#21 – RISK BASED AUDITING – KEITH RIDGEWAY

Today’s business world is constantly changing—it’s unpredictable, volatile, and becoming more and more complex every day.  By its very nature, it is fraught with risk.

Businesses have always looked at risk as a necessary evil that should be controlled, minimised or mitigated whenever possible. Continue reading

#21 – WHITE HOUSE INCENTIVES FOR CIP CYBER ADOPTION – CAROLYN TURBYFILL

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It has been a busy year in the U.S. for Cybersecurity.  The latest development (as of August  6, 2013) is an announcement from the White House outlining incentives under consideration to encourage Critical Infrastructure companies to implement the Cybersecurity Framework under development by NIST: Continue reading

#21 – RISK VERSUS PROCESS BASED AUDITS – UMBERTO TUNESI

Umberto Tunesi pixJames Lamprecht’s preliminary ISO 9001:2015 comments published on # 20 CERM Risk Insights Magazine catalyzes thinking, last but not least on requirement 9.2, internal audit.

Certainly this ISO 9001 supporting process is going to be more challenging; but it will become more subjectively-controlled, too, therefore open to endless – and useless – comparisons based on the very human principle “I’m better than you”.   Continue reading

#21 – THE PROCESS OF RISK MANAGEMENT – LINDA WESTFALL

Linda Westfall HeadshotRisk management is an ongoing process that should be implemented as part of the initial planning activities for our projects, product, and processes. Risk management must also be an ongoing part of managing those projects, product, and processes. The purpose of risk management is to identify and analyze potential problems (risks) before they turn into actual problems so that we can: Continue reading

#21 – WHAT’S HOT AND WHAT’S NOT IN THE JOB HUNT – ELIZABETH LIONS

Elizabeth Lions PixSummer is heating up and so is the job search for many in the U.S. Yesterday a report ran that we are now at the same unemployment level as it was in 2008. People are ready to make a change.

Clients constantly ask me if what is hot in the job search. Here are 6 hiring trends in 2013. Continue reading