• Building an ethical culture

    Building an ethical culture

    Nearly one in three employees has been aware of misconduct at work and one in six has felt some form of pressure to compromise their organisation’s ethical standards, according to Ethics at work: survey of employees 2018, Europe, published in July by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE). More than 6,000 employees across Europe were…

  • Stress-test your business continuity management

    Stress-test your business continuity management

    Use tabletop exercises to stress-test your business continuity management and make sure critical personnel are familiar with the BCM recovery plans. The wildfires wreaking havoc from Southern Europe to Scandinavia to California offer a timely reminder that natural disasters are difficult to plan for and businesses need to make sure their continuity plans remain robust…

  • FRC code aims for integrity

    FRC code aims for integrity

    The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published an updated UK Corporate Governance Code in July, which it says puts the relationships between companies, shareholders and stakeholders at the heart of long-term sustainable growth in the UK economy. Updates to the code touch on issues around workforce and stakeholder engagement, corporate culture, improving diversity and succession planning…

  • Institute of Risk Management (IRM) and Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management launch Executive Education Programme in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

    Institute of Risk Management (IRM) and Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management launch Executive Education Programme in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

    The Institute of Risk Management (IRM), the world’s leading professional body for Enterprise Risk Management, and Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management – Executive Education have partnered to bring you this highly practical, academically rigorous qualification. Participants of the first module (2 days) will receive the certificate “Risk Management Essentials” from the IRM. Participants…

  • Venturing onto the darknet

    Venturing onto the darknet

    With cybercrime one of the biggest threats faced by businesses today, risk professionals may see accessing the darknet as ‘putting your head in the lion’s mouth’, but a new report from tech association ISACA says that’s exactly what legitimate businesses should consider doing as part of their cybersecurity measures. The darknet is like an underbelly of…

  • Book your place at IRM’s Risk Leaders 2018

    Book your place at IRM’s Risk Leaders 2018

    Political risk, new technologies and business ethics will all be high on the agenda at the IRM’s Risk Leaders event in November, with keynote speakers and workshop leaders drawn from across the corporate world and academia. This annual conference is a flagship event on the IRM calendar, bringing members and non-members together with leading thinkers…

  • Helping transformation programmes work

    Helping transformation programmes work

    With the government continuing to search for new, more efficient methods of working, its transformation programmes are often highly ambitious and reliant on both working online and implementing new technology. However, in 2008 The McKinsey Quarterly found that about 70 per cent of these transformation projects fail in private industry. Consequently, it’s vital that risk…

  • Don’t respond to ransomware demands – protect against them instead

    Don’t respond to ransomware demands – protect against them instead

    Companies paying up when hit with a ransomware demand don’t always see an immediate end to their troubles, according to this year’s global ransomware report 2018 from endpoint security specialists SentinelOne. The report covers a survey of decision makers from IT and risk, fraud or compliance at 500 organisations with at least 1,000 employees. Almost…

  • Managing the rising threat of geopolitical risks

    Managing the rising threat of geopolitical risks

    Geopolitical risks are posing an increasing threat to the global economy, according to the 2018 update of the Cambridge global risk index, which shows a rise of 16 per cent year-on-year thanks to the increasing likelihoods of civil conflict, interstate war, terrorism and social unrest. The risk index, which was put together by the Cambridge…

  • Managing the risk of spiralling costs in large projects

    Managing the risk of spiralling costs in large projects

    The National Audit Office (NAO) has published advice on how to manage the risk of spiralling costs in large projects, which are often high profile, complex and technically difficult. The NAO is responsible for scrutinising the government’s portfolio of major projects, which will cost more than £450 billion over their lifetime. While the advice is primarily…