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This article is part of the February 2011 issue of Handle with care: Calculating and managing risk is tricky business
The banking crisis of 2008 did much to dent the reputation of risk management as a discipline. With their teams of Ph.D. geniuses, the banks had created what looked like unbreakable predictive models to help them manage the risks implicit in allowing more and more people to take out mortgages, which a staggering number of customers were never able to repay. Handling emerging threats at Lloyd’s of London The information threat landscape is in constant flux. It is essential to find a way of coping with new dangers as and when they arise. Unless organisations have already done the basic work to establish a risk management process and infrastructure, each new threat can create panic and kneejerk reactions. At Lloyd’s of London, senior information risk and protection manager Marcus Alldrick has developed a process that brings emerging threats into the mainstream risk management process and allows them to be considered by the business in an organised fashion. As a bellwether for the insurance industry, Lloyd’s has been assessing risk for hundreds of years, so the ... Access >>>
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Uneasy feeling: Risk management for emerging types of security threats
by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
Calculating risk is never an exact science, particularly when new threat vectors are constantly emerging.
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Vendor risk management and the CISO
by Eric Holmquist
The CISO has a key role in reducing the risk of sharing sensitive corporate data with third parties.
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Uneasy feeling: Risk management for emerging types of security threats
by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
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Security trends 2011: Making sense of predictions
by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
While vendors have never been known to underestimate security threats, the job of the information security pro is, nevertheless, getting harder, says UK Bureau Chief Ron Condon.
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Ranking the global cyberthreat, IT infrastructure risks
by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
What's the real threat of global cyberwar, and how vulnerable are IT infrastructures?
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Security trends 2011: Making sense of predictions
by Ron Condon, UK Bureau Chief
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