In the past, I have written about how to build a resilient organization. The problem with risk management in many organizations is that they don't know how to pull it all together and incorporate...

In the past I have raised the question of whether China is headed for a slowdown. It's one of the big issues for 2008 and the answer is important for businesses and economies around the world,...

Some sobering reading from McAfee about this year's biggest IT disaster zones.McAfee's Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008 tells us to watch out for botnets piggybacking on Storm Worm, the...

The threat of bird flu has dropped off the radar - thus far, avian influenza has killed just over 200 people worldwide with about half occurring in Indonesia - but that doesn't mean the pandemic...

So what are the big trends to watch out for in 2008. According to a raft of surveys that came out before Christmas, reported here, the global credit crunch, tougher economic conditions and the chase...

Will Osama Bin Laden be caught in 2008? Will George Bush pardon Lewis "Scooter" Libby? The prediction markets are already taking bets. But predicting the future is not what it used to be....

When the history of global warming is written, 2007 will stand out as the turning point. That was the year several reports on climate change were released, there was a deal of sorts at Bali and for...

Photo: BK Bangash/AP The global impact of Benazir Bhutto's assassination should not be underestimated. All of this has to be seen in context. Oil prices have now soared edging closer to $100 a...

"Trust us - your personal information is safe". That's probably the biggest e-business lie, according to Professor Michael Parent.After reviewing the privacy and security statements of...

How things have changed.Executives expect environmental issues, including climate change, to affect shareholder value far more than any other societal issue during the next five years. Their concern...

More signs of recession coming with Bloomberg reporting that US corporate corporate profits, as measured by the Commerce Department, have fallen at an annual rate of $19.3 billion in the third...

With Barclay's Bank, Britain's third biggest bank, joining the growing list of banks taking multi-billion hits on subprime and with Goldman Sachs warning that leveraged investors may need to...

More companies recognize the risks of climate change, but they're struggling to deal with it, according to a new global study. The survey canvassed the views of 2400 companies.The ISS RiskMetric...

Listed companies seem to have a knack of alienating investors and harming their share price by providing forecasts that are way off target, according to a global study.More than 70 per cent of...

The rule of thumb with risky investment is that it cuts both ways. The present new opportunities for big gains but there is also the danger of being wiped out. It applies to all sorts of financial...

Early last year, i did a blog entry looking at the views Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Professor Yossi Sheffi. He argued that many companies struggle with risk management because...

Do one or two of your employees have very close relationships with vendors? Do any key employees have outside business interests that might conflict with their job duties? Do any appear to dominate...

A coalition of interests, including investors are petitioning the Securities and Exchange Commission to force companies to come clean on pollution risks, reports MarketWatch.Basically, the argument...

This is the week of critical meetings to find answers on what to do about global warming. In New York, the United Nations will be looking at tighter emission mandates and the Bush administration will...

Financial institutions might be spending more on IT security but they continue to struggle and many are now starting to realize that the big problem is with people. Either with their own employees,...