The benefits of agile risk management in IT projects delivered through agile methodology
Digital transformation and external digital disruption require South African financial services to deliver large IT software projects. Banks adopted new ways of working such as using an agile methodology to ensure IT Projects are delivered faster-to-market and early client involvement. The challenge is that risk management functions are not mandatorily involved before and during the execution of IT projects by the Scrum teams who deliver these IT projects, which means that other sources of risk and opportunity risks may not be identified early.
THE STATE OF CYBER SECURITY 2025 – Top threats, emerging trends, and CISO recommendations
The 2025 State of Cyber Security report highlights key threats, including: The AI tactics that swayed a third of global elections through disinformation.
A 58% surge in infostealer attacks, focusing on corporate access.
Ransomware attacks shift from encryption to data exfiltration extortion, with Healthcare now the second most targeted.
Hybrid networks enabling lateral movement between on-premise and cloud.
Hardware and Software supply chains saw the highest attack surge attacks.
WEF Global Risk Report – 2026
The 2026 Global Risks Report warns that an age of intense global competition is eclipsing multilateral cooperation, driving uncertainty and systemic fragility. Geoeconomic confrontation and state-based armed conflict dominate short‑term risks, while economic downturn, debt burdens and asset bubbles intensify concern over financial stability. Societal polarization, fuelled by inequality and mis/disinformation, is eroding trust, weakening social contracts and pressuring democratic institutions. Environmental risks fall down the two‑year agenda but remain the most severe over a 10‑year horizon, as extreme weather, ecosystem degradation and stressed infrastructure threaten long‑term resilience.
Guideline on Integrating Strategy, Risk and Resilience – IRMSA 2022
IRMSA's groundbreaking guideline tackles the challenge of risk management's value proposition head-on. By advocating for the seamless integration of strategy, risk, and resilience, it empowers organisations to navigate complexity, make holistic decisions, and create sustainable value. This innovative approach promises to revolutionise how businesses operate in today's VUCA environment.
Risk Committee’s Influence on Enterprise Risk Management
Risk is real and it is particularly very serious in the case of managing banks in Nigeria because of several reasons; including the fact that it is an emerging economy. It can affect a bank’s
bottom-line to say the least and even its survival. It is in view of this that this article links risk committee effectiveness with risk management by banks in Nigeria. Using 130 observations (13 banks, 10 years) for 2012-2021, we employ a correlational research design to develop a panel model linking risk committee characteristics with risk management......
Emerging Risks Key Findings – 2024 Survey
The 17th Survey of Emerging Risks compiles trends about risks that extend longer than a time horizon used for the normal planning cycle, using the foresight of risk managers to identify relative changes to responses across consistent topics. It is sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) and the Society of Actuaries (SOA). Questions are both quantitative and qualitative, maintaining response options and showing how risk management practices are evolving. The survey results, especially the comments, provide risk managers a way to network with peers.
Allianz Risk Barometer – Major Business Risks 2024
The top risks in this year’s Allianz Risk Barometer reflect the big issues
facing companies right now – digitalization, climate change and an uncertain geopolitical environment.
Guide: Risk and Managing Risk Explained
Risk-taking is fundamental to the success of any organisation. The leaders of an organisation must decide the extent to which risk needs to be sought, accepted, addressed or avoided, and their approach to this will determine how risks are managed across their organisation.
Organisational Resilience Building in Small and Micro Enterprises under the VUCA Environment
Small and micro enterprises (SMEs) encounter big blows while operating in VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) environment as a result of their resource constrains and external dependencies. This study build a conceptual model that links organized performance to the elements of external environmental factors, internal resources, resilience capabilities, and the contribution of resilience building to SMEs. From systematically reviewing literature on VUCA and organisational resilience theories, the model specifies the pathways of how SMEs adapt and thrive in continuously changing (VUCA) conditions.
Guidelines for Sound Management of Risks related to Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism (BCBS)
Being aware of the risks incurred by banks of being used, intentionally or unintentionally, for criminal activities, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is issuing these guidelines to describe how banks should include money laundering (ML) and financing of terrorism (FT) risks within their overall risk management.