has accused Chinese firms of routing banned Napa cabbage and shiitake mushrooms through Vietnam, relabelling them as Vietnamese, and shipping them past a ban on more than 1,000 Chinese agricultural products. A $410 forged certificate of origin and up to $15,800 in profit per container explain why the case ...
Risk tool spotlight: getting to grips with risk appetite
Appetite defines the level of risk organisations will venture into, but only if it sticks. Closing the gap between intent and reality means linking appetite to strategy, controls, investment and measurable indicators.
Airmic 2026: Crisis management has gone off the radar for big corporates
Using AI generated scenarios to demonstrate risk fallout to company boards is a productive starting point for reviewing crisis management frameworks, says senior managing director
Mythos and the patch cycle: will the ‘patch apocalypse’ become a reality?
David Neeson, deputy SOC team lead at Barrier Networks, argues that while AI is accelerating phishing and lowering the barrier to entry for threat actors, organisations should avoid panic over a looming patching crisis and focus instead on understanding which vulnerabilities create real risk in their own environment.
SR:500 survey results: Risk managers push for earlier influence as threats accelerate
The SR:500 Emerging Risks survey reveals a landscape dominated by accelerating and interconnected threats. Against this backdrop, risk management must be embedded earlier in decision making to strengthen resilience.
Shock after shock: Why risk leaders say climate resilience models are no longer fit for purpose
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.
Risk management’s moment has arrived. Here’s how to make the most of it
Risk leaders have never been closer to the top table. The opportunity now is to translate that proximity into genuine strategic influence, and the profession is better placed to do it than at any point in its history, says Alex Bentley, CEO, Clew
Regulatory convergence puts pressure on GRC leaders to rethink governance
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.
Video: Strengthening GRC Under Evolving Regulatory Expectations
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Why risk managers are turning to parametrics to solve operational challenges
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
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