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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

A related but higher level concept is that of risk mitigation strategies. There are four main risk mitigation strategies: Risk acceptance. A strategy involving a conscious decision to remain vulnerable to a potential harm, usually based on a cost-benefit analysis. Risk avoidance. Risk limitation.

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Try a Dose of Risk Management As a business continuity professional, I tip my hat to any organization that makes a serious effort to reduce its risks. Unfortunately, many companies do not get their money’s worth when it comes to implementing risk mitigation controls. I wish it were true.

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How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience

MHA Consulting

A mature risk model has the ability to gather data on risks from across the organization, bubble it up to the senior levels, and boil it down to the handful of areas that are both highly critical and highly vulnerable.

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How a Risk Maturity Model Can Increase Your Company’s Resilience

MHA Consulting

A mature risk model has the ability to gather data on risks from across the organization, bubble it up to the senior levels, and boil it down to the handful of areas that are both highly critical and highly vulnerable.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Reality: People make decisions on the basis of the information that they are able to obtain and their ability to interpret it. Reality: There is a pervasive tendency for the media to exaggerate and distort disaster-related information. In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it.