TOP STORIES risk managementHow to Reopen Government Offices SafelySeptember 10, 2020 Millions of federal workers are returning to the office. Here’s what agency leaders need to do to protect them. BY JONATHAN ALBOUM AND TIM ENRIGHT Thousands of organizations are wrestling with whether, when, and how to bring employees back to communal workplaces. Nowhere is this struggle more apparent than inside the federal government. With 2.1 million… risk managementIs Our Profession at a Crossroads?James Green | August 18, 2020As the world turned upside down this year, my new morning routine has become this: wake up, workout, meditate, stretch, shower, and catch up what’s going on in the world while I drink a few cups of coffee, the last great vice. 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As the Black Lives Matter movement continues to gain a stronger voice in recent months, this principle needs to hold true now more… LATEST FROM THE JOURNAL disaster recoveryTips to Making the Best Cloud Backup DecisionJerome Wendt | August 18, 2020Organizations of all sizes increasingly turn to cloud providers such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and others. They utilize them to host new and existing applications as well as to accelerate application development. Further, many also use cloud native software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings such as Microsoft 365, G Suite, and Salesforce. However, as organizations adopt the cloud,…disaster recoveryThe Culture of Cloud Agility – What Does it Really Mean for Operational Resilience?Steve Piggott | September 14, 2020Companies have an ever-increasing dependence on technology. A fact that is both exciting, but also worrisome. Secure access and robust, minute to minute performance from IT is an expectation, and a competitive necessity. 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Despite these risks, you’re likely having a difficult time justifying…risk managementHow Novartis Manages Global Risk at ScaleSeptember 3, 2020 In 2018, pharmaceutical giant Novartis logged $44 billion in net sales to 750 million customers. Novartis needs a lot of outside help to manufacture, market, sell, and distribute its goods and services—namely, more than 80,000 third-party vendors in 155 countries. The scope of its multinational operation is massive. So is the pressure from…risk managementA Practical Guide to Understanding Digital RiskAugust 27, 2020Part of digital transformation is learning to be a better risk manager BY BARBARA KAY Every day, each of us manages risk in many contexts: our physical safety (driving), ROI (purchasing a new appliance), consequences of decisions (job search). We make countless other risk-based decisions unconsciously: “Cross the street? 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