Done well self assessment is a very powerful tool in the diagnosis and ultimate rectification of a deficient control environment. … [Read more]
Report of the Week
A Good Chief Information Security Officer
What makes a good Chief Information Security Officer?… [Read more]
Blackout
The corporate governance structure … did not cause the power supply to fail, but through its effect on governance an opportunity to prevent it was lost.… [Read more]
All Aboard
A good analysis of what happens when there is over-promising and under-delivering.… [Read more]
Lessons from Northern Rock
Lessons learnt from the sale of the UK largest financial asset.… [Read more]
Dancing in the Dark – Brexit’s Impact
A (if not THE) classic case study of the manifestation of a known macro risk… [Read more]
Whistleblowing – The Missing Piece
Is transparency the secret to a well run whistleblowing process?… [Read more]
Living in the Past
Can you guess which critical US IT system runs on an IBM Series/1 Computer and uses 8-inch floppy disks? Managing IT legacy systems.… [Read more]
Managing Auntie’s Critical Projects
Managing critical projects in one of the United Kingdom’s highest profile organisations.… [Read more]