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Hospital readmission fines – How video collaborative technologies can reduce the impact on hospitals and staff
This is an important week for many organizations in the healthcare industry, especially in the world of healthcare reform as “hospitals will be penalized up to 1 percent of their rates if too many patients with heart attacks, heart failure or pneumon
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Impact of i Phones and Social Media on Crisis and Risk Management
The impact of Widespread 'Civilian' Digital Reporting via i Phones etc. and Social Media on Crisis and Risk Management is fast becoming prominent. If interested, see more in Nik Gowing's Reuter's Report 'Skyful of Lies'.
I have recently seen a new Job
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EMFPS: How Can We Get the Power Set of a Set by Using of Excel?
The purpose of this article is to obtain all subsets of a set by using of Classical or Fuzzy set theory and a VB code written by Myrna Larson. The power set has many applications in the fields of engineering such as control valves in piping and proce
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Enterprise Compliance and Access Control – Free online summit
This week BrightTALK is hosting an Enterprise Compliance and Access Control Summit, featuring industry experts from ESET, Veriphyr and The Ritter Academy. You can attend here for free.
The summit will give you the opportunity to ask your most pressing
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How Not to Invest in Myanmar [Excerpt from Foreign Affairs Article]
Alongside Myanmar’s political reforms tens of billions of dollars in foreign direct investment are flowing into the country. But investors chasing high returns have overwhelmed fragile, newly opened economies in the past. Rangoon’s undeveloped financ
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Any one there could discuss Indian Rupee vs. U.S.Dollar movement pattern
Hi, Any one there could discuss Indian Rupee vs. U.S.Dollar currency pair movement pattern. Be it technical chart pattern candle stick or Elliwatewave or fundamental analysis. Tomorrow we expext INR/USD movement in a range bound. could open at Rs.55.
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Death by a Thousand Dialogues
The currency of diplomacy is conversation and there’s no shortage of that commodity. A host of international gatherings took place recently including the G20 in the beach-side resort of Los Cabos, Mexico and the Rio +20 Environmental Summit in Brazil
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IT Operational Risk
Anyone interested in IT Operational Risk? I would love to hear your opinions on the process described in this short article
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Countering IT Threats
Hire Non IT types for roles in Organz (have basic computer skills BUT None for coding??)
Reward for hacking group leaders?
Merge networks
Add " EMP Shielding" for IT Systems.
Use PIs to probe cyberhacking
Change out Data drives in select computers
Pre scre
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Countering Pirates
1. Armed crews?
2. hidden arms on ships.
3.hidden deck guns/rockets onboard?
4. Seperate Gun crew, see Convoys to UK in WW2
5. Revive Q Ship as "lure boats" for pirates
6. raid pirate shore bases.
7. Hire mercenary units for raids.
(see The Expendables, 20
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Satellite Defense
We need Satellite Defense for these areas:
1. EMP
2. Hacking
3. Thrusters for mobility IE clear space debris or moving target to deter missiles.
All Comm & Nav sats alone aside GPS.
Need Perm Orbital Satellite Servicing Hubs & worldwide Spaceports f
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What generates uncertainty of IT endeavours?
In a series of short articles, I will address several factors that generate uncertainty of IT endeavours.
One of the
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Celebrating more than 10,000 members! + Mobile App contest
Wow! More than 10,000 members! It is an exciting time for all of us. We want to thank you for all your support and we promise to continue delivering great services in years to come.
As a small token of our appreciation to the great members of this co
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Financial Risk Management - 5 Misleading Criticisms
Financial Risk Management, like any discipline, has its limitations. Understanding how to manage financial risk simply involves developing a proper appreciation of these limitations. Few understand this better than Wiley author Thomas Coleman, who sh
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What are your top issues and challenges in risk?
Hi!
I would love to hear your thoughts and feedback on the following issues as we are looking into organising an exclusive event for Risk executives.
Feel free to add any additional comments, suggestions or ideas that you would like to share.
1) What ar
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FIND Your Next Business Opportunity in our Connection Database! List Yourself Here.
Dear GlobalRisk Community member,
What an incredible time it has been recently with lots of new quality content posted by our members. We are now on the verge of breaking through the 10,000 members barrier soon!
Now is the good time for You to get s
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THE DEATH OF AN INDUSTRY? - FOUR INSURANCE AND BENEFITS INDUSTRY PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS!
BenefitPlace.com (BP) and BPTradeShow.com (BPTS) are constantly monitoring social media, especially Linkedin, for trends in the Insurance and Benefits Industries. Among the Groups we monitor, the "Players" include
- Insurance Company Decision-Makers
- Wh
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What is your definition of IT Risk?
Hi,
I am writing a research paper on IT risk. Here is an introduction and brief review of definitions used across the IT Industry:
http://sysaffairs.org/79-channels/it-risk-management/2-on-it-risk-definition-part-1.html
Does any of these definitions ref
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Risk professionals... What is your experience with headhunters in the current market?
I head up g2's permanent banking and financial department with a strong focus on Risk, Compliance and Regulatory Reporting within the Netherlands and the UK. I was introduced to this site by its creator Boris Agranovich as a way of expanding my netwo
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Introducing the Global Risk Series - Book 1 Risk Management How Tos
Dear GlobalRisk Community member, Our community’s mission is to foster business, networking and educational explorations among members. Learn from some of the top experts in the industry as they clearly explain how to approach the most important Risk management concepts. Check out their expert tips and use the link at the end of each article to navigate back to the website to leave your comment or ask a question. Some of the topics include: How do you Explain Risk Appetite? How to Prepare a…
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Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) Screening Requirements
I have just published a guide on PEPs screening requirements around the world and would like to know if anybody has any feedback on it? https://complyadvantage.com/blog/politically-exposed-persons-peps-screening-requirements-around-the-world/CA-PEP-Screening-Map-FINAL-V7 (1).jpg
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[Free COVID-19 Framework] What's the path to recovery look like?
We created a free presentation (attached), which discusses both global and organizational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with critical actions organizations should take immediately. This presentation introduces a framework that helps regions and organizations navigate a path to recovery via 9 potential scenarios. These scenarios capture outcomes related to GDP impact, public health response, and economic policies. The presentation also breaks down 6 immediate and critical actions…
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If risk management is about decision making, are current risk management solutions irrelevant?
Now that the updated COSO and ISO risk management standards emphasize a connection to enterprise objectives and decision making, does this mean ERM and GRC solutions focused on risk registers and regulatory compliance are missing the true value of risk management?Will current risk management solutions evolve to integrate more decision support functionality or will standalone prescriptive analytics and other technology solutions take a more prominent role in enabling risk-informed…
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A question related to classification of instruments between trading and banking book.
We have an interesting question from one of our members. "We usually perform OTC FX transactions with clients backed-to-back on the market (with Banks). Now we are going to perform a FX swap (i.e. Spot + forward) JPY/EUR for the Bank account for 1 week at the longest. The purpose is to get EUR place @ CB for LCR compliance purpose (no trading purposes). Bank's Management think that this should be considered as a trading position and therefore be classified within the Bank's trading book.…
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Plunging oil prices: curse or blessing in disguise?
The recent sudden crash of oil prices has had a major impact on the world economy, leading to many troubled faces in the international arena. The Russians fear the effects of yet another powerful hit on their economy, Venezuela seems to be considering default and the Americans are weary of the consequences for its young and emerging shale oil industry. And then you have the Middle East, where the smallest match is enough to ignite the largest fire. But are these worries really justified or…
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