ERM Initiative Staff

Oct 3, 2019

Revamping ERM: How Seven Companies Improved ERM Effectiveness

This case study looks in depth at how seven different organizations have made changes to their approach to ERM to increase engagement in risk management activities from leaders across the organization and to facilitate more risk intelligent decision-making.

Sep 9, 2019

Take the Top Risk Survey for 2020

Contribute to NC State and Protiviti’s 2020 Emerging Risks Survey. Share your thoughts on key risks across industries, and receive a complimentary report with the aggregated results in December 2019.

Jul 31, 2019

Endpoint Security Risks

Cyber security is an ever-changing risk with continuing innovation of new technologies. As new technologies develop, cyber-attacks evolve with the times. This results in organizations having a difficult time securing their endpoints and incurring substantial costs for each successful cyber-attack (an endpoint device is an internet-capable computer hardware device such as desktop computers, laptops, smartphones, tablets, and printers). This article focuses on a survey that was conducted to find how endpoint security is breaking down and what these organizations are doing to correct the issues.

Jul 30, 2019

Global Risks 2018

The Global Risks Report 2018 highlights critical environmental, geopolitical, and cyber risks, alongside economic vulnerabilities and emerging threats, emphasizing humanity's need to manage interconnected global challenges effectively.

Jul 30, 2019

CEO and Board Risk Management

Senior leaders often view threats in a vacuum, acknowledging their existence but missing the mark on how best to solve them. These leaders tend to know that threats are on the horizon but, in many cases, are not managing them in a strategic way. They are not seeing these critical threats as interconnected, complex risks that, when managed correctly, could create opportunities for accelerating growth. Managing risk is a critical facet of the roles of CEOs and board members. This is particularly true in today's environment of ongoing disruption, innovation, and technological change.

Jul 30, 2019

Succession Planning for the Future

Boards of all types of organizations should look to advance their succession planning and to link this process to their strategic goals. A strategic approach delivers benefits to board performance and increases long-term stakeholder value. When properly implemented, succession planning is an important process that takes into account the company’s evolving business, and an increasing need for transparency among investors.

Jul 30, 2019

A Global Outlook: 2019 Risk Report

The 2019 Global Risk Report delves into five key risk themes: economic vulnerabilities, geopolitical tensions, societal strains, environmental fragilities, and technological instabilities. It provides insights into evolving global risks, including the transformation of biological risks and strategies for managing rising sea levels, while also considering the psychological impact of these risks on human society.

Jul 30, 2019

Creating Value from Risk

Are senior executives and organizational stakeholders placing too much confidence in their organization’s risk management capabilities? Deloitte recently surveyed board members and the C-suite to find out how capable these organizations are at integrating risk management within their pursuit of value creation. Deloitte’s main findings point to major overconfidence that should be taken as a warning sign: many stakeholders are likely overstating their risk awareness and capabilities.

Jul 30, 2019

Emerging Risk Transformation on Data, Analytics, and Technology

Discover how risk transformation empowers financial institutions to align data, analytics, and technology with strategy, fostering integration, compliance, and improved risk and capital management.

Jun 11, 2019

Emerging Trends in ERM

Steve Zawoyski, Partner and Head of the Enterprise Risk Management Capability Practice at PWC talks about trends he is seeing with clients’ ERM practices.