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Risk Management as a Career: A Guide for BCM Professionals

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A risk manager should possess deep industry knowledge and a solid understanding of what is critical and what’s not. Good, foundational knowledge of technology. The person doesn’t have to be a tech guru, but they do need an understanding of the core components of technology and how they work. Knowledge of how to mitigate risks.

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

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(Sometimes the potential consequences of a given risk are too small to worry about.) Rather, we do it as a starting point for conducting a cost/benefit analysis of each risk and ultimately applying one of the four main risk mitigation strategies: risk acceptance, risk avoidance, risk limitation, or risk transfer.

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

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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.

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At Risk of Distraction: The Seductive Appeal of RMIS Software

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RMIS supports the development and implementation of risk mitigation strategies to reduce the likelihood or impact of identified risks. This may involve implementing controls, transferring risks through insurance, or accepting risks within predefined tolerances. Incident Management.

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How to Offload Your Risk to a Third Party

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. · Risk avoidance: Altering organizational behavior to eliminate a given risk. Risk limitation: Taking measures to reduce risk, short of completely eliminating it. Incorporates a combination of the strategies of risk avoidance and risk acceptance.

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The Difference Between Strategic and Operational Risk

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New technologies, increasing digitization, and evolving customer demands create risks that can disrupt operations, weaken cybersecurity, and harm the organization’s reputation or financial position – and above all, leave the organization unable to achieve its business objectives. Operational Risk Management (ORM).

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SOC 2 vs ISO 27001: Key Differences Between the Standards

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These control sets offer management the option to avoid, transfer, or accept risks, rather than mitigate those risks through controls. An organization’s ISMS should encompass data, technology , cybersecurity, and employee behavior. What Is an ISMS?

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