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Forget the Gym: Resolve to Make Your ERM Program Stronger!
January 4, 2017
This time of year we focus on those things we’d like to improve in the coming year, and personal fitness and diet goals are frequently at the top of the…
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COSO Releases Exposure Draft of an Update to the 2004 ERM Framework
June 15, 2016
COSO Releases Exposure Draft of an Update to the 2004 ERM Framework
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Risk Management in the Internet of Things
February 1, 2016
Risk Management for the Internet of Things Today’s world is defined by more than just the internet and shared data; it is defined by connected technology that can create, process,…
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Regulation and Risk Management
October 1, 2015
Banks are in the business of taking risks; however, the recent financial crisis generated much criticism about the effectiveness of their risk management techniques. In response, a number of new…
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Integrating Sustainability with Enterprise Risk Management
September 1, 2015
Sustainability policies have a meaningful role in managing risk, and can also promote faster growth. Have you ever heard the saying ‘you have to spend money to make money?’ This…
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Create Synergies between Risk Management and Internal Audit
November 1, 2013
Companies are always scanning the business landscape for the next way to get ahead, to gain a competitive advantage, and to take the next step, particularly in the area of…
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Collaborative Risk Management Fundamentals
November 1, 2013
Over the last decade, a number of organizations have embraced the concept of enterprise risk management (ERM) as a way to strengthen their oversight of the most significant risks to…
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S&P Releases Scores for Management and Governance Evaluations
May 13, 2013
S&P Releases Management and Governance Scores for Non-Financial Rated Companies On May 13, 2013, Standard & Poor’s announced that it has completed its initial scoring of their evaluation of “management…
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Framework for Building a More Risk-Aware Enterprise Compliance Structure
April 1, 2013
Across the universe of enterprise risks, one would be hard-pressed to name a risk category more critical to organizations than compliance risk. Many businesses must face an increasingly complex set…
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Demystifying Risk Appetite
March 1, 2013
The enterprise risk management (ERM) community is certainly aware of the idea of “risk appetite;” however, despite the attention that risk appetite receives from ERM practitioners, it remains an elusive…
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Making the Connection Between Strategy-setting and Risk
December 21, 2012
Organizations invest a great deal of effort in developing and executing their business strategies. Even so, winning business models are all-too-often subject to catastrophic failures in the blink of an…
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S&P’s Management and Governance Rating Criteria - 2012
November 13, 2012
NEW YORK (Standard & Poor's) Nov. 13, 2012--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today published its criteria for evaluating enterprises' management and governance credit factors in an article titled "Methodology: Management And Governance Credit Factors For Corporate Entities And Insurers." (See also "How We Use Management And Governance Credit Factors," published today.)
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The Future of ERM
October 2, 2012
Steve Dreyer, Managing Director and Practice Leader at Standard & Poors, speaks to whether he thinks Enterprise Risk Management is just another consultant’s fad or if it will be an…
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Risk Appetite: A Conversation of Governance
June 1, 2012
Managers often view risk appetite as a highly theoretical concept: one that is determined instead of discussed, irrelevant instead of practical, or static instead of adaptive. This paradigm is due…
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Categorizing Risks for More Effective Risk Management
June 1, 2012
Organizations often employ a rules-based model to manage risk; however history suggests that such an approach may not be an effective way to manage all types of risk. This Harvard…
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Managing Levels of Innovation Risk
May 1, 2012
The highly competitive landscape and the rapid pace of change means organizations must continually seek to innovate to survive and grow. For many, their rush to get new innovations to…
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Learning from Duke University’s Enterprise Risk Management Process
March 1, 2012
A place where ERM hasn’t been embraced as quickly in the corporate world is academia. However, that may be changing as major universities such as Duke and the University of…
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Aligning ERM Software with an Established ERM Process
March 1, 2012
More and more organizations are taking the initial steps to implementing an enterprise risk management process. Unfortunately, many think one of the first steps to take is to implement a…
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Understanding and Communicating Risk Appetite
February 1, 2012
Risk appetite, as defined by COSO, is the “amount of risk, on a broad level, an organization is willing to accept in pursuit of value.” While the overall concept of…
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How the NC State ERM Initiative Views ERM vs. Traditional Risk Management
January 10, 2012
If a business has its doors open, then it is managing risk in some way. However, that does not mean the organization has an enterprise-wide, holistic, and strategic approach to…