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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

While dense in some parts and requiring familiarity with definitions and acronyms of UN and related climate policy documents (a list of abbreviations is provided), a careful reading is rewarded by lessons learned and to be learned in the emerging field of disaster risk management. Development must be the principal driver of DRR.

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How to Define Objectives Under ISMS?

Reciprocity

An information security management system (ISMS) plays a crucial role in this endeavor, providing a structured approach to managing and protecting company information. Lastly, we introduce ZenGRC as your comprehensive software solution for risk management and information security. How does an ISMS support risk management?

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How to Define Objectives Under ISMS?

Reciprocity

An information security management system (ISMS) plays a crucial role in this endeavor, providing a structured approach to managing and protecting company information. Lastly, we introduce ZenGRC as your comprehensive software solution for risk management and information security. How does an ISMS support risk management?

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

Recovery Diva

Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. The book is part of Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change. is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global). Series Editor: Ilan Kelman.

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

MHA Consulting

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. They invest large sums but gain only small reductions in exposure. Simply put, successful risk management requires centralized risk mitigation leadership.

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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. The next question is where to draw the boundaries in the study of disasters and practice of disaster risk reduction.

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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. What Is a Risk Maturity Model?