As linguists and lexicographers ponder “Word of the Year” candidates, it’s a safe bet that “complexity” is in the running. Risk managers and supply chain leaders would no doubt argue the term’s merits over “vaccine,” “variant,” “ransomware” and other words...
All risk managers want for Christmas from the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics they work with is standardization. And accuracy. A single repository of shared ESG data also would be nice. While we’re at it, regulatory clarity and harmonization...
When it comes to behind-the-scenes work that requires a rare combination of hard-earned experience, deep expertise, and a killer toolset, Santa has his elves. For its part, Shared Assessments has a workshop full of seasoned third party risk management (TPRM)...
Ahhhh, winter break….maybe you are cozied up at home with some time on your hands. Or, perhaps you have been left behind at the ski lodge. Here or there, how about taking in some riveting Risk Management literature and video?...
Here we go again: another holiday season, another exploit. It appears many IT, risk, and security professionals are going to have to wait to down their favorite holiday cheer as another exploit has brought tumult to the community. A Log4j...
December seems to be a month fixated on fancy footwear. On Christmas Eve, some of us will “hang stockings by the chimney with care.” On December 4, a few of us celebrated the fringe awareness event “National Sock Day” commemorating...
Gift-giving is an ancient tradition that has helped “maintain friendly relations between groups of people by building bonds of trust between them” throughout history. From Neolithic times to now, gifts have been exchanged to families, communities, organizations as tokens of...
It should be the season of good cheer, but the rise in shopping this time of year brings with it a rise in scams. It’s harder to be cheerful when you realize that great deal you thought you were so...
Cybersecurity firm Salt Labs recently discovered a “GraphQL API authorization vulnerability” in a large B2B financial technology platform. This vulnerability would give attackers ways to submit unauthorized transactions against customer accounts, harvest sensitive data and initiate unauthorized transactions. What exactly is a...
Since its founding in 1871 as a one-man business transporting goods by horse-drawn cart, Hellman Worldwide Logistics has grown into one of the largest international logistics providers. With high-performance offerings in the Airfreight, Seafreight, Road & Rail, and Contract...
“We’ve got a problem. Keep calm. We’re running as fast as we can…” Nordic Choice Hotels Group sent this message in an email to program members after its IT systems were hit by the Conti ransomware group on the evening...
The holiday season is upon us, and you’d love to only be thinking about cookies, presents, and family. But present circumstances force us to play Scrooge and throw a “Bah! Humbug!” into the mix. For businesses and organizations this year...
