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Takeaways from EGRC Magic Quadrant

Recently, Gartner released its 2011 Magic Quadrant for enterprise governance, risk, and compliance (eGRC) software.  While the report highlights the top vendors of eGRC, which includes LogicManager, it also identifies some revealing trends within the eGRC marketplace based on reliable consumer feedback.  The most notable trend recognized is the shift towards enterprise risk management (ERM) software by eGRC programs.  As Gartner states,

"ERM has emerged as the most significant use of EGRC platfor

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ERM with No Presumptions

Many ERM discussions presume that some basic risk management is already taking place. That is not always so. The risk manager needs to work without presumptions.

There are six things that the risk manager needs to check on:

1. Risks need to be diversified. There is no enterprise risk management if a firm is just taking one big bet.

2. Firm needs to be sure of the quality of the risks that they take. This implies that multiple ways of evaluating risks are needed to maintain quality, or to be aware o
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2011 Web Security Report

This security report examines Web behavior and the malware to which users are most frequently exposed. Analyzing Web requests from the Blue Coat WebPulse service, which weekly rates nearly three billion requests in real-time, this report provides an overview of the changing ways in which people are using the Internet and the new methods cybercrime is using to target their attacks.

 

The 2011 Web-based threat landscape continues to become more sophisticated, utilizing a combination of techniques

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Maintain visibility and control, regardless of device or OS. The consumerisation of enterprise information technology is one of the most significant security concerns today. Gartner's Analyst Ken Delaney explains the impact of consumerisation on enterprise IT.

Gartner claims consumerisation of IT is the #1 technology trend today. The invasion of smartphones, tablets, consumer apps, and social media can’t be stopped or ignored. So use this technology—it’s to your advantage. "This is very much lik

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This white paper features insight from UNIT4 CODA (which includes the Coda Financials software suite) about the issues facing companies that need an adaptable financial system but not necessarily a full-blown enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.

For better or worse, most companies have purchased financial software from large-scale enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform suppliers over the last decade. But as companies search for ways to lower costs and respond to a difficult business

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When people talk about security or risks in the cloud, they are usually talking about governance.  But cloud governance extends beyond security and into legal and regulatory procedures, transparency, service levels, indemnification and other issues.  Do you have an effective cloud governance plan?  This whitepaper guides you through best practices for ensuring your applications and data can safely move between clouds – whether they are private, public or hybrid.
http://bit.ly/ITCloudGovernance
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Foreign Exchange Risk Management

Ensure that the success of your business depends on its operations and not unpredictable economic factors and volatile currency rates.

Never before have global companies been so exposed to currency market volatility and the risks associated with it. Left unmitigated, market volatility can increase costs and compromise profits. But with an effective risk management strategy, market volatility can be harnessed to create opportunity and a key competitive advantage for your business.

 

The Risk Mana

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Bloomberg Government is the one-stop, customizable source for knowing how government decisions impact your industry. No other service delivers expert policy analysis, unique data breakdowns, and proven editorial expertise – all in one place, all in real-time. Stay ahead of the issues, identify opportunities, and break through the clutter – saving you time and resources.

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Contract Risk Management

Risk management is an area present and of concern to every industry. I am interested in developing a course on Contract Risk Management, for which i seek your help. If anyone has any material, guidelines, outlines etc., please share.

The other option is to start piling up the ideas and sure something concrete will form with all your efforts.

 

Cheers

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ERM Outlook - Where is ERM Going?

The economic crisis of the last few years has forced a renewed focus on the process of risk identification, management and mitigation. Executives are taking a much closer look at their strategic risk management challenges in order to formulate more rigorous and effective Enterprise Risk Management programs.

Howard Rosen FSA, MAAA, CERA is the Senior Director and Insurance Enterprise Risk Management Practice Leader at Standard & Poor’s. He will be a key speaker at the marcus evans Enterprise Risk
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In the current business environment organizations have no choice but to address risk issues and integrate risk management practices into their systems and operations. Enterprise risk management (ERM) must be factored into routine decision making and performance management. However, there is also the need for continuous innovation in ERM to ensure it keeps pace with ever emerging challenges.

