This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. Businesses everywhere should be increasingly concerned about the risks posed by unsanctioned shadow apps—any software applications that have not been cleared by a company’s information security team, but that employees use anyway. Because these apps are not sanctioned, they usually are not monitored (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. A recent survey of 152 CFOs at companies with $25 million or more in annual revenue found a critical gap between those who recognize the importance of strategic risk management and those who actually enjoy its advantages. Conducted on behalf of Liberty Mutual (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. More enterprises are waking up to the importance of extended enterprise risk management (EERM)—the process of identifying and managing risks that come to the organization through third parties, vendors and other external sources. As the use of cloud services and other third parties (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. India is a country of nearly 1.3 billion, and according to the United Nations 2017 World Population Prospects, has one of the most robust working populations of people between 21 and 35 in the world. Should India’s risk management profession grow along with (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documented objectives and proposed measures for its private debt collection (PDC) program for sending tax debt cases to private collection agencies, but the objectives are not clearly defined and their linkages with program measures are unclear. (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. It has been proven time and time again that communication is a pivotal and essential cornerstone of business and individual professional success. Throughout business, whether in presentations to the board or chatting with co-workers around the Nespresso machine, communication can make or break (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. People are living and working longer today than in the agricultural and industrial ages. The growth in the number and percentage of individuals over 60 and 80 years of age is already having a global impact. From 1980 to 2017, the number of (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. Step-by-Step Guide Identifies Elements and Tools to Develop a Successful Risk Management Internship The newly released Spencer-RIMS Internship Manual for Employers offers a roadmap for risk professionals to design a valuable internship program for their organization while creating exciting and rewarding opportunities for future professionals. Authored (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. Ahead of International Women’s Day, RIMS is celebrating women’s achievements in the profession. Three women leaders in different stages of their careers recently spoke with Risk Management Monitor about what motivated them to make the move into and within the industry, and what the (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General (DODIG) and military service offices of inspector general (IG) met some but not all fiscal year 2018 timeliness and quality goals for handling whistleblower complaints. For example, DODIG met its goals related to (more…)