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

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. I wish it were true.

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation. Residual risk is the amount of risk that remains in an activity after mitigation controls are applied. Putting it in mathematical terms: (Inherent risk) – (the risk eliminated by your mitigation controls) = residual risk.

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

MHA Consulting

In today’s post, we’ll look at how such a model can help an organization understand its risks, mitigate the risks that threaten its core services, and integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management, thus boosting resilience overall. Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss?

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

MHA Consulting

In today’s post, we’ll look at how such a model can help an organization understand its risks, mitigate the risks that threaten its core services, and integrate business continuity with enterprise risk management, thus boosting resilience overall. Related on MHA Consulting: Who’s the Boss?

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it. There is thus no reason why BCM should not apply to public bodies. Myth 58: For every dollar [pound, euro, shekel] spent on disaster risk reduction, between four and 11 dollars are saved in damage and losses avoided.