This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. In October 2016, the Risk Management cover story “Hack the Vote: Cyberrisk at the Ballot Box” highlighted many of the vulnerabilities in America’s election infrastructure. Continuing investigation in the wake of that election has made the stakes clearer than ever. Two years later, (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018, and despite the publicity and prognoses of doom, it did not have any immediate earth-shattering effects. At most, you may have noticed a flood of requests to re-subscribe (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. For the second year in a row, wildfires have wreaked havoc in California, punctuated this year by some of the largest and most destructive fires in state history. While wildfires are an annual threat in California, the past two years seem to have (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. In late August, thousands lost power after a torrential downpour from Hurricane Lane dropped some 52 inches of rain across Hawaii’s Big Island in just 48 hours. The downpour also caused landslides, inhibiting recovery efforts. This major storm was on the heels of (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. As it has now been months since its enactment at the end of May, organizations should have already taken the necessary steps to become compliant with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They should have conducted their readiness assessments to understand (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found The Small Business Administration (SBA) adopted criteria and guidance for a risk-based approach to certifying and recertifying firms for the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program in March 2017, but the extent to which it conducted a risk assessment to inform (more…)

This post first appeared on GAO Reports. Read the original article. What GAO Found GAO identified wide variation in development costs and several cost drivers for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects completed in 2011–2015. Across 12 selected allocating agencies, median per-unit costs for new construction projects ranged from about $126,000 (Texas) to about $326,000 (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. The cyber era heralded unparalleled opportunities for the advancement of science, technology and communication, and unleashed a range of new attack vectors for rogue elements, criminals and virtual terrorists. The era of machine learning is doing much the same, for the promise of (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Monitor. Read the original article. Schools across the country are back in session. And in the wake of high-profile school shootings earlier this year, safety is a top priority for students, parents, educators and communities. Steve Smith, founder and president of Guardian Defense, specializes in active shooter preparedness (more…)

This post first appeared on Risk Management Magazine. Read the original article. On the surface, the circumstances surrounding scandals faced by Equifax, Wells Fargo, The Weinstein Company, Uber, Volkswagen, Wynn Resorts and others could not seem any more different. Upon deeper analysis, however, a common thread in each of these cases could offer insight for (more…)