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Risk

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Features

Understanding the power of a risk-based approach in protective security

June 15, 2024

There are several key steps to implementing a risk-based approach, explains ICARAS Security Consultants, that ensures security strategy is tailored to an asset’s specific risks and vulnerabilities. When it comes to protective security, there are […]

WEF report
International

Disinformation tops World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report

February 28, 2024

Misinformation and disinformation are the biggest short-term risks, while extreme weather and critical change to Earth systems are the greatest long-term concerns, according to the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2024. Drawing on nearly two decades […]

Risk
Public Security

ISO 31000:2018 must be reformed! Risk and resilience experts make the case

January 26, 2024

According to a recently published white paper, the current version of ISO 31000 is based on 1980s models no longer fit for purpose – and it needs a whopping big overhaul to pull it into […]

National Security

2023 New Zealand Country Risk Report released by Global Risk Consulting Group

February 22, 2023

Risk consultancy Global Risk Consulting (GRC) Group yesterday released its 2023 New Zealand Country Risk Report, an all-hazards analysis charting a challenging past year and uncertainties ahead. Auckland-based GRC Group has released its inaugural country […]

Psychology of security
Features

In depth: The Psychology of Security

March 13, 2022

David Glynn takes an in-depth look at the psychology or risk and security, writing that how people feel about security is of the utmost importance if a security solution is to be effective. It may […]

SecIntel platform
Public Security

New platform reveals importance of place in understanding security risk

June 25, 2021

With the launch of the SecIntel security risk intelligence platform in April, Global Risk Consulting-SecIntel Managing Director Chris Kumeroa discusses the value of geomapping in evidence-based security risk analysis. It’s a simple thesis: an individual’s […]

Bank risks
Cyber Security

US bank regulator reports key risks and effects of COVID-19

March 13, 2021

The US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s Semi-annual Risk Perspective for Fall 2020 reports risky times for banks – from terrorist financing to cyberattacks and shady cryptocurrency activity. The Office of the Comptroller […]

RiskNZ Awards
New Zealand Security Magazine

Risk managers honoured at RiskNZ annual awards

October 1, 2018

Auckland Council a big winner at the annual RiskNZ Awards of Excellence, with Council’s Cecilia Tse named risk management professional of the year. The RiskNZ Awards of Excellence was presented in Wellington on Wednesday 12 […]

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