10th Annual Risk Leaders Conference 

A decade of discovery and disruption

Thursday 14 November 2019 | Inmarsat, London

What are the real risk issues for boards today? Are they pre-occupied with fighting short term tactical battles while missing some big picture changes like digital Read more

Privacy watchdog warning on facial recognition technology

The Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has warned that the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology must comply with privacy laws.

“Any organisation using software that can recognise a face amongst a crowd then scan large databases of people Read more

Ofwat imposes stiff penalties on Southern Water

Southern Water has been fined £3 million in penalties and £123 million in payments to customers, following an investigation by the regulator Ofwat. It is the biggest penalty Ofwat has imposed.

The watchdog found that the company had deliberately Read more

Cyber skills shortage adds to attack threat

Cyber security professionals say adversaries have an overwhelming upper hand in the war to protect organisations from online crime – and that skills shortage in the field is making matters worse.

Those were two key findings of the third Read more

Directors reach settlement in alleged cartel case

Anti-competitive practices have moved up the agenda after the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) secured the disqualification of two former directors of the construction company CPM Group Ltd in April following the business’ admission that it breached competition law.

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Embedding risk management – the formal and informal

Embedding risk management is often seen as the holy grail of an effective organisation. Research by  ACCA now shows that although organisations have similar risk management objectives, the paths they take to embedding risk management varies. Those paths Read more

Institute of Operational Risk to join IRM

The Institute of Risk Management is delighted to announce that the Institute of Operational Risk will be joining the IRM group.

This comes following a vote at the IOR Annual General Meeting held on Wednesday, 22nd May in London.

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Zoning the Internet

The Russian government approved a bill in April that would give the state communications regulator Roskomnadzor the ability to control traffic on the Internet – giving it the potential to effectively isolating the Russian network. The bill has been Read more