Dynamic Risk Assessment
The power of four. An evolution in risk assessment that applies sophisticated algorithms and advanced data analytics together in a KPMG proprietary methodology to identify, connect and visualise risk in four dimensions.
Enhancing Organizational Resilience: The Transformative Influence of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices and Organizational Culture
In an era characterized by rapid changes and uncertainty, organizational resilience emerges as a critical factor for the survival and prosperity of businesses. Confronted with a progressively volatile and unpredictable organizational landscape, an organization’s capacity to swiftly and effectively address challenges and adapt to changes becomes indispensable.
Navigating the Risk Revolution: Trailblazers Shaping 2025’s Uncharted Terrain
The risk management landscape of 2025 is shaped by AI-driven insights, climate risk integration, and collaborative approaches to tackle complex challenges. Key players, including AI specialists, cybersecurity experts, and ESG analysts, are transforming risks into opportunities. Organisations embracing innovation and resilience will thrive in this dynamic, interconnected world of emerging risks.
Case Study: Environmental Scanning and Strategic Transformation – The Netflix Example
Environmental scanning is a critical process for organisations seeking to adapt and thrive in dynamic markets. This case study examines Netflix's strategic transformation, driven by effective environmental scanning, as it transitioned from a DVD rental service to a global streaming giant. By leveraging insights from its external and internal environments, Netflix not only adapted to market changes but also set new industry standards.
Case Study: From Marketplace to Monarchy – Amazon and the Risks of Techno-feudalism
Amazon exemplifies techno-feudalism through its monopolistic control of platforms, data, and cloud infrastructure. The case study highlights risks such as platform dependency, algorithmic opacity, and data exploitation. It urges risk professionals to assess digital reliance, ensure data governance, and prepare for systemic disruptions or regulatory backlash in a digitally dominated economy.
Risk science offers an integrated approach to resilience
Why do we hear calls to separate and independently manage aspects of risk and resilience that are inherently related? These
arguments are inconsistent with more holistic and integrated responses to wicked challenges—such as climate change—that
are necessary if we are to find balances and synergies. The justification of such views is based on misconceptions of risk science that are no longer accurate. Rather than being irrelevant, the risk concept and related literature provide a wealth of resilience analysis resources that are potentially being overlooked. In this Perspective, we discuss how the modern view of risk can provide an integrated framework for the key aspects of resilience.
Invisible Intruders: AI-Generated Scams and the Evolving Role of Risk Professionals
AI-driven fraud—especially through deepfakes and voice cloning—is reshaping the threat landscape for organisations and individuals in 2025. Fraudsters can now create highly realistic audio and video imitations using just seconds of publicly available recordings, enabling scams that bypass traditional security measures and exploit human trust. Voice-based phishing is now outpacing visual deepfakes, affecting everything from executive impersonation in corporate wire fraud to emotionally manipulative family scams. The technology’s accessibility allows even non-experts to launch sophisticated attacks, democratising fraud and scaling risks across sectors.
Detection technologies often lag behind the latest deepfake techniques, necessitating adaptive, multilayered defences and continuous staff training. Common red flags—urgency, unverified contact, and emotionally charged requests—are more challenging to spot amid such realism, making independent verification and a culture of scepticism essential. As financial and reputational risks mount, a robust risk management response combining technical controls, human vigilance, and regulatory awareness is crucial for protecting trust, identity, and organisational integrity.
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.
Anticipating Risks and Seizing Opportunities – PwC Risk Roadmap 2026
PwC’s Risk Roadmap for 2026 outlines how geopolitical volatility, rapid regulatory change and technological disruption are reshaping the risk landscape, demanding resilience and intelligent risk‑taking from leaders. It highlights macrotrends (geopolitical realignment, regionalism, declining multilateralism), a dense EU regulatory pipeline, and the need to reinvent compliance as a strategic, tech‑enabled capability. Seven “hot topics” are profiled: cyber security, AI, sustainability/internal controls, third‑party risk, supply chain, tax/transfer pricing, and people/organisation, each with risk drivers, red flags and board‑level questions to strengthen assurance, resilience and value creation by 2026.
Case Study: Navigating Third-Party Risk Management in Africa’s Evolving Business Landscape
AfriTech Solutions, a leading IT services provider in South Africa, has experienced rapid growth over the past five years, expanding its operations across the African continent. With this growth came an increased reliance on third-party vendors and partners to support its core operations. However, the company soon realised that this expansion of its ecosystem also introduced new risks that needed to be managed effectively.