On CBS.com: U2 performs "Magnificent" on Letterman
170 Resources for

risk

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email
Show All Related Tags Did you mean risk (170 results), risk management (136 results), Value at Risk (109 results), risk assessment (53 results), security risk (17 results)more...
Show Fewer Related Tags Did you mean risk (170 results), risk management (136 results), Value at Risk (109 results), risk assessment (53 results), security risk (17 results), risk analysis (17 results), enterprise risk management (8 results), Open Source Risk Management (4 results), credit risk management (2 results), Risk Manager (1 results)fewer...

TechRepublic Resources

See effect of dependent risk by using a decision tree
Certain risks may only appear as a result of actions taken as a result of managing another risk. Project management expert Tom Mochal says that is when you want to use a decision tree. by Tom Mochal
Tags: Risk, Financial, Outcome, Decision Tree, Tom Mochal, B, Financial Risk, Outcome 1.2, Outcome 1.3, Outcome 2, Strategy, Security, Management
Blog posts 2008-07-29
Nanotechnology comes with a health risk
Technology gains all come with some risk. That shouldn't be news to anyone, uncharted waters always come with some risk. But once the risk is identified, it can be managed. Fortunately, scientists saw this risk coming long ago and started down the path of identifying it. ...
Tags: Risk, Nanotube, Asbestos, Carbon Nanotube, Health Care, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-05-21
Take positive risks to gain project benefits
Risks are future events or conditions that have some probability of occurring and that will some impact on your project. We usually think of risks as being bad and we try to put a plan in place to make sure the risk goes away. But are all...
Tags: Project, Risk, Benefit, Technology, Strategy, Security, Management, Tom Mochal
Blog posts 2008-01-07
Mobile phones and the risks to Enterprise data security
Always, anytime connectivity is more of a necessity than a luxury in todays work environment. But with the increased freedom provided by mobile devices comes the risk of managing the gargantuan data flowing in and out of the organization. Is the enterprise adept at handling the security risks? ...
Tags: Risk, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Mobile Device, Data Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-09-12
Mobile phones and the risks to enterprise data security
Any place, any time connectivity is more of a necessity than a luxury in today's work environment. But with the increased freedom provided by mobile devices comes the risk of managing the gargantuan data flowing in and out of the organization. Is the enterprise adept at handling the security risks?...
Tags: Security, Risk, Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-09-12
What's so hard about sticking to the plan?
Have you ever had someone look at and ask "So, what's the hardest part of your job?" I have, more than once. Honestly, I wish they wouldn't. The things I find hardest are simply not what I would like to admit to. The hardest of those, by far, is probably...
Tags: Job, Risk, Team, Project Manager, Plan, Shannon Kalvar
Blog posts 2007-08-06
How a theory of change affects practical project management
Projects and ChangeYour friend is correctly expressing the PMI view of projects - the view that a project is a one-shot effort with a defined end point. I find this unfortunate, as I view most productive change as being incremental, i.e., the change requires a series of steps to...
Tags: Strategy, Tools & Techniques, theory, Wayne M., risk, project management
Discussion threads 2007-07-02
Securing Safari: How to run Apple's Web browser securely
Here are several steps you can take to disable various features in Safari to reduce the risk of hacker attacks.
Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, hacker attack, Apple Safari, risk, Web browser, Apple Inc., Web
Image galleries 2007-06-15
Review: Open source OSSEC for host-based intrusion detection
I previously took a look at some of the ways an Intrusion Detection System IDS can be deployed to monitor for suspicious network activities. I mentioned host-based Intrusion Detection Systems HIDS but didn’t look at any specific examples.While randomly browsing the TechRepublic.com software archives, I came across OSSEC HIDS. OSSEC...
Tags: Security, Openbsd, Network Tools, Open Source, Mac, Windows, Vulnerability, System Monitoring, Networking, Linux, Risk, Infrastructure, General
Blog posts 2007-06-12
Risk 101
The article starts out with the task to identify all risks and cast a wide net.As such, this article assumes one has the experience to know how to identify risks, what areas are most prone to risks, and how they can be articulated.Writing an article for people that don't fully...
Tags: dbabcock@..., risk
Discussion threads 2007-05-02
Managing project risk is easy with the right process
Contingency Plans not optionalThe management of risk does not allow contingency to be "optional," in the literal sense. An optional contingency means you are ignoring the risk, which is a valid step in Plan, Assess, Handle and Monitor processes. But it is a dangerous one for the naive risk manager....
