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Non-compliance with trade sanctions increasingly attracts severe penalties for organisations, according to a recent IRM and Lexis Nexis webinar. While the effectiveness of sanctions themselves has been debated in some quarters, the… More

The UK government has published more than 100 technical notices advising businesses and the public on preparing for a ‘no deal’ Brexit. While the government states that “a scenario in which the… More

Cybersecurity is the single biggest risk organisations are likely to face over the next year, according to the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing’s (ECIIA) annual Risk in Focus 2019 report.… More

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