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- Risk
- The expectation of loss. It is a function of the probability and the consequences of harm. See risk assessment.
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- Saints and non-smokers also get lung cancer
- Saints and non-smokers also get lung cancer.....One more reason I am glad I live in California! It's hard for smokers around where I live. And amen to that! No smoking indoors, or within 25 feet of air intakes, windows or doors. And I love telling smokers they have to back...
- Tags: smoker, college kid, risk
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Google patches 'critical' Chrome code execution flaws
- The first security patch for Google's new Chrome browser is out, fixing at least two "critical" vulnerabilities that put Windows users at risk of code execution attacks. [ SEE: Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw ] The patch, which is rolled out automatically via...
- Tags: Google Inc., Risk, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Web Browser, Flaw, Security, Strategy, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-08
- Partnoy's Complaint
- In reading Partnoy's complaint (aka "Infectious greed") I was struck by the extreme simplification of his views and moved to push them forward a bit by suggesting that companies like AMD could issue performance based derivatives in place of shares - and not only benefit from this in many ways,...
- Tags: Risk, Regulator, Derivatives, Partnoy, Financial Services, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-30
- Resurrecting E-voting
- Resurrecting E-votingDifficulty of subverting voting machinesIt seems to me that any system can be tampered with to render the vote dishonest. However, some configurations make such tampering very hard while others are much easier to subvert. You should talk about the relative difficulty and not whether or not...
- Tags: SECURITY, Resurrecting E-voting, risk, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes care
- The worse your diabetes the greater the risk you have to run to deal with it. Drop the weight, watch your diet, get some exercise and listen to your doctor. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Risk, Patient, Merck & Co. Inc., DPP-IV, GLP-1, Kliff, Federal Government, Marketing Research, Strategy, Government, Marketing, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- 12 early warning signs of IT failure
- High rates of IT project failure persist because most organizations don't understand the real reasons why their projects fail. Don't ignore the early warning signs of failure; they're a loud siren if you listen carefully. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Risk, Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Team Management, Security, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Second guessing at 3AM
- At 3AM the quality of a decision you believe in but haven't formally committed to yet can pale relative to fear of being seen as out of step with a majority view - and that's a quality killer for IT management decision making.l by Paul Murphy
- Tags: risk, business ethics, strategy, professional development, security, leadership, management, career, paul murphy
- Blog posts 2008-08-11
- Managing risk in your career
- At the Women Tech Executive Roundtable at the Churchill Club, panelists discuss how to balance risk and responsibilities and how to see an uncertainty as an opportunity. Speakers include Gina Bianchini of Ning, Charlene Li of Forrester Research, Carol Mills of Adobe, and moderator Ann Winblad of Hummer Winblad Venture...
- Tags: gender and diversity, professional development, human resources, career, churchill, tech, women, risk
- Videos 2008-08-06
- Did the bad cop gremlins get at Microsoft's annual report?
- Microsoft is not doomed. Microsoft faces real competition from open source. Competition is a good thing. But it is also, in terms of any annual report, a "risk factor." by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Risk, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Managing Critical Elements of Risk in Real Time
- Risk is commonly associated with the tactical implications of compromised data and applications, malicious operational event impact, and even the associations of audit related deficiencies. The ability to consolidate this data and prioritize its impact on business operations can provide a measurable improvement to how organizations define, monitor and respond...
- Tags: Risk, Symantec Corp., Monitoring, Security, Strategy, Management
- Webcasts 2008-06-12
- Effective email policies: why enforcing proper use is critical to security
- The unmonitored and unguarded use of email by employees poses a multitude of risks to organizations. The distribution of inappropriate or offensive content, malicious emails, and the risks of data leakage all threaten working environments, IT resources and an organization's reputation. A comprehensive, transparent and enforceable email acceptable use policy...
- Tags: Security, Risk, E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Teens turn deaf ear to risks of MP3 players
- Teens turn deaf ear to risks of MP3 playersI always keep mine lowNot just because loud music hurts, but because it really annoys everyone on the train next to you.I have the 'in-ear' style headphones the ones you have to cram right in your ear and I barely have the...
- Tags: Digital music, Media players, Digital media, MP3, MP3 player, deaf ear, risk
- Discussion threads 2008-03-27
- Does open source need a Micro-cop?
- There they go again. Microsoft is playing good cop, bad cop, offering "to promote greater interoperability, opportunity and choice" on the one hand, dismissing efforts to build real standards on the other. Specifically, it provided documentation allowing developers to link with its MS-XAML, an...
- Tags: Risk, Microsoft Corp., Choice, Steve Jackson, Games, Corporate Governance, Strategy, Open Source, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waiting
- What do you get when you combine one struggling carrier Sprint with an innovative but smallish one (T-Mobile)? A wireless train wreck. On Thursday, a Merrill Lynch telecom analyst Graham Ruck pitched an idea that Sprint and T-Mobile's parent Deutsche Telekom should merge amid the wireless price...
- Tags: Risk, Idea, T-Mobile, Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wireless, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- eBay sees growing risks to business in coming year
- eBay sees growing risks to business in coming yearThere main problem is...they suk! Their customer service is the pits! and sellers/buyers are sick of it! Simple questions get automated email replies. Issues are down-played by their so-called customer reps. Many hope they die off... but that won't happen. All...
- Tags: eBay Inc., risk
- Discussion threads 2008-03-03
- A Business Guide to Compliance - Baker & McKenzie
- The use of electronic data is rapidly increasing, and companies must find ways to manage it now so that they effectively control compliance risks. Proper archiving, retention, monitoring, filtering, and encryption of electronic data are no longer an option - it is imperative. ...
- Tags: Risk, Archiving, Compliance, Encryption, Business Intelligence, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-02-29
- What Google doesn't get
- Health care computing isn't about search. The winner of the electronic medical record EMR wars won't be the vendor who does the least evil. (Picture from an August story in Google Blogoscoped.) This is about the transformation and display of data. The stuff is...
- Tags: Google Inc., Risk, Hospital, Electronic Health Record, E-health, Healthcare, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-22
- Fun with business intelligence
- The financial industries, particularly those concerned with securities trading, employ a lot of genuine rocket scientists - physics grads who aren't intimidated by complexity and consider the transformational models used in finance about as unnatural as breathing. Unfortunately most of their work is not understood...
- Tags: Risk, Financial, Credit Card, Industry, Pricing, Strategy, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Sales, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-01-15
- A New Perspective on Internet Security Using Insurance
- Managing security risks in the Internet has so far mostly involved methods to reduce the risks and the severity of the damages. Those methods (such as firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, etc) reduce but do not eliminate risk, and the question remains on how to handle the residual risk. This...
- Tags: Risk, Internet Security, Internet, Insurance, Financial Planning, Strategy, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Management
- White papers 2008-01-15
- McAfee claims open source legal concerns are much ado about nothing
- McAfee says concerns about potential open source litigation are unfounded. The company issued a statement this week to ZDNet following news this week that the security software company cited potential legal risks associated with its use of open source in its most recent annual report and...
- Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Risk, Open-source Software, Open Source, Tools & Techniques, Management, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
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