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AI ethics committee - a new necessity?
- Jul 2022
- Reid Blackman
- Harvard Business Publications
- Harvard Business Review
Article explains why having expert oversight over your organisation's use of AI can safeguard your data and your brand. An AI ethics committee can identify and mitigate the ethical risks of AI products that are developed in-house or procured from third-party vendors.
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7 pressing cybersecurity questions
- Apr 2022
- Keri Pearlson, Nelson Novaes Neto
- Harvard Business Publications
- Harvard Business Review
This article offers 7 questions to ask to make sure your board understands how cybersecurity is being managed by your organisation. Asking these questions will also raise awareness of the importance of cybersecurity, and the need to prioritize action.
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How internal audit helps increase cybersecurity transparency for the board
- Jul 2021
- John Brackett, Ken Stasiak
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
Article discusses how internal audit can help the board see an accurate picture of cyber risk
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Cybersecurity from within
- May 2021
- Kristine Brands
- Institute of Management Accountants
- Strategic Finance
Article discusses internal IT security threats and how these shouldn't be left to the IT department and should b addressed by an organisation's internal controls.
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Building strong risk committee relationships
- Oct 2020
- Neil Hodge
- Risk & Insurance Management Society
- Risk Management
The article discusses the need for companies to establish strong risk committee relationships to successfully resolve the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Oversight of reputation in riskier times
- May 2020
- Nir Kossovsky
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
The article discusses the practice of overseeing the management of reputation risk in riskier times.
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Wargaming risk: What military leaders bring to the table
- Apr 2020
- April Hall
- MLR Holdings LLC
- Directors and Boards
Planning for unexpected situations gives boards an advantage in times of crisis. The article gives examples of how wargaming techniques can be used by risk committees to run through a number of potential business scenarios.
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Blockchain and accounting governance
- Mar 2020
- Sean Stein Smith, John Castonguay
- American Accounting Association
- Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting
This paper explores blockchain's impact in the areas of assurance and financials reporting and provides guidance for organisations and auditors utilizing blockchain.
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Prioritizing the audit committee agenda
- Feb 2020
- John Rodi
- New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
- CPA Journal
Reports in the KPMG 2019 global audit committee survey which states that it is "increasingly difficult" to oversee the major risks on the audit committee's agenda in addition to its core financial reporting oversight responsibilities. Committees should also probe the audit firm on its quality control systems that are intended to drive sustainable, improved audit quality, including the firm's use of new technologies.
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Auditing your cyberrisks
- Nov 2019
- Thomas J Parenty, Jack J Domet
- Harvard Business School Publication Corp
- Harvard Business Review
Article details how organisations need to look beyond the technologies and focus on the threats' potential impact on their activities. Cybersecurity is a board responsibility and should not be delegated to IT security teams.
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Sharpen your board's risk oversight process
- Jul 2019
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
Article revisits the board 's risk governance model and director skill sets; make culture an enterprise asset as well as an oversight priority; and focus on the quality of the risk management process.
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Security, resilience require better questions
- May 2019
- Jose R Rodriguez
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
The article offers suggestions for increasing corporate cybersecurity efforts for the board. Topics discussed include ineffectiveness of artificial intelligence in preventing cybercrime and data security failures; making sustainable data privacy compliance; and verifying identities and providing access to resources through authentication.
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How to build a cyber-capable board
- Apr 2019
- Matt Palmer
- Director Publications
- Director
The article offers several tips for businesses to create a board of directors that can help manage cybersecurity risks. These tips include consulting both the board and chief information security officers on cybersecurity issues, demanding clarity in security reporting, and focusing on the human aspects of cyber risk.
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Good times and bad: The trauma of the financial crisis needs to be remembered even as new threats become a growing concern.
- Apr 2019
- Howard Mills
- AM Best Company
- Bests Review
The article focuses on the risk management by the financial services industry in the United States. The industry faces various challenges that include non-financial risks like cybersecurity, model, third-party and also economic risks. Many companies now have a risk committee of the board with primary responsibility for risk oversight
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Get the most from the risk appetite dialogue
- Jan 2019
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
Key takeaways from a NACD report on risk oversight - based on a discussion with risk and audit committee chairs from Fortune 500 companies. Suggestions from the report include: create an effective Risk Appetite Statement and align it with company strategy, use the Risk Appetite Statement to inform critical processes and decisions - and continually re-evaluate the Risk Appetite Statement as the business environment and strategic priorities change.
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An animal kingdom of disruptive risks: how boards can oversee black swans, gray rhinos, and white elephants
- Jan 2019
- James C Lam
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
The article talks about the difficulties that corporate directors face while dealing with risk-taking decisions related to disruptive risks. Risks are identified in 3 classes - black swans, grey rhinos and white elephants and recommendations for consideration are given.
