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SGS Announces First Annual Quality and Risk Management Summit
(SGS: Rutherford, NJ) -- SGS will hold its first Quality and Risk Management Summit, Sept. 17–18, 2015, in Orlando Florida. The summit will bring together senior professionals in the risk management and quality industries, with presentations and networking sessions spread across a 1.5-day event.…
Black Swans, Perfect Storms: Lame Excuses for Poor Risk Management
The terms “black swan” and “perfect storm” have become common for describing disasters ranging from the 2008 financial meltdown to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But according to Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, a Stanford professor of management science and engineering, people in government and…
New ISO/IEC Standard on Risk Assessment
(ISO: Geneva) -- Two recently published ISO standards on risk management have just been joined by a third on risk assessment techniques. Together, they provide organizations of all types with a well-stocked toolbox for tackling situations that could affect the achievement of their objectives.…
ISO Publishes New Standard for Effective Risk Management
(ISO: Geneva) -- A new international standard, ISO 31000:2009—“Risk management—Principles and guidelines,” will help organizations of all types and sizes to manage risk effectively. ISO 31000 provides principles, framework, and a process for managing any form of risk in a…