The SARS-Cov-2 virus causes respiratory symptoms that range from unnoticeable to fatal. After the virus
is cleared from a person’s system and is undetectable in a nasal swab test, there are continuing symptoms of fatigue and weakness. That’s bad enough, but it is not the worst possible outcome. Damage to the heart could be a much more serious long-term problem. Continue reading
Managing enterprises is far more complicated today than ever. The average life span of companies is plummeting. According to a CNBC.com article, Is Technology Killing Off Corporate America, “ . . .The average age of a company listed on the [S&P 500] has fallen from 60 years in the 1950s to less than 20 years now. . .” This was in 2017, prior to COVID and the evolution of technology and business models that has taken place over the last three years. The margin for error in setting and executing your strategy is decreasing while the rate at which critical events occur increases. Continue reading
Have faith to seize on opportunities that come your way (but the risk is within us!)
Everyone has opportunities. But it is up to us to seize the opportunities that come our way!
There will be opportunities to build lives, to better ourselves, or to serve the community.
Faith and opportunities
Faith is the complete trust or confidence in someone or something. It is the confident assurance that something we want is going to happen. Faith is the certainty that what we hope for is waiting for us, even though we cannot see it up ahead. Continue reading
I have talked in earlier posts about holistic solutions to cybersecurity problems. But the term “holistic” is actually an empty word. Especially when you couple it with the king of all empty words, “cyber security”. So, let me start this with a couple of necessary definitions. Cyber security is a concatenated term, “cyber,” in essence, of or related to computers, and “security,” protection from threat.” Continue reading
Often, the end of the risk assessment feels like the end of the process and things start to ease off. Unfortunately, this is when the real work begins because, now that you have identified and prioritized your risks, you need to do something about them.
There are several options when it comes to dealing with a risk but it’s risk treatments I want to focus on here. These often go askew when mitigation measures aren’t designed carefully. This wastes resources and the risks aren’t reduced. Continue reading