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To stay competitive leave no stone
- Nov 2018
- Raina Rose Tagle
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
The article discusses the benefits of integrating strategy and enterprise risk management to help organizations remain competitive in the face of constant change. Boards will be able to identify risks and their potential impacts in the context of the firm's strategic plan. Factors to be considered by boards include the state of their integration of ERM and strategy, ways of mitigating the identified risks and the level of collaboration between the chief risk officer and strategy leaders.
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Are COSO frameworks enough
- Aug 2018
- Kristine Brands
- Institute of Management Accountants
- Strategic Finance
The article informs that as technology takes on an increasingly larger role in operations, business-focused frameworks might not be enough. It is mentioned that COSO framework defines internal control as a process, effected by an entity's board of directors, management designed to provide result based on effectiveness and efficiency of operations. The article also discusses about good-practice framework COBIT, and corporate governance of information technology.
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Reputation management and the board
- May 2018
- Daniel Diermeier
- Vanguard Publications
- Corporate Board
Article highlighting the ways of corporate reputation management including positive outreach, regular assessment, and strong management. Topics discussed include issues relating to the loss of public trust; role of senior management in avoiding the corporate disasters; and the business issues such as quality and product safety, reputational concerns increasingly address moral or ethical concerns.
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The chief risk officer: it's not just about managing risk costs anymore
- May 2018
- Graham Bippart
- Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC
- Euromoney
Paul Ingram, Chief Risk Officer (CFO) at Credit Suisse International, gives his views on the remit of his role.
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What CISOs wish they could tell their boards
- May 2018
- Corzine Scott
- Vanguard Publications
- Corporate Board
The article offers information on the efforts of chief information security officers (CISOs) to manage the cyber security risk. Topics discussed include need of security spending budgets; information on the risk-based approach to cyber security as part of enterprise risk management; the information technology risks and strategy; and communication between the board risk commitee and the CISO.
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Building the board's relationship with compliance
- Mar 2018
- Michael Volkov
- Vanguard Publications
- Corporate Board
Greater boardroom attention to compliance is needed: here's how boards can build relationships with compliance staff.
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The board's new innovation imperative: Directors need to rethink their roles and their attitude to risk
- Nov 2017
- Linda A George | George Davis
- Harvard Business School Publication Corp.
- Harvard Business Review
This article identifies, after speaking with CEOs and board members from a range of industries, four common obstacles most boards face in governing innovation: an outdated risk agenda; insufficient time; lack of expertise; and a relationship with management that needs retuning.
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Board oversight of the risk management function: Part 2
- Jul 2017
- Aspen Publishers Inc.
- Investment Lawyer
Key risk management considerations and principles relevant to boards of directors of mutual funds.
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The evolving role of the General Counsel (GC) in risk and crisis
- Jul 2017
- Kimberly Simpson
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
Robert E.Bostrom shares some lessons learned from his time as general counsel during times of crisis at Freddie Mac and Abercrombie & Fitch.
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The integration of ERM and strategy: Implications for corporate governance
- Jun 2017
- Mark S.Beasley | Dana R.Hermanson | Therese R. Viscelli
- American Accounting Association
- Accounting Horizons
Interviews with 15 enterprise risk management (ERM) champions who provide insights on how far the ERM process is integrated with the strategic-planning processes of their firms.
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Cyber and C-Suite: New cyber-risk responsibilities for Chief Risk Officers
- Jun 2017
- John Doherty | Mark Watson
- Risk & Insurance Management Society, Inc
- Risk Management
The article offers suggestions to risk managers of multinational businesses for dealing with risks of cyberterrorism. It states that cyberrisk management regulatory standards calling for a broad range of financial institutions to address cyberrisk and mentions that board of directors will supervise using audit committees.
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The Board and Third-Party risk oversight
- May 2017
- Randy Stephens
- Vanguard Publications
- Corporate Board
Advice on managing the liability and reputation risk that comes with using outside contractors and suppliers. Missteps by these third-party partners can bring disaster to your company.
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Risk just got riskier: Insights from audit committee members on the changing nature of risk
- Apr 2017
- Jose R Rodriguez
- MLR Holdings
- Directors and Boards
The article offers information on increase in business risk due to volatility, complexity and audit and risk committees. Topics discussed include expectations for slow growth, economic uncertainty, and rising cyber risk as top risk management priorities; possible risk with compliance of corporate culture; and strategies for addressing corporate agenda.
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The keys to guarding reputation
- Jan 2017
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
Article on the ten keys to managing reputation risk, which fall into five critical areas of board oversight.
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COSO ERM Revised: What it means for your board
- Jan 2017
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
Five important insights for directors from the recently updated Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) enterprise risk management (ERM) framework.
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Risky business: Is It Time to Consider Establishing a Separate Risk Committee?
