The Macro and the Micro of the Perfect Storm in Enterprise Risk Management
What does a perfect storm make you think of – natural catastrophes, perhaps, like the one portrayed in the film “The Perfect Storm”, the risks confronting the Korean economy, or simply a situation you would rather avoid in the interests of business continuity?
IT Security and the Worry About WordPress
As free and freely available software that has helped millions of individuals and enterprises easily establish a presence on the web, WordPress has a reputation for being well-designed and reliable.
Why BYOD Isn’t All Enterprise Security Gloom
The economic arguments for bring your own device (BYOD) working are multiple. The first one is that if employees fund their own terminals (smartphones, tablets, portables), their employer does not have to.
Organisations in Europe Are Making Risk Management a Priority
Research into leadership in risk management in Europe indicates that it is gradually becoming a board-level item and an integral part of organisational strategy. While banks for example have embedded it into their operations since their inception, in other sectors the importance of risk management has taken longer to come to the fore. Common categories […]
What’s in a name? (as in Business Continuity)
Is the term “business continuity” appropriate? It applies to a wider sector than the “business” part of the name suggests. As well as profit-driven, private sector enterprises, many public sector organisations also have BCM in place. Still, the public sector can be just as “business-like” in pursuing its goals as the private one. On the […]