Tags: SECURITY, galleman@..., Managing Project Risk, risk
Discussion threads 2007-05-02
Managing project risk is easy with the right process
A lot of project managers are intimidated by the notion of risk management. However, this simple five-step process will be more than adequate for most projects. A reactive project manager tries to resolve issues when they occur. A proactive project manager tries to resolve problems before they...
Tags: Strategy, Tom Mochal, SECURITY, Managing Project Risk, Contingency Plan, risk, Project Management Newsletter, Management
Technical articles 2007-05-01
Five ways to make Outlook Express more secure
Attachments?Shouldn't you never open attachments from those you do know, also? Isn't that the way the old 'worms' travel? Emailing itself to everyone in your address book, and then to everyone in their address book, and so on, and so on? Also, another easy way to...
Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Groupware, Mozilla Corp., stu@..., virus, risk, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook
Discussion threads 2007-04-27
Bloodhound.exploit.45 Symantec won't remove for free
Symantec 2007 won't remove Bloodhound.exploit.45 for free. After 20 minutes on a tech chat I'm told that the .doc file that Norton Internet Security detected as having a problem with Bloodhound.exploit.45 can, for a fee, be removed remotely by a Symantec tech. This process will take from 20-40 minutes. I...
Tags: SECURITY, Paul@..., Symantec Corp., risk
Discussion threads 2007-03-13
Project management 101--the case for project management
Proving a negativeUnfortunately, there is no way to prove what issues and risks were avoided when they didn't happen in the first place. How do you put an ROI on something that didn't happen and might never have happened?Resolve or avoid? Counterpoint...I have done projects both ways, by the...
Tags: SECURITY, SirPssD, project management, risk, team
Discussion threads 2007-03-14
Use these steps in qualitative analysis of project risks
Qualitative Risk AnalysisIt would be extremely helpful to follow this article up with one explaining the development of the risk plan!A scale of 1-10 works bestWe do this type of risk analysis on our projects and find that if you use a 1-10 scale on impact & probability and multiply...
Tags: risk, mitigation, wparke@..., analysis, risk analysis, risk!, project management
Discussion threads 2007-03-07
Use these steps in qualitative analysis of project risks
When you use qualitative risk analysis you should evaluate each risk and designate each risk as high, medium, or low, depending on two criteria--the severity of impact and the probability of the event occurring. Here's how to do it. The first part of the risk management process is to...
Tags: Strategy, Tom Mochal, SECURITY, analysis, risk, negative impact, risk analysis, Project Management Newsletter, Technique, Impact, Medium, Management
Technical articles 2007-03-06
Use risk management for reasonable information asset protection
Selecting the right security controls can be a daunting task. By applying the principles of risk management, however, security managers can meet the challenge with confidence.What is risk?The easiest way to define risk is by examining the following formula:Risk = Threats x Vulnerabilities x Impact Reducing any one of...
Tags: Security, It Management, Compliance, Tom Olzak, Risk Management, risk, vulnerability, asset
Blog posts 2007-02-19
Does portable storage pose a security risk for you?
How many of you have coworkers that regularly trot in to work with aniPod shuffle dangling from their necks? Do they religiously synchronize their homemusic collection with their office computers—using their own MP3 players? Finally,have you ever had a situation where getting some important files to someone wasaccomplished by handing...
Tags: coworker, portable storage, risk, Scott Lowe MCSE, security, storage
Technical articles 2006-10-05
GE laptop theft exposes data on thousands
Here we go again, another laptop stolen this time it's 50,000 records on a GE stolen laptop: http://news.techrepublic.com.com/clickthru.aspx?siteid=2&storyid=1366073When will people learn you really have to watch your company assets? A $1,500 machine isn't just the laptop. It's your work, your client lists, private data http://www.essentialsecurity.com/news.htm?id=41Laptop theft in 00's seems to...
Tags: ge, General Electric Co., id, laotop, laptop computer, marileev@..., risk, security, stolen, theft
Discussion threads 2006-09-27


PC Troubleshooter Resource Guide, Fifth Edition
Ensure you have the solutions you need to troubleshoot power supplies, CPUs, video cards, disk drives, CD and DVD drives, motherboards, sound cards, USB issues, monitors, printers, laptops, network connections, spyware, Windows XP and more.
Buy Now
IT Help Desk Survival Guide, Third Edition
TechRepublic's IT Help Desk Survival Guide, Third Edition provides tools and recommendations to help you better manage help desk services, improve end-user support, troubleshoot frustrating hardware issues, identify quick fixes to vexing Windows problems, and help users make the most of Microsoft Office 2003.
Buy Now

Meet Doc