Articles Tagged with ''enterprise risk management''

Global business risks for 2021 all relate to COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 trio tops global business risks for 2021

January 19, 2021

The 10th Allianz Risk Barometer 2021 survey reports potential disruption and loss scenarios companies are facing; this year's top three business risks all relate to the coronavirus pandemic: business interruption (#1 with 41% responses); pandemic outbreak (#2 with 40%) and cyber incidents (#3 with 40%).

gamify the cybersecurity training process

A hundred-year-old secret is key to fighting cyberattacks

Heather Stratford

January 15, 2021

The average employee is the greatest risk to an organization’s security. Here’s how to rethink enterprise-wide training to fight cybercrime and utilize gamification to make it stick.

Sovereign citizens: the threat they present to law enforcement, enterprise security and more

Sovereign citizens: Threats and law enforcement responses

Dean C. Alexander

December 30, 2020

Anti-government extremists known as sovereign citizens present many domestic threats. Read on to learn more about this homeland security threat, along with key issues security leaders and law enforcement should consider exploring to combat the risks.

Solving the fake news problem: a very real risk to the enterprise

Machine learning tool detects fake news domains

November 13, 2020

Fake news, which is promoted by social media, is common in elections and it continues to proliferate in spite of the somewhat limited efforts social media companies and governments to stem the tide and defend against it. It is only a matter of time before these tools are redeployed on a more widespread basis to target companies, indeed there is evidence of this already happening. University College London has come up with a tool to detect fake news before it becomes a problem.

Eric Holmquist named Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer at Customers Bank

August 5, 2020

Eric Holmquist joined Customers Bank as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. Holmquist has more than thirty-five years of financial industry expertise, spanning enterprise risk management, executive reporting, information management programs, and is skilled in creating operational efficiency and risk alignment.

UNC-Chapel Hill Names its First Vice Chancellor for Risk Management

October 17, 2019

George E. Battle III has been named vice chancellor for institutional integrity and risk management for the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Protecting the LGBTQ Mobile Workforce

Matthew Bradley

February 12, 2019

With the rapid growth of business travelers, especially millennial business travelers, companies often find it difficult to manage travel safety, health and security of their employees. This rapid growth also brings changes to the diverse composition of a mobile workforce and the risks associated with it. As the modern workforce continues to grow, there is no one-size-fits all approach to answering questions surrounding workplace law and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) employees.

How Security Technology Improves Business Operations

James Chong

December 21, 2018

Applying security technology to business continuity and operational efficiency was a major theme for 2018, and will be especially important in 2019. As technology is an integral part of business operations - and with cybersecurity risks at an all-time high - many organizations are utilizing their security platforms beyond traditional applications to improve operations and increase efficiency.

Our Executive is Missing: Kidnap and Ransom Basics for Security Professionals

The first of a three-part series to help protective professionals understand how K&R can be successfully resolved.

Steve Romano

Frank Figliuzzi

September 13, 2018

Preparing for the worst is part of every security professional’s repertoire, especially when it comes to planning for failure.

Reducing the Impact of Unmanaged Insider Risk Through Continuous Evaluation

Workforce risk is continuously changing, so why rely on pre-employment background checks alone?

Steve Izurieta

September 7, 2018

Every day in businesses across industries, there are myriad negative events occurring within a company’s workforce, which can include full-time employees to part-time staff and contractors.

Digital threats to executives and other high-profile employees are evolving faster than most corporate protection programs. Learn why modern executive protection programs require data-driven, intelligence-led strategies to keep pace with the magnitude of today’s threats.

Learn how modern security teams are evolving from alert-driven workflows to outcome-driven operations and how AI is enabling faster, more confident decisions at every stage of the incident response lifecycle.