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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. This is all to the good.

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Risk Management as a Career: A Guide for BCM Professionals

MHA Consulting

For those with a suitable temperament and skill set, a career in risk management can be rewarding due to the field’s broad scope, consequential nature, and rising prominence. In this week’s post, we’ll look at what a risk manager does and the skills it takes to excel in this role. It’s a permanent ongoing activity.

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Risk Management Process – Part 3c: Risk Control

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The third crucial step in risk assessment is risk control, which involves crafting effective strategies to mitigate the identified risks. There are four fundamental types of risk control: risk acceptance, risk mitigation, risk avoidance, and risk transfer.

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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. Risk management is not one-size-fits all.

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The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk  

MHA Consulting

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. Residual risk is the amount of risk that remains in an activity after mitigation controls are applied.

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At Risk of Distraction: The Seductive Appeal of RMIS Software

MHA Consulting

An emerging hot topic in business continuity and risk management is the software known as a risk management information system (RMIS). An RMIS can help an organization identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate risks, but often they merely seduce and distract companies that are not in a position to make proper use of them.

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How to Offload Your Risk to a Third Party

MHA Consulting

Risk transference is one of the four main strategies organizations can use to mitigate risk. Try a Dose of Risk Management Wise organizations determine how much risk they will accept then make conscious efforts to bring their risk down below that threshold.