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Top 10 Enterprise Risk Management Myths |
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David Letterman is not likely any time soon to titillate broadcast viewers with a top 10 list detailing the most common misunderstandings about enterprise risk management (ERM). But that doesn’t mean there’s no audience for a rundown on the Top 10 Myths about ERM. Few companies can grow without taking risks. But poor risk management leads to surprises in business operations that can impact shareholder confidence, regulatory oversight and the bottom line. An unprecedented wave of regulatory oversight in recent years has convinced many organizations how inadequate their risk management policies and procedures really are. |
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The 10 top challenges facing enterprise mashups |
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The promise of remixing existing online services and data into entirely new online applications in a rapid, inexpensive manner, often referred to as mashups, has captured the software industry’s imagination since the release of first major example, HousingMaps.com, in early 2005. Since then, mashups have offered the potential to finally make widespread software reuse a reality, enable SOA initiatives to achieve positive ROI, and radically drive down the cost of application development while satisfying large applications backlogs that plague organizations almost everywhere. Applying mashups in a business settings is often referred to as “enterprise mashups” and recently we’ve finally begun to see the tools emerging to bring real mashup capabilities to consumers, business users, and IT professionals. However, though anecdotal evidence seem to abound — there are a good number of stories about businesses creating isolated mashups here and there — and mashups are again getting placed on hot tech trends lists for 2008, we’re clearly still not yet seeing the flood of mashup-based apps inside of organizations despite their consistent and steadfast growth on the consumer Web. |
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Ten enterprise security pitfalls, and how to avoid them |
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As president and lead security specialist of a company that performs security assessments for a wide variety of organizations, I often see the same issues over and over. So I'd like to share with the Ars audience the top 10 most common security problems I see on a daily basis, along with some tips on how to address them. |
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Ten Principles of IT Governance |
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You've invested heavily in technology, but where is the payoff? This excerpt from IT Governance, a new book published by HBS Press, distills keys to creating greater value from IT. by Peter Weill and Jeanne W. Ross From studying and working with hundreds of enterprises, we have distilled the lessons from many outstanding leaders into ten principles of IT governance. We intend these principles to provide leaders with a succinct summary to use as a primer, refresher, or checklist as they refine their IT governance.1 |
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