A while back, I was on a panel where speaker-after-speaker stood up and pitched their virtual doodad, without mentioning the ways that it could be exploited. But still, why would anybody want to talk about something as dreary as security with all of the “benefits!?” Well, according to Juniper Research, in 2015 cybercrime cost the world five-hundred-billion dollars, which increased to two-trillion in 2018. If you’re keeping score, that’s roughly the GDP of France. So yes indeed, maybe security is something you should think about when you deploy your next technological “innovation.” Continue reading
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#271 – COVID 19: MANAGING YOUR WATER UTILITY RISKS – ANNETTE DAVISON
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I’ve written before about the need to understand internal and external context on the risk management process. But in a COVID-19 era, what are the things that water utilities need to understand before they can determine the risk on their objectives – what do you need to be doing differently, if anything? Here I take a look at the importance of understanding your products and services, your objectives, the risk to your objectives, what you should be looking at in managing the issues and how you know that the risk is being managed. Continue reading
#270 – ASQ STORY: CORONAVIRUS FORCES ORGANIZATIONS TO ADAPT BUSINESS MODELS – JAMES KLINE PH.D. CERM
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As readers of my pieces know, there are concerns about how ASQ is being managed. These concerns have caused a split among the membership. Some hold fast and support corporate management, while others want changes. This piece is the result of a question and an exchange on the LinkedIn Restore ASQ community. Continue reading
#270 – HOW TO ACT RATIONALLY AMID CHAOS – ALLEN TAYLOR
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There is a lot of confusion about how to best survive the COVID-19 pandemic. This need not be. There is a rational way of analyzing the situation that leads to a best course of action for individual people as well as for entire nations. It’s really not that hard to determine what course of action leads to the best result. Continue reading
#270 – COVID 19 AND ISO 31000 DEFINITION OF RISK – PETER BLOKLAND
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Today, the whole world is involved in a fierce battle to counter an attack of the SARS-COV-2 virus, causing a worldwide dissemination of the COVID-19 disease and its consequences for society. Not only the health impacts will be severe, but also the economic effects will be devastating. Some people consider this worldwide catastrophe being a “black swan” and see it as something completely unexpected and unthought-of. Yet, every virologist knew this was bound to happen. Continue reading