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Morrisons data breach threatens vicarious liability

In October, the Court of Appeal found Morrisons Supermarkets vicariously liable for a data breach caused by the actions of a disgruntled… More

7 December 2018

The Institute of Risk Management is delighted to announce that enrolments for our new Digital Risk Management Certificate is now open. The qualification is launching at an introductory price of £995. This new specialist Certificate,… More

As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes increasingly ubiquitous, organisations from all industries are beginning to explore ways to develop and utilise their own IoT network or service offering. In his new… More

Zanele Mukhobu, CFIRM, Director, Enterprise Risk Management, Gauteng Department of Human Settlement has recently been awarded the highest grade of membership by the Institute of Risk Management by completing the Senior Executive Route. She is… More

by Mark Turner The Innovation Special Interest Group (ISIG) of the IRM revealed the first copies of the Horizon Scanning: A Practitioners Guide at the 2018 IRM Risk Leaders conference in London.… More

Only 10 per cent of banks are taking a strategic view of climate change – with an average planning horizon of just four years, according to Transition in thinking: The impact of… More

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

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Big data: big risk

29 October 2018

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