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At Risk of Distraction: The Seductive Appeal of RMIS Software

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An RMIS can help an organization identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risks, but often they merely seduce and distract companies that are not in a position to make proper use of them. Key features of an RMIS typically include: Risk Identification. Risk Assessment. Incident Management.

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Risk Management as a Career: A Guide for BCM Professionals

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Those risk areas are: Human error Nature Supply chains Vendors Technology Data security Facility security Business processes/management For more details on these areas, check out “ Rinse and Repeat: Using the Risk Management Process to Manage Uncertainty ” and “ Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Managing Risk but Were Afraid to Ask.”

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These 8 Risk Domains Are the Meat and Potatoes of Risk Management 

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As a practical activity, enterprise risk management (ERM) centers on eight distinct risk domains, some strategic and some operational. Sometimes the potential consequences of a given risk are too small to worry about.) When you get right down to it, everything we do in business continuity is about reducing risk.