Risk and Resilience Blog

Welcome to the Cambridge Risk Solutions risk and resilience blog — practical insights on business continuity, crisis management, information security and more, written by people who work in the field every day.
Articulated lorry stuck on a dry stone wall after taking the restricted-weight and height access road.

The Risk You Already Know About

The risk you already know about. Last week, a water main collapsed on a road near me. I live rurally, and this particular lane happens ...
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Venn diagram showing three overlapping types of risk — financial risk (ACA/ACCA), project risk (PMI/APM) and operational risk (ISO 22301) — with their small area of overlap labelled 'Risk: one word, several meanings

Risk means different things to Different People. That’s the whole problem.

I spent a chunk of last weekend scrolling through risk management job vacancies, out of nothing more than professional nosiness (and a need to avoid ...
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Relay baton dropped mid-handover, illustrating a failed third-party contract handover

What the Sats Marking Crisis Tells Us About Third-Party Contract Handovers

What the Sats Marking Crisis Tells Us About Third-Party Contract Handovers Every July, Year 6 pupils across England find out how they did in their ...
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what makes a supplier risk assessment

What Makes a Supplier (And When a Tool Is Not Simply a Tool)

What Makes a Supplier (And When a Tool Is Not Simply a Tool) Every organisation I’ve worked with over the years has a supplier list. ...
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Fire extinguisher behind break glass panel in an office corridor — the emergency plan nobody reaches for

Your Business Continuity Plan Exists. So Why Did Nobody Use It?

In my experience, organisations that come to me for consultancy often share a similar story. They had a business continuity plan in place, sometimes one ...
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The NHS doesn’t have a data security problem. It has a culture problem.

The NHS doesn’t have a data security problem. It has a culture problem. This week, Cambridge University Hospitals referred itself to the Information Commissioner’s Office ...
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