Businesses misaligned over risk

Boards, executive management and internal auditor departments are misaligned over a series of critical risks, according to a recent report – OnRisk 2020: A Guide to Understanding, Aligning, and Optimizing Risk – by the global industry body the Institute Read more

Trouble in cryptoland

Cryptocurrency start-up businesses have become of increasing interest to the industry regulator the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), according to an investigation by the Financial Times newspaper. The FCA has increased its investigations into digital currency operations by 74 Read more

Fiscal crises top global business concerns

Fiscal crises top global business concerns, followed by cyberattacks and unemployment, according to a recent report by the World Economic Forum.

The study said that the world economy had been seen flatter since the financial crisis of 2008–2009, Read more

Cyber risk education gap persists

While most businesses are well aware of the risk of cyberattack too few deal with the cyber risk education gap in their enterprises, according to the Chubb Cyber Risk Survey 2019.

The report said that companies had established Read more

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Government forced to publish Brexit risk scenarios

The UK government has been forced by Members of Parliament to publish its Brexit risk assumptions code-named Operation Yellowhammer. While the government says that the assumptions are out of date because of subsequent efforts to mitigate Brexit risks, Read more

Executives in cyberattack firing line

Members of the so-called C-suite – executives such as chief risk officer, chief finance officer, and so on – were twelve times more likely to be the target of social cyberattack incidents over the last twelve months, according to Read more

Water crises becoming more common

Water crises in many parts of the world are becoming more common, according to recent research by the World Resources Institute (WRI). The impact of water crises has been ranked fourth out of all risks in terms of severity Read more