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.
Alexia Michiels, partner, Resilience Institute, says technology and process may shape transformation programmes, but their success still depends on whether people have the energy, trust and confidence to adapt.
Counter Terrorism Policing and blue light partners have tested their response to a major terrorism incident during a large-scale exercise on a cross-channel ferry at the Port of Poole.
A routine cash-handling function turned into a multimillion-dollar loss when a misconfigured ATM enabled six weeks of fraudulent withdrawals. The case exposes deeper weaknesses in governance, data flows and assurance that allowed the incident to escalate unchecked.
In the face of record-breaking tremors last year, Taiwanese contract chipmaker TSMC held its ground. By safeguarding operations and reassuring global clients, this was a master class in resilience born out of preparedness.
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?
Martin Leo has done his homework. At the National University of Singapore, he always comes prepared to engage with faculty at their level, then turns intellectual insights into practical risk strategies.
Cyber resilience cannot be bought off the shelf. Geoffrey Kerr, cyber security consultant and former VP global cyber security at Procter & Gamble, argues that organisations must move beyond technology-led spending and adopt a risk-based, strategy-first approach that embeds accountability, cultural change and measurable outcomes across the business.
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.
Data centres are at the heart of the digital economy, but rapid growth, energy constraints and evolving risks are testing their resilience. At an SR:500 event in partnership with FM, experts discussed the challenges facing the sector and how risk managers are responding.
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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