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Transferring Risk Helps Relieve Leaders’ Biggest Fears

Chief Executive

Some companies purchase a type of CBI coverage in which certain specified third-party properties that are essential to the insured’s business operations are expressly described on a schedule annexed to the insurance policy in a “dependent property” coverage endorsement. While not confirmed, Russia is the primary suspect.

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How a Cyber Attack Could Cause the Next Financial Crisis

Harvard Business Review

Ever since the forced bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers triggered the financial crisis 10 years ago, regulators, risk managers, and central bankers around the globe have focused on shoring up banks’ ability to withstand financial shocks. Peter Dazeley/Getty Images. How can we prevent such a scenario?

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To Guard Against Cybercrime, Follow the Money

Harvard Business Review

Their operations involve partnerships, specializations, and supply chains. Rather than thinking of a clandestine hacker working out of a basement, you will be better served to picture a sophisticated, professional operation working out of an office tower. Integrate email security into your organization’s risk management program.

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How Blockchain Is Changing Finance

Harvard Business Review

After all, most financial intermediaries themselves rely on a dizzying, complex, and costly array of intermediaries to run their own operations. This industry supports a number of intermediaries, such as investment bankers, exchange operators, auditors, lawyers, and crowd-funding platforms (such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo).

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How the U.S. Navy is Responding to Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

Forest Reinhardt and Michael Toffel, Harvard Business School professors, talk about how a giant, global enterprise that operates and owns assets at sea level is fighting climate change—and adapting to it. Reinhardt and Toffel are the authors of “ Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S.

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ESG Strategy: What HR Leaders Need to Know in 2025

AIHR

ESG is becoming integral to corporate strategy, shaping how companies operate, innovate, and compete. Regulatory compliance and risk management HR is key in ensuring the company meets labor standards, diversity benchmarks, and ethical guidelines. Read more 13 ESG Metrics HR Leaders Should Use To Track Performance 5.

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11 Things the Health Care Sector Must Do to Improve Cybersecurity

Harvard Business Review

At the beginning of 2017 Experian predicted that the health care sector would be the most heavily targeted vertical industry. A March 2017 report from the Identity Theft Resource Center indicated that more than 25% of all data breaches were related to health care. Department of Health and Human Service’s Office for Civil Rights.