Tag: risk
Can ‘Social’ Networking be the “New Age” Official Communication System
Here is an interesting article on ‘death of email’. It argues Social Media based communication systems are growing and far more effective than emails....
Cloud Risk: Excellent New Paper
Hats off to Rufus Roberts of Praesidium, for authoring a new paper that succinctly but comprehensively explains the risk dynamics of the cloud. ...
Unrealistic Optimism: blame your brain
It is official - scientists have found an explanation for why most people are over-optimistic. In a previous blog, I talked about the...
Tech Journalist Blasts Boards for Risk Failures
In a recent opinion piece, veteran journalist Mary Jander lambasted the boards of technology firms for not overseeing the risks taken by their companies....
Subjectivity of Perception for Mobile Phone Health Risks
Look here for a brilliantly simple explanation of the subjective way people perceive mobile phone health risks. As Michael Blastland of the BBC...
Responding to Disasters with Mobile Phone Data
Much is said about exploiting the value of customer data. Mobile phone networks know a lot about their customers, and this prompts technologists...
IT Project Risk: Black Swans Turn White
One in every six IT projects suffers a cost overrun of 200% or more. That is the startling conclusion of new research by...
Everyday Risk Management and Being ‘Proactive’
Norman Marks of SAP maintains an excellent blog dedicated to governance, risk management and internal audit. For those not familiar with it, I...
Irene: Losing and Gaining
They say every cloud has a silver lining. Finding an upside to tropical storm Irene, which battered the East coast of the USA,...
Bias in Risk Assessment
If you want to be a realist, start by being a pessimist. It sounds miserable, but the psychological evidence is compelling. Most...
The Trojan Horse called ‘What If’ analysis
I have seen a common format of what-if analysis, where the results showcase how the existing ARPUs and AMPUs are “supposed” to change when...
New ISO Standard Aligns Information Security Risk to ERM
Risk management is dogged by too many separate camps, doing their own thing, calling it risk management, and oblivious to the different way that...
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