The Risk Management Blog
From the monthly archives:
It’s been a tough Summer for Iowa. In June, the state was hit by a severe tornado. Then, last Saturday, rushing floodwaters from the Moquoketa River knocked a 30-foot hole in a dam, forcing an evacuation of those living in the area below. Fortunately, none were killed, but major flood damage to many local homes and businesses from [...]
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Hope you enjoyed that headline alliteration. But let’s talk cyber crime. In 2010 it’s rare to find someone who has never had their email account hacked (happened to me last month!) or their personal information stolen by cyber thieves. But that’s small time cyber crime compared to what’s happening to businesses around the globe. According [...]
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David Hood has been one of the many people noticing the huge uptick in love for risk management of late. And while doing so, he points out something salient about the banking sector. See, one of the fallouts of the financial crisis has been a return to basic banking practices. Banks, fearing the world of [...]
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After the overblown hype given to a potential H1N1 swine flu pandemic last year — not to mention SARS before it — most people will be reticent to believe the threat the next time a similar outbreak starts to spread. But according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, the risks of animal disease [...]
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