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#141 – CARBON EMISSIONS AND FOOD WASTE REDUCED WITH BALDOR’S SPARCS PROGRAM – KELLY EISENHARDT

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Kelly EisenhardtThe White House Climate Change Plan to Reduce Methane Emissions identified landfills as being responsible for 18% of all methane emissions and approximately 100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution. [1] Baldor Specialty Foods, a leading produce distributor in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states based in the Bronx, NY, is on a mission to reduce these numbers by tackling the overwhelming problem of food waste in the United States. Continue reading →

#141 – RISK LEADERSHIP PROFILE: ED PERKINS BY MARGAUX HUTCHINS

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAEd Perkins is an electrical engineer and cyber security guru who is a candidate for 2017 President-elect of IEEE USA, the U.S. group of the biggest technical society in the world. Ed talks with us about what makes engineering cool, the importance of STEM, and the future of technology. 

Ed Perkins CIA CERM is also the developer of the Certified Enterprise Risk Manager® – Cyber Security™ certificate and is an expert on the NIST Risk Management Framework. Continue reading →

#140 – US FEDS ADOPT ERM – GREG HUTCHINS

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Greg HutchinsThe President of the US has emphasized:

“the importance of having appropriate risk management processes and systems to identify challenges early, to bring them to the attention of Agency leadership, and to develop solutions.”

The President’s Executive Office (Office of Management and Budget) is updating Circular A – 123 to ensure Federal executives and managers are effectively, efficiently, and economically managing risks that inhibit the agency from achieving its strategic and operational objectives.

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#140 – COVER YOUR ASSETS AND PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY – ED PERKINS

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OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAIn an earlier post [1] we looked whether ‘plausible deniability’ was now a dead strategy in the face of enterprise risk management (ERM) and the likely impact of the US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) guidance [2] regarding disclosure obligations relating to operational and cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents. The SEC noted that “a number of disclosure requirements may impose an obligation on registrants to disclose such risks and incidents. Continue reading →

#140 – DRIVERS OF CHANGE: BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING IMPLICATIONS – GEARY SIKICH

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Unpredictability is the new normal. As the world approaches 7 billion in population this year, there is an ever increasing demand for food, energy and a voice in how things are run. How do these changes affect business continuity planners, you may be asking? Then simple answer is, they will have far reaching effects on how business continuity planning is conducted. No longer can we be satisfied with the assurance that our “hot site” is available, or that we can maintain business operations in the face of a pandemic; or that we can deal with the aftermath of a natural disaster. Continue reading →