#10 – ALARP – AS LOW AS REASONABLY POSSIBLE – PAUL KOSTEK

ALARP – As Low as Reasonably Possible.

Paul Kostek PixFor anyone with any experience with risk management this is one of the key terms used to make a decision about applying risk mitigations.  It is used when going beyond a certain point (cost/weight/performance), open to definition by every company, that the resulting cost/performance of the product no longer makes fiscal sense.

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#10 – CULTIVATING A RISK PARADIGM SHIFT IN YOUR ORGANIZATION – DR. CAROLYN TURBYFILL

You have nothing to fear from this article.

turbyfillYou think you have done a good job with disaster recovery, security, and risk management.  Your employees all fulfill their interactive online training classes on time.  You have documented plans for all contingencies.  Plans are on the company web site.   There are hard copies of key information for everyone.  The detailed plans are in folders on your company shared file server with access to sensitive information properly controlled.  I am not going to suggest more of the same.

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#10 – HOW’S THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE? – ED PERKINS

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe quality of your life depends on the water you drink, the air you breathe, the roads you drive, and the power you have.  Period.

In other words, the quality of your life depends on your access and availability of electricity, water, roads, bridges, and power or in other words your infrastructure.

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