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SiRACON 2015 – He wanted to stay home; Wish someone would phone
What I learned in Detroit. It was all good. @societyinforisk Continue reading
Audit Drips
I was catching up on the podcast backlog today. I listened for the first time to the Risk Hose, which had a meaty midsection on the internal auditing profession, and whether and how internal auditors assess, analyze and otherwise manage … Continue reading
Risk a Harm?
Interesting post and comments on privacy risk from Solove at Concurring Opinions. Despite being raised by a pack of feral solicitors, I can’t claim to understand all the legal theories involved. I’m attracted to the liquidated damages idea for a … Continue reading
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Tagged privacy, reputation risk, risk assessment, ssns, wsbk
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Non Fiction: Risk
From Alex Roy’s The Driver: “Our second hour of 150 mph or more inspired a highly unscientific analysis of the actual danger we faced. I concocted what I called The Danger Coefficient (DC). I guessed the average NASCAR driver, in … Continue reading
From Rothman, an article at CSOnline discusses Moody’s infosec risk rating service. I personally dig this quote: The idea for such an at-a-glance rating is appealing to risk executives such as Andre Gold, head of security and risk management for … Continue reading
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Tagged best practices, risk assessment, risk management, the office
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White Knuckles
This looks interesting, in the context of cultural cognition of risk. Entertaining legal wonking on the issue at Concurring Opinions and Volokh. Amazing the lack of agreement as to when “Yee haw!” becomes “Holy Crap!” while behind the wheel. Photo … Continue reading
Die Doing Something You Love
“To die doing something you love.”I encountered variations of this phrase three times Saturday. 1. In Chris Jonnum’s biography of the Haydens, the on track death of flat-tracker Will Davis. Davis was a hero of Nick Hayden’s. Mourning his death, … Continue reading
Confusion In My Eyes That Says It All
I figured I’d wait until after my paternity leave was over before I started thinking seriously about words like “control” and “compliance,” but I felt the need to say something after reading Bejtlich’s post “Controls are Not the Solution to … Continue reading
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Tagged compliance, controls, internal auditing, risk assessment, risk management
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Compliance for Road and Track
My Alfa, a 72 GTV coupe, like all GTVs of its approximate vintage, has a recessed panel in the headliner over the back seats. It has proven to be a mystery to passengers in the car, looking like the cruelest … Continue reading
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Tagged alfa, compliance, internal auditing, motorisk, risk assessment
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Market Fresh
A curious discussion of terror risk, and a terror prediction futures market by some GMU economist types and at the Chronicle’s Footnoted blog. I don’t know enough to about econ to assess the value of such a market, but I … Continue reading
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Tagged breach notification, disclosure laws, risk assessment, risk management, threat, vulnerability
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The One In Five 