- Sep 2016
- William M Libit, Todd E Freier
- Aspen Publishers
- Insights - The Corporate and Securities Law Advisor
Corporate boards increasingly are considering whether it is in the best interests of the board, the company and its shareholders to establish a separate risk committee.
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How audit committees can help stem third party risks
- May 2016
- Neil Amato
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Journal of Accountancy
Audit committees have plenty of risks to worry about within if a third party violates their organizations. But risks outside company walls can be just as harrowing. PwC offers steps an audit committee can take to facilitate its oversight and mitigate third-party risks.
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Setting the right tone for risk management
- May 2016
- Karen Frenkel
- QuinStreet, Inc
- CIO Insight
The article reports on the findings of the study "Tone at the Top and Third-Party Risk" which was conducted by the Ponemon Institute, and lists the key findings regarding the state of third-party risk management.
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Communicating Cybersecurity Risks to the Audit Committee
- May 2016
- Joel Lanz
- New York State Society of CPAs
- CPA Journal
The article discusses cybersecurity risk management and includes exhibits on Translating Critical Security Controls into Business Issues, Outstanding Vulnerabilities by Risk Level and time Overdue for Remediation, and Top Vulnerabilities, Assignment of Accountability for Risks.
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Big risks, Big Data and big decisions for the board
- Mar 2016
- Vincent Walden | Christopher J Mazzei | Ruby Sharma
- National Association of Corporate Directors
- NACD Directorship
The article discusses the role of the board of directors in a company on the use of big data and other analytics to avert the risks that may be confronted by an organization. It discusses the issues that should be addressed by the board and c-level executives when it comes to addressing cyberthreats.
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The cyber security buck stops right at the top
- Mar 2015
- Basie von Solms
- Media 24
- Finweek
2014 proved to be a bad year for big corporates in terms of cybersecurity - boards need to do more to ensure that proper information security systems are in place.
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New kid on the block: The risk committee
- Nov 2014
- Priya Cherian Huskins
- ALM Media, LLC
- InsideCounsel
Why creating a separate risk committee may be the right step for boards to take to deal with the growing risks of cyber-crime and increased regulatory scrutiny.
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In the line of fire
- Sep 2009
- Jules Stewart
- Incisive Financial Publishing
- Financial Director
The article discusses the proposals resulting from Sir David Walker's review of banking corporate governance, such as risk committees at the board level and transparency on staff pay.
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AI ethics committee - a new necessity?
- Jul 2022
- Reid Blackman
Article explains why having expert oversight over your organisation's use of AI can safeguard your data and your brand. An AI ethics committee can identify and mitigate the ethical risks of AI products that are developed in-house or procured from third-party vendors.
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7 pressing cybersecurity questions
- Apr 2022
- Keri Pearlson, Nelson Novaes Neto
This article offers 7 questions to ask to make sure your board understands how cybersecurity is being managed by your organisation. Asking these questions will also raise awareness of the importance of cybersecurity, and the need to prioritize action.
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How internal audit helps increase cybersecurity transparency for the board
- Jul 2021
- John Brackett, Ken Stasiak
Article discusses how internal audit can help the board see an accurate picture of cyber risk
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Cybersecurity from within
- May 2021
- Kristine Brands
Article discusses internal IT security threats and how these shouldn't be left to the IT department and should b addressed by an organisation's internal controls.
Exclusive
Building strong risk committee relationships
- Oct 2020
- Neil Hodge
The article discusses the need for companies to establish strong risk committee relationships to successfully resolve the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Exclusive
Oversight of reputation in riskier times
- May 2020
- Nir Kossovsky
The article discusses the practice of overseeing the management of reputation risk in riskier times.
Exclusive
Wargaming risk: What military leaders bring to the table
- Apr 2020
- April Hall
Planning for unexpected situations gives boards an advantage in times of crisis. The article gives examples of how wargaming techniques can be used by risk committees to run through a number of potential business scenarios.
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Blockchain and accounting governance
- Mar 2020
- Sean Stein Smith, John Castonguay
This paper explores blockchain's impact in the areas of assurance and financials reporting and provides guidance for organisations and auditors utilizing blockchain.
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Prioritizing the audit committee agenda
- Feb 2020
- John Rodi
Reports in the KPMG 2019 global audit committee survey which states that it is "increasingly difficult" to oversee the major risks on the audit committee's agenda in addition to its core financial reporting oversight responsibilities. Committees should also probe the audit firm on its quality control systems that are intended to drive sustainable, improved audit quality, including the firm's use of new technologies.
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Auditing your cyberrisks
- Nov 2019
- Thomas J Parenty, Jack J Domet
Article details how organisations need to look beyond the technologies and focus on the threats' potential impact on their activities. Cybersecurity is a board responsibility and should not be delegated to IT security teams.
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