Monthly Archives: July 2014

#54 – RISK MANAGEMENT IS ON RISKY GROUND – TONY BENDELL

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Tony BendellDear friends we live in depressing times.  Our media is full of failing and failed organisations.  From the financial crises to the BBC, from the IRS or the Veterans Health Administration to the UK Houses of Parliament, all around us is the evidence that our systems and safeguards are failing to protect the stakeholders from the slings and arrows of outrageous management, and an ever more demanding and volatile environment.  Clearly, modern life has an enormous dependence on the integrity of human systems. Continue reading →

#54 – ERM – SEVEN IMPERATIVES FOR PROCESS EXCELLENCE – APQC

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apqcFailures in strategic planning and execution.  Bungled social media.  Early retirement of a (or return of a former) CEO.  Private equity company takeovers.  New federal reporting and control regulations.  Cybersecurity breaches.  Earthquakes and tsunamis.  Political unrest.  Governmental and commercial bribery.  Employee embezzlement and financial fraud.
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#54 – ISO GUIDELINES ON RISK MANAGEMENT – UMBERTO TUNESI

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Umberto Tunesi pixReading  ISO Guide 73 (2009) Risk Management Vocabulary, ISO 31000 (2009) Risk Management – Principles and Guidelines and IEC / ISO 31010 (2009) Risk Assessment Techniques is quite an instructive exercise.

All are available on the ISO on-line store and though they aren’t very cheap, as any standard.  Unfortunately, they should preferably be free-of-charge to anybody working in the field.  However with ISO’s Risk Based thinking coming shortly, they’re worth their price.  Purchase them now and be prepared for risk management. Continue reading →

#54 – DESIGNING A QUALITY MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR CYBERSECURITY – MARK BERNARD

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Mark BernardHow do you use quality management systems (QMS) thinking to design an information systems management system (ISMS)?  There are a lot similarities.  Read on:

IMHO it starts with two sets of security standards, (a) the manufacturer and (b) the organization. Continue reading →

#54 – 10 CSR RISKS THAT COULD KILL YOUR BRAND – KELLY EISENHARDT

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Kelly EisenhardtIn the world of business, companies are beginning to realize that sometimes building new products that we all love means finding faster and cheaper ways to bring them to us.

Often, that means sending design and production to different parts of the world and being far away from the corporate headquarters and factory floors, where a watchful eye can be kept. Continue reading →