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New GAO Report on Earthquakes

Recovery Diva

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program helps U.S. For example, the program educates the public on earthquake risks and helps communities update building codes and improve design and construction practices. Earthquakes: Opportunities Exist to Further Assess Risk, Build Resilience, and Communicate Research.

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Risk Management as a Career: A Guide for BCM Professionals

MHA Consulting

As a reminder, risk management is the process of understanding the hazards facing an organization and taking steps to bring them to within a level determined to be acceptable by the senior leadership. More simply, the job of the risk manager is to identify, prioritize, and mitigate the risks faced by the organization.

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Inclement weather response demands attention

everbridge

One fundamental issue lies in the lack of strategic emergency management planning at the national, state, and local levels. This showcases how proactive measures can mitigate the impact of disasters. After these foundational obligations, things become murkier. This often leads to fragmented efforts that hamper effective response.

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Reciprocity

The result should be better, more strategic decision-making. ERM is the process of methodically identifying and dealing with any potential events that could threaten the achievement of strategic objectives or competitive advantage opportunities. Mitigating or reducing the risk by internal controls or other risk-prevention measures.

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5 Steps to Implement Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Reciprocity

Your enterprise risk management (ERM) program – one that encompasses all aspects of risk management and risk response in all business processes, including cybersecurity, finance, human resources, risk management audit , privacy, compliance, and natural disasters – should involve strategic, high-level risk management decision-making.

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5 Steps To Developing A Corporate Compliance Program

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More broadly, a corporate compliance program reinforces a company’s commitment to mitigating fraud and misconduct at a sophisticated level, aligning those efforts with the company’s strategic, operational, and financial goals. Provide staff education and training. Importance of a Corporate Compliance Program.

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

Reciprocity

Not long ago, risk managers concerned themselves mainly with hazards such as fires and floods; or in the financial sector, loan defaults (credit risk). The way the terms are used, however, defines ERM as involving strategic, high-level risk management that includes various functions and involves executives and the board. Which is best?