The changing face of payments fraud

Payments fraud is the top concern for professionals in the finance industry, according to a recent report by TD Bank. The issue has moved into first place – 44% of executives polled said it was their number one Read more

UK government plans online harm regulation

It has been a long time in coming, but the UK government has published extensive plans to tackle the problem of online harm.The government is to establish a new statutory duty of care, which it hopes will make “companies Read more

The Conflict Between Reputation Risk & Discrimination Risk

Some of the older members of the Institute may recall my time in corporate risk management culminating in five years as Director of Risk Management for the Metropolitan Police up to 2008 and my year as Chairman of AIRMIC Read more

New outsourcing governance for banks

The financial regulator the European Banking Authority (EBA) has set out a new governance framework for banks that outsource services, including those based in the cloud.

The new guidelines – Final report on EBA guidelines on outsourcing arrangementRead more

Embracing the solace of quantum security

Ongoing advances in computing technology have always meant that risk managers need to stay abreast of their organisation’s digital security. Now, the advent of quantum computers – super-powered computers built on quantum mechanical principles – makes one area of Read more

Beware of ‘silent’ cyber risk

The UK’s insurance regulator has warned insurance companies that they need to do more to reduce and manage their exposure to ‘silent’ – or non-affirmative cyber risk.

Non-affirmative cyber risk occurs when insurance policies are ‘silent’ on the matter, Read more

Business environment is “becoming riskier”

Business leaders believe the global business environment is becoming ‘riskier’, according to a new report from consultant Protiviti. The Executive Perspectives on Top Risks 2019 report, published in conjunction with North Carolina’s State University’s Enterprise Risk Management initiative, focuses Read more

Solving cyber risk

One of the greatest risks of failing to address cyber threat is that people will turn away from the very technologies that could produce rapid productivity gains over the next few years, according to a new book Solving cyber Read more