Although the dot.com bubble was a serious crisis for software and technology companies, it was not the only bubble to burst during the decade. Starting at the end of 2007 and running through 2010 the country and much of the world encountered what has come to be known as “the great recession” which is a paraphrase on “the great depression” which started in 1929. Continue reading
Two more recent examples of collateral damages show that they are still occurring even today. The first was in 2009 when the city of Port St. Lucie, Florida and offered substantial incentives to the graphics art company Digital Domain to move a development lab to the area. A massive 115,000 square foot office and studio complex was constructed on the western side of Port St. Lucie and occupied by about 300 software and graphics personnel early in 2012. Continue reading
Press Release – March 21, 2013
WHAT is the ISO 31000 risk management standard ?
ISO 31000 is the only internationally-recognized ISO standard in risk management.
WHO has developed it ?
Up to 60 experts from different sectors (industry, health & safety, quality management, banking & finance, etc.), representing 30 countries, worked within an ISO international working group called the ISO TC 262 committee – see : http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_technical_committee?commid=629121 Continue reading
The Second International conference on the ISO 31000 Risk Management Standard will take place from the 28th to 31st of May, 2013 in Toronto, Canada. This will be the major risk management event of the year.
We have gathered together an outstanding panel of international experts and practitioners. Our conference will explore how the ISO 31000 standard is changing the global risk management community and the latest developments in your sector. Continue reading
On February 12th 2013, President Obama signed an executive order to promote the sharing of classified information about threats on the nation’s critical infrastructure. One week later, Mandiant (threat detection company) released a report identifying their near certainty that a unit of the Chinese military was “one of the most prolific cyber espionage groups in terms of the sheer quantity of information stolen.” Continue reading