A (Re)view of the Philosophical Foundations of Strategic Management
This paper aims to review how different approaches to social inquiry (e.g. postivist, postpositivist, interpretive, postmodernist and critical theory) have been used in strategy research and how these main paradigms engage with strategy.
Evaluating and Establishing Baseline Security Requirements in Cloud Computing: An Enterprise Risk Management Approach
In today's digital age, businesses use cloud services to boost their operations exponentially. While this trend presents excellent potential, it is marred by significant concerns over the safety of data stored in the cloud. As the demand for cloud computing increases, businesses face issues ranging from data breaches and provider security to service availability and regulatory compliance.
FERMA European Risk Manager Survey Report
We are pleased to present the results of the 2022 European Risk Manager Survey. The survey has now taken place
every other year for 20 years. It represents the most comprehensive picture of views of professional risk managers
across Europe.
Risk in Focus – 2024 Survey Results
The worldwide participation in the Risk in Focus survey provides a rare opportunity to compare risk levels and internal audit planning between different regions.
Global Cybersecurity Outlook – 2025
This year’s report shines a light on
the increasing complexity of the cyber landscape, which has profound and far-reaching implications for organizations and nations. This complexity is driven by a series of compounding factors:
– Escalating geopolitical tensions are contributing to a more uncertain environment.
– Increased integration of and dependence on more complex supply chains is leading to a more opaque and unpredictable risk landscape.
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Risk Trends 2025 – IRM
Driven by the explosion of technological advancements and increasing global uncertainties, we need to look at what the key shifts in risk are and how practitioners should prepare themselves, and their organisations, for the future. The ability to anticipate and respond to these fast moving developments will be crucial for risk practitioners in 2025.
Principles for the effective Management and Supervision of Climate-related Financial Risks (BCBS)
Climate change may result in physical and transition risks that could affect the safety and soundness of individual banking institutions and have broader financial stability implications for the banking system. To address climate-related financial risks within the banking sector, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) established a high-level Task Force on Climate-related Financial Risks in 2020 to contribute to the Committee’s mandate to strengthen the regulation, supervision and practices of banks worldwide with the purpose of enhancing financial stability.
Cyber Risk in Central Banking (BIS)
The rising number of cyber attacks in the financial sector poses a threat to financial stability and makes cyber risk a key concern for policy makers. This paper presents the results of a survey among members of the Global Cyber Resilience Group on cyber risk and its challenges for central banks. The survey reveals that central banks have notably increased their cyber security-related investments since 2020, giving technical security control and resiliency priority. Central banks see phishing and social engineering as the most common methods of attack, and the potential losses from a systemically relevant cyber attack are deemed to be large, especially if the target is a big tech providing critical cloud infrastructures. Generally, respondents judge the preparedness of the financial sector for cyber attacks to be inadequate. While central banks in most emerging market economies provide a framework for the collection of information on cyber attacks on financial institutions, less than half of those in advanced economies do. Cooperation among public authorities, especially in the international context, could improve central banks’ ability to respond to cyber attacks.
King V Code on Corporate Governance for South Africa 2025
King V sets out an outcomes-based corporate governance code for South Africa focused on ethical culture, sustainable performance and value creation, prudent control and legitimacy within the organisation’s economic, social and environmental context. It defines universally applicable principles supported by flexible, proportional recommended practices rather than rigid rules, under an “apply and explain” disclosure regime. The Code emphasises ethical and effective leadership, integrated thinking, responsible corporate citizenship, stakeholder inclusivity and robust oversight of risk, technology, remuneration, assurance and stakeholder relationships to support long-term systems value creation.
Integrated Strategy, Risk & Resilience (ISRR) Toolkit: Phases 1-4
The ISRR Implementation Roadmap and Toolkit is a practical resource that helps organisations integrate strategy, risk and resilience into one coherent framework across the enterprise. It is structured around four phases: Commit and Mandate, Context Enablement, Perform and Achieve, and Monitor, Review, Record and Report. Each phase is supported by customisable templates and tools in familiar formats (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), covering policies, governance charters, risk appetite, integrated environmental scanning, stakeholder analysis, risk assessment, resilience self‑assessment, strategy and initiative design, incident and crisis management, business continuity, and IT disaster recovery. It also includes designs for an integrated dashboard, board and committee reports, integrated reporting inputs, maturity assessment, integrated assurance and lessons‑learnt registers. The toolkit is intended for educational use and must be tailored to each organisation’s legal, regulatory and strategic context.