Remove Acceptable Risk Remove Continuity Professionals Remove Mitigation
article thumbnail

Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. I wish it were true.

article thumbnail

These 8 Risk Domains Are the Meat and Potatoes of Risk Management 

MHA Consulting

As a practical activity, enterprise risk management (ERM) centers on eight distinct risk domains, some strategic and some operational. With respect to this process, the total landscape of risk that is assessed and mitigated can be divided into eight risk domains. For more on those strategies, click here and here.)

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. This week’s blog post will spell out the key concepts relating to this all-important goal; call it “The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk.” Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation.

article thumbnail

Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a Dose of Risk Management  

MHA Consulting

It’s enough to make an organization leader or business continuity professional feel unwell. I included MHA’s definitions of the strategies last time in my post on enterprise risk management. If you inform yourself about the risks inherent in various courses of actions, and take steps to mitigate them, you can still maneuver.

article thumbnail

Managing Enterprise Risk: Understanding the 8 Risk Domains

MHA Consulting

Following the risk assessment. the organization should address each identified risk with one of the four risk mitigation strategies: risk acceptance, risk avoidance, risk limitation, or risk transfer. Identified risks should not just be ignored with the hope the impact will not occur.