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Apr 1, 2013

Improving Strategic Risk Management

McKinsey’s insights highlight CFOs' roles in embedding risk into strategy. Explore actionable steps to improve strategic risk management and achieve a balanced approach to risk and return.

Mar 1, 2013

Using Collaboration Risk Management to Recognize Emerging Risks

Learn how to enhance your ERM program by incorporating emerging risks and collaborating with external partners. Discover how businesses can anticipate change and turn risk into opportunity for growth.

Mar 1, 2013

Strategies to Manage Risks of Sudden Competitor Disruptions

The introduction of new business models such as cloud computing, apps for model devices, instant information sharing, and free trial of service offerings have suddenly disrupted business models for a number of organizations. The way in which disruptions to an organization’s core business now emerges is often different from how new competitors have emerged in the past, which thereby calls for new ways to manage the risk of disruptive innovations. A recent Harvard Business Review article addresses these issues by focusing on what has changed in this context and how risk managers can better plan for the unknown. The cliché “time is of the essence” could never be more true for planning ahead to mitigate the impact of major market disruptions in what the authors call “big bang” disruptions. They offer strategies and identification techniques to help managers pursue planning for a disruptive environment.

Mar 1, 2013

Demystifying Risk Appetite

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 concept to apply at the enterprise level. In this article from the Spring 2012 issue of Corporate Risk Canada, author Rob Quail, long-time Director of ERM at Canadian utility Hydro One Inc., attempts to explain and cut through the confusion surrounding risk appetite. Quail also walks through a fresh methodology for defining and measuring risk appetite that can help organizations to make better, more consistent business decisions.

Mar 1, 2013

2013 Survey Report Demonstrates IA’s Need for Greater Breadth of Risk Management Knowledge

https://erm.ncsu.edu/resource-center/risk-management-survey-internal-audit/(opens in a new tab)

Feb 26, 2013

Managing Risks to Sustainability Communication Strategies

Explore the importance of sustainability reporting in today's corporate landscape. Learn about key ESG metrics, supply chain transparency, and how board oversight fosters effective sustainability initiatives.

Feb 13, 2013

Strengthening the Role of the Chief Risk Officer in an Organization

The role of chief risk officer (CRO) has been put under a microscope to understand methods and key success factors that can enhance the role. Organizations now, more than ever before, are appointing CROs to improve their risk function and better manage potential risks that could impede their strategy. To achieve that, the CRO must be placed in a position that is fundamental as well as instrumental in the decision-making and strategy-setting process. This Protiviti white paper provides six key critical success factors that organizations should be aware of and promote to ensure that their organization is in a better risk management position than in the past.

Feb 13, 2013

Top Risks on Horizon for 2013

Explore the top risks identified by corporate leaders for 2013, including regulatory scrutiny, global economic conditions, political instability, and cybersecurity threats, as detailed in a Protiviti and NC State ERM report.

Jan 10, 2013

Q & A: Controlling Spreadsheet Risk

Protiviti discusses the risks posed by spreadsheets and provides actionable guidance on managing those risks. Learn how effective spreadsheet risk management contributes to an organization’s overall enterprise risk management strategy.

Jan 8, 2013

Overview of World Economic Forum’s Recent Worldwide Risk Assessment

Explore key findings from the World Economic Forum’s 2013 Global Risks Report, including emerging risks, risk constellations, and how enterprises can leverage global risk data for ERM initiatives.