Case Study: Cognitive Warfare and Corporate Sabotage – The OrionTech Disinformation Crisis
OrionTech, a tech firm, was targeted by a deepfake-driven disinformation campaign ahead of a major product launch. The attack damaged its reputation and finances, exposing weaknesses in cognitive risk preparedness. A cross-functional crisis response restored trust, highlighting the need for proactive cognitive risk management in today’s volatile information landscape.
Cognitive Warfare: Disrupting Minds, Redefining Risk – A New Frontier for Risk Professionals
Cognitive warfare manipulates perception, decision-making, and behaviour using tactics like disinformation, deepfakes, and social media influence. This emerging threat demands risk professionals adapt frameworks to address cognitive risks, protect decision integrity, and build organisational resilience. It redefines reputational, operational, and strategic risks in today’s increasingly information-driven conflict landscape.
Key Elements in a Risk Management Toolkit
A risk management toolkit should include principles, a robust framework, structured processes, diverse assessment techniques, and strong governance. Best practice guidelines—ISO 31000, ISO 31010, King IV, and COSO—emphasise integration, continual improvement, stakeholder engagement, and assurance, ensuring risks are identified, evaluated, treated, and monitored to support organisational objectives
Risk Management: From Yawn to Yay! How Theory of Change Became the Life of the Boardroom
This blog post shows how Theory of Change and digital tools like TOCO and Changeroo make risk management engaging and collaborative. By visualising strategies, involving stakeholders, and keeping things creative, risk professionals can transform traditional processes into dynamic, effective, and even fun approaches to managing uncertainty
Case Study: Embedding Theory of Change in Cyber Risk Management at a Financial Services Firm
A South African financial firm used Theory of Change tools like Changeroo and TOCO to align stakeholders, visualise cyber risk pathways, and integrate evidence-based metrics. This approach improved clarity, regulatory confidence, and adaptability, enabling the firm to proactively manage cyber threats and continuously refine its risk management strategy (Chetty, 2018; Changeroo, 2024).
From Theory to Action: How Risk Professionals Can Transform Theory of Change into Practical Results
This article explores how risk professionals can effectively turn Theory of Change frameworks into practical strategies using digital tools like TOCO, Changeroo, VUE, and Coggle. It highlights best practices, stakeholder engagement, evidence integration, and iterative refinement, ensuring that risk management remains adaptive, evidence-based, and aligned with organisational objectives.