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IRM, ERM, and GRC: Is There a Difference?

Reciprocity

The various niches of risk management have become a veritable alphabet soup of acronyms. As a result, we now have: Enterprise risk management (ERM). Governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Integrated risk management (IRM). Are there differences at all? Which is best?

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) Disaster Prevention and Management 11(3): 209-213.