Rob Quail is the Senior Manager of Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One. He will be a speaker as well

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Recently organizations have been faced with the increasing threat of cyber attacks, whether from external hackers such as lulzsec or from internal attacks such as wikileaks.  Your customers' personally identifiable information, organization's intellectual property, and confidential files are all vulnerable to attack.

How prepared is your IT Risk Management? How vulnerable is your organization to a cyber-attack?  What would the consequences of a cyber-attack be on your organization? Your board nee

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Are we seeing ghosts everywhere or is something ugly going on indeed? Take a look to some of the current debates, concerns and questions about Greece, US and China, and imagine how it all could play out.

Greece: Austerity measures and new bailout package

Last week, Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou won approval to his 78 billion-euro package of budget cuts and asset sales, key to receive the fifth instalment of 110 billion-euro bailout in 2010. This despite of the boiling public anger and
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Join over 16 industry leading experts at the Hilton Times Square in New York City, NY from July 14-15, 2011. Venue information here: http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/NYCTSHF-Hilton-Times-Square-New-York/index.do

This practical, hands-on event will enable delegates to benchmark their ERM strategies against their peers, and is a “must-attend” conference for banks to stay ahead of the game by developing a comprehensive ERM program.

Hear from:
FDIC
KeyBank
PNC Financial Services Group
Bank of Montrea

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Boards are under pressure like never before to assure their organization has an effective risk management program.  The SEC, through the Proxy Disclosure Enhancements amendment,  is holding them personally responsible for risk management.

If your board hasn't already come knocking on your door for a briefing on the effectiveness of risk management, they will be soon.  So the $64,000 question remains:

ERM Risk Reporting: What should you present to the board?

The short answer is the larger picture of

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The latest issue of Powerlines Nr. 99 – My newsletter for Reputation & Stakeholder Managers can be read at http://mim.io/c95a21

In this issue there are articles such as:

  • The Problem with Reputation Risk
  • Using Tools & Techniques to boost your Personal Reputation
  • Preparing for Crises
  • Even Shakespeare knew about Reputation Risk
  • Community of Practice - Stakeholder Reputation Group on Linkedin
  • Upcoming Training Courses - Dates for the rest of 2011
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 PRESENTATION at this address : http://causalcapital.blogspot.com/2011/06/scenario-analysis-for-operational-risk.html

 

There appears to be a resurgence across the region for scenario analysis.  This interest to quantify extreme events seems to be motivated in part as an outcome from some of the banks looking to move their operational risk systems to a more advanced approach in Basel II.
 
While Basel-III's predecessor Basel-II doesn't require any changes to a banks operational risk framework, some
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Risk Leadership: Risk Reporting - The Need to Know

A question often asked is how broadly or how deeply do we need to design risk reporting in our risk management frameworks. Of course there is no easy answer. Let me give you a short anecdote before I give you my usual few dot points on the topic.

I was at a UNSW Australian School of Business "Meet the CEO" forum featuring David Thodey, CEO of Telstra late last year. David was asked what his greatest issue was in managing such a large organisa

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UK banks are hiding retail losses

Unbelievable but unfortunately it appears that UK banks are heading for another disaster and so soon after the recent credit crisis took grip of the country.

It was reported by the FSA that UK banks have been hiding distressed retail assets by forcing a restructure to the amount of 68% of their portfolio. This is serious, perhaps one of the most serious pieces of news I have read for the last six months and is right up there with the collapse of the US dollar. In this blog article we are going to

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Introduction

 

The death of Osama Bin Laden does not conclude the global threat of terrorism but in many instances it will trigger a new wave or business travel threats. If you want to know more on how the killing of Osama Bin Laden will affect business travel then you need to read this article. This article will identify the major delays, disruptions, risks and threats to business travel as a result of this high profile leader’s death. By the end of the article you will know the key issues affect

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