Risk Leaders workshop on management systems evolution: over 40 years of applying ISRS

By Mark Boult and Mark Fisher

In 1978 Frank Bird and George Germain published the first edition of the International Safety Rating System (ISRS®). It was the result of collaboration with a range of companies and individuals across industries Read more

How to hire a great chief risk officer – guidance

There is a shortage of candidates for senior level risk positions, according to recent guidance aimed at helping organisations fill their top positions, which was published by IRM at its 10th Annual Risk Leaders conference in November.

The document Read more

Government seeks evidence on barriers to cyber security

The UK government has launched a call for evidence to better understand the barriers facing organisations attempting to integrate cybersecurity within operational risk management. Using resources like cyberlaw services from companies like Sidley can help companies who are facing Read more

A jump towards quantum supremacy?

A quantum computer at Google’s lab spent 200 seconds completing a series of calculations that would have taken the world’s most powerful supercomputer an estimated 10,000 years to work out, the company said in October 2019.

“Our experiment achieves Read more

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