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What Are You Managing Towards? (And On Disproving Risk Management)

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2008-06-03 14:41:11 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
...Risk Management Process. Three quick things to anyone who has read it and is visiting our blog for the first time We dont believe that the goal of Quantitative Risk Analysis is to be precise. We believe the goal is to be accurate. Subtle but important difference FAIR can be used both Quantitatively and Qualitatively. The decision on which...
 
 
 
 
 
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Wakeup Call for Risk Management

2008-09-19 10:11:09 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...risk management, its important to understand more about what happened, and then draw some parallels to our business risk management and IT risk management situations The risk management failure in the housing market and on Wall Street had multiple interdependent dimensions Mortgage lenders abandoned long standing prudent loan practices . They...
 
 
 
 
 
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Does Risk Management Make Sense?

2008-10-14 13:25:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...risk management all the time, but it only makes sense if we do it right Risk management" is just a fancy term for the cost-benefit tradeoff associated with any security decision. It's what we do when we react to fear, or try to make ourselves feel secure. It's the fight-or-flight reflex that evolved in primitive fish and remains in all...
 
 
 
 
 
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One Mans Frustrations With Risk Management

2008-09-23 18:05:20 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...Risk Management And in short, its everything. It pretty much sums up why I had to grow to re-evaluate how our industry does risk, risk management, approaches controls & vulnerability and find a new way. A couple of things jump out at me in reading Chris article 1.) Just because that Deming cycle sucks and is full of unknowns doesnt mean risk...
 
 
 
 
 
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Why Risk Management Doesnt Work (?!)

2008-10-08 17:15:14 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...Risk Management Doesnt Work which if you click on the link should come up for you after seeing someones advertisement for a few seconds Im assuming the author wants us to read the title as Things to Look Out For in Performing Risk Analysis and not Risk Management is Folly - Stop, Stop, Stop! The former is fine, the latter isnt supported by...
 
 
 
 
 
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Is Risk Management a People Problem?

2008-03-10 15:45:47 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...risk and how organizations can become more effective. Weve been thinking very hard about metrics and measurement and governance and compliance and assurance and so on and so forth. And one thing hit me funny today within that context, its the mention of the axiom Security is a People Problem In his article, What can CISOs learn from the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Risk Preferences in Chimpanzees and Bonobos

2008-04-17 06:20:51 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...risk. People tend to be risk averse when it comes to gains, and risk seeking when it comes to losses: Evolutionarily, presumably it is a better survival strategy to -- all other things being equal, of course -- accept small gains rather than risking them for larger ones, and risk larger losses rather than accepting smaller losses. Lions chase...
 
 
 
 
 
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Risk Management and Analysis Standards Update

2008-06-17 16:51:27 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...Risk Management, and RMI has a new website CISCO WEBINAR UPDATE First, Jacks Webinar with Cisco is Thursday . If you were lucky enough to get a slot, be sure to catch it. If you didnt get a slot but would like to still go, let me know (info at riskmanagementinsightdotcom - subject Webinar RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARDS AND FAIR Second, The Open...
 
 
 
 
 
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Do you use Bloomberg for Risk Measurement?

2006-08-07 03:41:00 by Jomni in Risk Management Quant
 
...Risk Seminar this month. But before the details, here are my comments I've attended Bloomberg seminars before and there is usually a sales pitch somewhere. Looking at the event's lineup of speakers, 4 out of 5 speakers are from Bloomberg (an Algo risk solution is embedded in Bloomberg). Although the topics may sound relevant, they're just...
 
 
 
 
 
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Risk Management Lessons from the Mortgage Meltdown

2007-12-14 16:54:17 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
 
...risk management professionals know, and should keep in mind as often as possible Accepting risk can offer substantial competitive advantages. While some argue that Goldman Sachs got lucky on many of its assumptions, the company has a history of aggressive, intelligent risk taking. The lesson here, whether evaluating investments, business...