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Tag: Risk

Honing your presentation skills for security awareness

Address all senses: Hearing, Seeing, Feeling. Honing your presentation skills for security awareness

June 27, 2013
Managing the People Side of Risk

Good McKinsey article about how to create a powerful risk culture without turning the organization upside down, and some related thoughts by Chris Skinner.

Managing the people side of risk:

The most effective risk managers we have observed act quickly to move risk issues up the chain of command as they emerge, breaking through rigid governance mechanisms to get the right experts involved whether or not, for example, they sit on a formal risk-management committee.… Continued

May 15, 2013
Role of Positivity in Risk Management Communication

Role of Positivity in Risk Managerment Communication:

What is the cause of the stormy relationship [between Risk and Business]? Criticism and negative feedback! No one likes it, so why blame the business managers. What if risk managers change the approach?… Continued

April 11, 2013
Cloud’s risks spur ‘notorious nine’ threats for 2013

Cloud’s risks spur ‘notorious nine’ threats for 2013:

The top three threats this year are data breaches, data loss and account hijacking. In 2010, the top three were abuse of cloud services, insecure interfaces and APIs, and malicious insiders.… Continued

February 27, 2013