Operational Risk Management...

“No more easy money for corporate criminals -- just hard time.” George W. Bush signed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the most far-reaching ...

The organizational walls are coming down in the risk management department and we have witnessed what Jeremy Ward is advocating in this art...

In case you missed this announcement from the Financial Services ISAC, the sector has finally figured out that it's really about the rel...

Are CIO's as executives best positioned to champion enterprise risk management? This article by Allan Holmes has some merit. Who shou...

All enterprises confront a category of unforeseen risk. Such risks hinge on events that “might happen,” but haven’t been considered by the o...

Here are several business benefits of implementing BS 7799 as a management system for achieving compliance in organizations that are highly ...

In the latest US legislation to help prevent terrorist financing, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 is doing just...

The risk of offshoring is a growing concern. If this study by Deloitte is correct, your valuable and private financial information is lik...

Lew Platt, Chairman at Boeing has done the right thing. An explicit e-mail led to the downfall of Boeing chief executive Harry Stonecipher,...

We could not agree more with Ron Hagenbaugh in his article in Corporate Boardmember . To conduct an effective fraud risk assessment follow t...

The US Department of Homeland Security - PSO (Private Sector Office) has begun it's push to get the private sector to do it's share ...

As Bank of America now joins ChoicePoint to try and explain the theft of not just thousands but millions of data records, one has to wonder...

Association of Contingency Planners | Washington DC Chapter | February Chapter Meeting Disaster Recovery Plans are only part of the picture!...

NFPA 1600 Included in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 Senate Bill : S.2845 Passed by the U.S. Congress and sign...

The latest ID Theft scandal with ChoicePoint is just the "Tip of the Iceberg". The reputational losses will soon be felt as firms...

President Bush on Thursday named his top representative in Iraq John Negroponte as the new DNI or director of national intelligence, a posi...

BIS has a white paper on outsourcing in the Financial Services Sector Case study 4: OCC action against a bank and service provider In 2002, ...

The thought of the "A" word (Audit) brings shortness of breath to many in executive management these days. As this Audit Agitatio...

Executive Summary There is a growing threat on the business horizon. The risk of loss from inadequate or failed processes, people, and syste...

Quova has their act together when it comes to compliance and security issues for e-commerce. The idea of the Internet as a borderless busine...

UBS has their own interpretations of Operational Risk and it's definitions. Of particular note is this: Operational Risk is the ris...

If this Optimize survey is an indicator, the CIO's job is becoming more complex each day. The CIO's role continues to evolve, a...

The Public Readiness Index is on the way and the question is: Is business ready? In one of his last public speeches as the head of the ...

The process and systems for managing Terrorism Risk are changing as the commercial real estate finance and building owners or developers str...

If Pat McAnally from Sungard is correct, then Information Technology Risk is here to stay especially when it comes to Continuity of Business...

What did the US learn about security from the Presidential Elections and the respective conventions in New York and Boston? Michael Smith ...

We have to agree with Simon Moss of Mantas. Prior to September 11th and the USA PATRIOT Act, financial institutions had a similar outloo...

Why are people getting nervous about companies like ChoicePoint ? This article in the Washington Post by Robert O'Harrow comes from hi...

Will COSO become the Operational Risk standard for Basel II? This paper by Patrick McConnell argues: The wording of Basel II is suffici...

This iJet advertorial explains many of the benefits of having a travel risk management provider for your global corporate executives. ...

Foreign Assets Control Regulations for the U.S. Financial Services industry is a vital area of operational risk management in the enterpris...

Operational Risk is not just for the big banking institutions any longer. The latest research from Financial Insights indicates that the r...

If you don't have one yet, consider this one: A Model 2005 Operational Risk Resolution The organization shall develop, implement, ...

The latest catastrophic Tsunami natural disaster as a result of a huge undersea earthquake reminds us of the need for effective contingency ...

As the U.S. recovers from yet another accounting scandal at Fannie Mae , other countries are getting on board with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. ...

Pfizer has 10% of it's revenues coming to a halt as a result of the Celebrex Warnings about it's link to greater risk of Heart Atta...

In the rush to get someone into the job, most high level qualified candidates have already said no and the current US administration is scra...

The latest Tower Group Study says spending will be up to $362.B with 72% in North America and the EU. Tower said consumer banking will d...

The Gartner Group has determined that their clients need to prepare for the upcoming Avian Flu pandemic that is being discussed among the W...

In Deloitte's 2004 Risk Management Survey more than half of the respondents say integration of systems to handle Operational Risk is a ...

You have been indicted. This Boardmember article by Peter Higgins of 1SecureAudit articulates the essence of an effective OPS Risk compli...