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Gamification of Risk: The Art of Role-Playing in a Complex Risk World
In just a few weeks, I’ll be in London for Gameday Ready — an immersive event designed to test how we think, decide, and adapt when the unexpected unfolds. It’s not a… Continue reading Gamification of Risk: The Art of Role-Playing in a Complex Risk World
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GPRC for Operational Resilience: Navigating NIS2 and EU CER: The Expanding Mission of Resilience
Shields up! Red alert! On the bridge of the Enterprise, when an unknown anomaly threatens the ship, the crew does not panic — they orchestrate. Helm adjusts course, engineering reroutes… Continue reading GPRC for Operational Resilience: Navigating NIS2 and EU CER: The Expanding Mission of Resilience
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CAPTAIN’S LOG: Choose Your Own Risk Adventure
When I stepped onto the keynote stage in Miami at Riskonnect Konnect 2025, it felt less like a ballroom and more like a bridge. The room hummed the way a… Continue reading CAPTAIN’S LOG: Choose Your Own Risk Adventure
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If I Were a CRO: The Risk Platform I Would Demand (Through the Lens of an Analyst)
Technology does not give you good risk management. Strategy does. Risk is everywhere—and that’s not a problem. As I say on the Risk Is Our Business podcast, the organization that is not taking… Continue reading If I Were a CRO: The Risk Platform I Would Demand (Through the Lens of an Analyst)
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GPRC for Operational Resilience: Delivering on DORA
The Enterprise Bridge for Digital Trust in the European Union On the bridge of a starship, everything is connected. Navigation depends on sensors, sensors depend on power, power depends on… Continue reading GPRC for Operational Resilience: Delivering on DORA
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Not Your Father’s Information Security Program: Digital Risk & Resilience by Design
This week I’m back in the United Kingdom—wall-to-wall engagements, packed rooms, and board-level urgency. Two themes are dominating every corridor conversation and every executive session: They’re not separate stories. They’re… Continue reading Not Your Father’s Information Security Program: Digital Risk & Resilience by Design
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Policy Management and RegTech: Orchestrating Governance in an Age of Regulatory Uncertainty
The week began with two very different conversations that echoed the same theme. One was with a major U.S. healthcare organization grappling with how to stay ahead of regulatory change.… Continue reading Policy Management and RegTech: Orchestrating Governance in an Age of Regulatory Uncertainty
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Policy Management by Design: From Chaos to Culture
Policies are more than documents on a shelf. They are the DNA of organizational integrity, the framework that defines culture, directs behavior, and provides accountability in times of scrutiny. When… Continue reading Policy Management by Design: From Chaos to Culture
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Digital Risk and Resilience: Orchestrating for Digital Trust
Inevitability of Failure: the Digital EcoSystem of Business Every organization today is defined by the digital fabric and architecture in which its operations relies upon. This fabric is sprawling, complex,… Continue reading Digital Risk and Resilience: Orchestrating for Digital Trust
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Why GRC is NOW or Never For Aspirational Organizations
There comes a point in every organization’s journey when it must choose whether it is going to lead or follow — whether it will proactively shape its future or continually… Continue reading Why GRC is NOW or Never For Aspirational Organizations
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GPRC for Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Management
Command and Control on the Bridge of the Enterprise with GRC 7.0 – GRC Orchestrate “Captain, sensors are detecting increased fluctuations in the warp field. I recommend we adjust our… Continue reading GPRC for Third-Party and Supply Chain Risk Management
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GRC Engineering: From After-the-Fact Verification to Engineered Assurance
Featuring my collected insights combined with thoughts from the most recent Risk Is Our Business Podcast with Ayoub Fandi, Security Assurance Automation Team Lead at GitLab and founder of the… Continue reading GRC Engineering: From After-the-Fact Verification to Engineered Assurance
