Seasons’ greetings from Riskenomics and BSCM
On behalf of us of us at Riskenomics and BSCM Operational Risk, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family theRead More
Prison for health and safety offences
Last month my colleagues and I attended the Compliance in Facilities Management Benchmarking Network event organised by BSRIA to go thrRead More
Batteries included
I was interested to read this week of a new battery technology that could deliver real benefits for data centres. Power is one of the lRead More
We are in the top 20 for risk management!
CIO Review, a leading US publication covering key trends in information technology, has just published its annual review of risk manageRead More
Launch of new services and a new website
We have just launched our new risk capture module, our new suite of dashboard and you may have noticed that our website has changed somRead More
PRESS RELEASE – CIO Review puts London-based Riskenomics in its risk management Top 20
CIO Review, a leading US publication covering key trends in information technology, has just published its annual review of risk manageRead More
Human error and resilience engineering
Organisations spend a great deal of time and effort ensuring that potential points of failure are identified and steps are put in placeRead More
The Holborn black swan
I’ve written about black swan events before: situations that are so unexpected that you would never have thought they could happen. URead More
What are your plans if your building comes under attack?
After the attack in October last year and the events this year in Paris, Sydney, Kenya and Copenhagen, Parliament Hill in Ottawa is undRead More
Taking the devil out of the detail
I recently came across an interesting infographic, developed as a result of research into the gap between CEOs and information managersRead More
Managing critical risk in remote locations
We support a number of clients operating in remote locations, including an oil production company in Kazakhstan. Such situations pose dRead More
Six success factors for systems change in operational risk
The introduction of new systems within an organisation invariably causes changes across a large number of areas, particularly to procesRead More
The model office refurbishment
I have written before about the benefits of using dependency modelling as a tool for project management and I think the case is particuRead More
How to optimise the value of risk and control assessments
When hearing about the sudden changes to security measures in airports around the world this summer, it occurred to me that organisatioRead More
Six steps to successful scenario planning
Scenario planning – finding the answers to those “what if” questions – is widely used in corporate strategy planning and has maRead More
The challenge of local data storage when using a hosted solution remotely
Connectivity has become an intrinsic part of our lives, both at home and at work. There is even a recently launched iPhone app that allRead More
Ten steps to surviving an audit
As we have carried out more audits than we can count, we thought you might find useful some tips and hints on how to survive an audit,Read More
Dependency modelling for facility management
As anyone who works in a facilities management (FM) role knows, FM covers an enormous and diverse range of services to the business. KeRead More
Failure is not an option!
Preventing systems and infrastructure failure must be very high on the priority list for all those managing facilities, critical engineRead More
Black swans and a series of unfortunate events
The consequences of severe weather will have both short term and long term impact across the Country and can often be fatal as we haveRead More
Why take live feeds?
We have a number of clients who take live feeds from their Building Management System (BMS) into Riskenomics. There may several reasonsRead More
The 12 days of Christmas
While for some, Christmas might be a time to get the toolbox out and start on those DIY projects, Christmas is a time for a freeze on IRead More
Drastic cuts in investigation time for health & safety claims
The Lord Justice Jackson Reforms of civil litigation costs, especially relating to personal injury claims, are now in place. There haveRead More
10 things to get right when building a data centre
Data centres mean different things to different people. For the IT manager, it will be a space to host servers, routers, network firewaRead More
Risk registers in project management
Most, if not all, projects carry risk. Whilst there will be many different aspects of risk throughout the project, it is when it interaRead More
Managing risk in outcome-based contracts
I am increasingly seeing outcome-based contracts become the norm for clients and service providers in areas such as facilities managemeRead More
Cisco IT Global Impact Survey 2013
Cisco has released the findings of its 2013 survey which was designed to understand the role of IT as a business enabler.Read More
Contract mobilisation: the five golden rules
In my role as director and consultant with BSCM Operational Risk, clients and service providers talk to me about issues they have facedRead More
DCIM – hype or hero?
At Datacenter Dynamics last November the phrase on everyone's lips was DCIM, or to give it its full title, Data Center Infrastructure MRead More
Compliance dependency modelling
Statutory and regulatory compliance isn’t optional – there may be a clue in the name! So I do find it surprising how passive many oRead More
Wall S-tweet Shuffle
Two recent news stories caught my eye – both about banking and, in different ways, about compliance. First was the hacking of AssociaRead More
Announcing Release 5 of Riskenomics
Release 5 is really all about enhancing the performance and scalability of Riskenomics and ensuring we stay up-to-date with the latestRead More
Home workers – managing the risk
Bucking the growing trend over recent years towards allowing home working, Yahoo! has just told all remote workers to relocate to theirRead More
Horse meat scandal and supply chain risk
Journalists must be having a field day as the horse meat scandal continues to evolve as new failings continue to be revealed as the proRead More
Planned preventative maintenance re-attains five year-old KPI
BSRIA has recently released its latest M&E maintenance KPIs. This annual survey asks building owners and occupiers for their ratings ofRead More
Avoiding statutory electrical shocks
Statutory compliance can be a strange beast sometimes. For example, the testing and inspection of an electrical installation is not a sRead More
Datacenter Dynamics review
DCD this year was a very interesting event which is becoming the prime place to attend and to be seen at, which is reflected in the eveRead More
An introduction to dependency modelling
At its core dependency modelling is such a simple concept – if this event happens, what impact does it have on other events?Read More
Disaster recovery planning – lessons from Hurricane Sandy
If there is one thing Sandy demonstrated it is that you cannot make your DR plans too robust. There are always unplanned for eventualitRead More
Dashboards – turning data into highly visual information
It is so true that, when you are dealing with vast amounts of data, finding the really essential items that impact on the business canRead More
How can you manage fire risk with inadequate building information?
According to info4fire.com, the Passive Fire Protection Federation (PFPF) believes there is insufficient awareness of the need to passRead More
Single points of failure
Is your business dependent on one or more single points of failure?Read More
Cloud computing – the hidden risks
There are no standards that define the term Cloud Computing and there are a number of interpretations on the idea which only serves toRead More