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Hot on the heels of this year’s new general data protection regulation (GDPR), the UK government has identified business use of ‘big data’ as another potential area for legislation. The term ‘big… More

Artificial intelligence promises to transform the risk profession for both good and bad, as delegates at an IRM Innovation special interest group (SIG) workshop in London heard recently. The session, hosted by… More

With 90 per cent of the world's trade transported via the shipping industry, the growth of global supply chains means that organisations naturally take an extreme interest in the safety and security… More

Nearly 60 per cent of senior crisis management executives feel that they are facing more crises than they did 10 years ago, according to research by Deloitte. From immediate events such as… More

IRM officially launched its new Digital Risk Management Certificate developed this month, with the support of University of Warwick experts. The new specialist Certificate, awarded by the IRM and developed with support… More

With the advent of GDPR, risk managers are already advised to undertake risk assessments to ensure technical and organisational measures are robust enough to secure their data. However, new research by security… More

In July, the government announced a consultation on proposed policies governing the use of drones. Any subsequent draft Drone Bill could cover the powers required by enforcement bodies to police drone usage… More

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… More

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… More