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March 9, 2017

Security — What does that mean?

Security isn’t really a thing—it’s more a feeling you get when you believe things are the way you expect them to be. You expect things you care about to be “ok”, but most of the time, we really don’t think about what that means either. Maybe it means that something is “safe”, e.g. free from […]

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September 19, 2014

I’m Sorry, Sir. We’re Out of Tuna

That’s what I heard tonight when I rang up one of my regular, “no brainer” restaurants because the last thing anyone in the house wanted to do this evening was cook. I order something from them at least once a week, normally lunch, and, to be fair, they’re not really a sushi place. They’re really […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Risk Management, Security, Strategy / Cape Town, Featured, Operational Risk, Reputation, Strategy Gap, Strategy Implementation, Sushi Leave a Comment

September 13, 2014

Cybersecurity for Boards: What You Need to Know Now

$22 billion in losses by businesses per year. $11 million in fraudulent charges. 50 enforcement actions by the US FTC in the last 10 years. 1.2 billion usernames and passwords and 500 million email addresses from 420,000 websites. 63,437 security incidents in 95 countries. 79 seconds between thefts of personal data. $3.5 million is the […]

Article by Andrew Townley / Compliance, Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Security / Cybersecurity, Data Breach, Featured, Information Security, Operational Risk, Reputation, Security Architecture, straegy, Strategy Implementation 2 Comments

September 10, 2014

Winning Strategy Execution Without the Sleepless Nights

How many times in the last week have you lain awake at night worrying about how well your organization was executing your strategy? Have many headaches? How about ulcer trouble? Survey after survey would say you’re right to be worried. Most organizations simply can’t come close to delivering on their strategy’s potential value – sometimes […]

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August 28, 2014

4 Foundations of Exceptional Business Performance

Exceptional Performance. It is the ultimate goal of any Chief Executive, and yet year after year, the numbers say most organizations ultimately miss the mark. Are you getting the results you expect? Are you really doing everything you can to focus on consistently achieving exceptional performance? It starts with the basics If you want to build […]

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