52 Key Cybersecurity Tips: Your Playbook for Unrivaled Security

This post first appeared on the Varonis blog. Read the original article. In a world where news spreads fast and online reputation is everything, cyber-attacks and data breaches are a massive threat to organizations across the world. Data breaches are among the top three threats to global stability and the average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million. Aside from the (more…)

ERM in Action in Higher Education

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. by Cynthia Vitters | September 16, 2019 at 6:00 am Colleges and universities are a cross-section of many interests, which can result in a bundle of diverse and potentially severe risks. Some of these risks have manifested themselves in recent high-profile transgressions, including pay-to-play admissions, (more…)

Head Start: Action Needed to Enhance Program Oversight and Mitigate Significant Fraud and Improper Payment Risks, Sep 13, 2019

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found GAO’s 15 covert tests at a nongeneralizable selection of Head Start grantee centers found vulnerabilities in centers’ controls for eligibility screening and detecting potential fraud. Posing as fictitious families, GAO attempted to enroll children at selected Head Start centers in metropolitan (more…)

Trade Dispute Worries US Companies in China

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. As the Trump administration wages an economic battle with China in the form of reciprocating tariffs and other economic measures, it may not be a great time to be an American company operating in China. The US-China Business Council (USCBC), an organization made (more…)

RIMS Canada 2019 Encourages Risk Managers to ‘Transform’

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. The 2019 RIMS Canada Conference Women in Leadership Panel (Photo: Maryam Morrison) EDMONTON — The 2019 RIMS Canada Conference got its green light Monday morning when technology and disruption strategist Shawn Kanungo entered the Edmonton Convention Centre in an ELA, an electronic autonomous (more…)

RIMS and ISACA Release Joint Report “Bridging the Digitial Risk Gap”

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. All too often, IT and risk management professionals seem to be speaking a different language—that is, if they even speak at all. Bridging the Digital Risk Gap, the new report jointly authored by the RIMS, the risk management society®, and ISACA®, promotes understanding, (more…)

2017 Disaster Relief Oversight : Strategy Needed to Ensure Agencies’ Internal Control Plans Provide Sufficient Information, Sep 04, 2019

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO FoundOf the six agencies GAO selected for review, only the Department of Education submitted its internal control plan for disaster relief funds by the statutory deadline. The Department of Defense did not submit an internal control plan. The Departments of Agriculture, Homeland (more…)

Human Trafficking: How Businesses Can Work to Combat the Modern Slavery Epidemic

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and ­children are trafficked worldwide every year, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Trafficking can take many forms and includes forcing individuals to engage in involuntary sex acts (sex trafficking) as well as forcing people (more…)

Making the Grade: Managing Evolving Risks in Higher Education

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. In March, the U.S. Department of Justice charged 50 people in a long-running bribery and fraud operation designed to help students gain admission into 11 of the country’s top colleges and universities. The scheme involved more than 30 parents, including Hollywood actresses and (more…)