#124 – AN ANGEL IN DISTRESS – DAVID PATRISHKOFF

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David PThis is the second CERM Insights article in a series about the application of Cascade Effect Thinking and tools to mitigate risks and transform them into dramatic improvements and even disruptive innovations for small, mid-sized and very large organizations.

More than a million ISO certified companies will have to integrate risk management with a risk assessment.  We detail a case study how this can be done using quality risk tools.  Four of 40 possible cascading risk assessment and management tools are demonstrated in this case study: Gamified Process Risk Mapping, New Process Wish List, Cascading Risk Map & the Future State Process Map. Continue reading

#124 – ANATOMY OF A MEDICAL DEVICE ATTACK – JEFF HARRIS

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AAA-Jeff-150x150TrapX, a security company that specializes in medical device attacks, outlined how these attacks occur in a report titled “Anatomy of an Attack: MedJack” in May of 2015. In this report several case studies are examined in detail. In the first case study, malware was inserted on a blood gas analyzer. Continue reading

#124 – PERSONAL RISK IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS – KIRBY URNER

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AAA IRBYLast month in this blog, I chronicled a “device failure”:  my car key broke off in the ignition.  I modeled this “exception” (to my reasonable expectations) using Python code, suggesting pseudo-coding one’s risk model as a first step in a risk assessment process. Continue reading

#124 – PROJECT QUALITY REVIEWS AND AUDITS – MICHAEL STANLEIGH

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AAA StanleighWe have audited projects from a variety of industry sectors including: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Software Development, Insurance, Banking, Mining, Government and Universities. Despite the differences in their services and products, our approach to completing a project quality review & audit is similar. It requires about three (3) very intensive weeks to complete the in-depth quality review & audit and deliver the final report. Continue reading