Risk Management Quotes

“Fortifying the company involves assessing the vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and implementing safeguards.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“By embracing a holistic approach to risk management and conducting regular risk assessments, board members can ensure that their company is prepared to face a wide range of challenges”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“Fortifying the company involves managing supply chain risks to ensure continuity of operations and avoid disruptions.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“Fortifying the company involves incorporating risk management considerations into strategic planning and decision making processes.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“Fortifying the company may involve diversifying suppliers and establishing contingency plans to mitigate supply chain disruptions.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“Once risks are identified, they must be assessed in terms of their likelihood and potential impact. This allows the company to prioritize risks and allocate resources accordingly.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“Regular risk assessments are a critical component of a holistic risk management strategy.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“If the company is going to thrive financially, then the board must inquire about the effectiveness of financial controls and risk management practices.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“A robust cybersecurity framework is essential to protect a company's digital assets, sensitive data, and critical infrastructure.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“CSIPP™ (Crisis Solution Internal Philosophy and Practice) is a framework I created that is designed to help organizations effectively handle crises. It emphasizes proactive planning, continuous learning, and adaptability, focusing on maximizing the organization's ability to add value throughout the crisis.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., The Virtuous Boardroom: How Ethical Corporate Governance Can Cultivate Company Success

“Fortifying the company involves implementing quality control measures to ensure product safety and customer satisfaction.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“company leaders need to provide their company with a self-organizing and semi-autonomous immune system. Effective risk management isn't about a siloed approach focusing on isolated threats. We have to think more broadly. Effective risk management requires a holistic approach that transcends a siloed focus on isolated threats. In today's interconnected business landscape, risks are rarely confined to a single department or function. Instead, they often ripple across the organization, impacting multiple areas simultaneously.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“By actively overseeing and providing guidance on risk management and cybersecurity, the board demonstrates its commitment to protecting the company's assets, reputation, and long-term success.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“To competently perform rectifying security service, two critical incident response elements are necessary: information and organization.”
― Robert E. Davis

“Where's the fun in playing with knives if you can't draw a little blood?”
― Donald Gorman, Paradox

“Being able to be repeated controllably
is one key element in risk management.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“Corporate governance involves its fair share of uncertainty, but effective risk management mitigates potential threats.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance

“A failure to understand risk factors results in the inability to cultivate resilience.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Considering artificial intelligence can checkmate human intelligence, make AI an ally, not an enemy.”
― Stephane Nappo

“The equilibrium between freedom and security must never sacrifice one for the other.”
― Stephane Nappo

“There is also a risk in some markets of a significant devaluation of the local currency. For example, if the country experiences a financial crisis and devalues its currency to the point that your goods are no longer competitively priced, you can lose your market position overnight. There are no easy answers when it comes to getting paid for international sales but planning in advance beats learning hard lessons after the fact. Choose the solutions that work best for your company and prepare for the implications of those choices. The best strategy is to do the due diligence on your new customers.”
― Craig Maginness, Go Glocal: The Definitive Guide to Success in Entering International Markets

“Marketing in a new language presents another set of challenges when doing business abroad. Not only will marketing staff need to translate the company’s literature—brochures, manuals, and more—into the local language, they’ll also need to translate parts of your website or set up a new website entirely. When considering what to translate, keep in mind that a new set of customers may have different preferences for how they receive information.”
― Craig Maginness, Go Glocal: The Definitive Guide to Success in Entering International Markets

“If your business success depends in some way on patents or trademarks you hold, you’ll want to research intellectual property law in the market you’re considering. You’ll need to refile those trademarks and patents, but in some countries, being able to set up and protect your intellectual property can be maddeningly difficult. Even if you’re able to file the paperwork, the practical protection of your property is another matter.”
― Craig Maginness, Go Glocal: The Definitive Guide to Success in Entering International Markets

“More advanced organizations understand that the effective management of people is the business”
― Brian Hagen, Problem, RIsk, and Opportunity Enterprise Management: How to use language, data, information, and analytics that easily align with the ways we think

“Risk management and sustainability are
intertwined disciplines that are essential for navigating the complexities of the modern business environment and ensuring the long-term resilience and success of organizations.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., The Virtuous Boardroom: How Ethical Corporate Governance Can Cultivate Company Success

“Like a lighthouse in a restless sea, cybersecurity shines not by predicting storms, but by facing the unexpected.”
― Stephane Nappo

“The fool thinks risk and reward are twins; the wise know they are strangers who rarely meet.”
― Filip Filatov, Ten Sacred Rules of Wealth

“In cybersecurity, luck is forged by preparation. Only the inevitable should rest in the hands of chance.”
― Stephane Nappo

“Cybersecurity is a condition of existence, not a feature. It is not something you 'add' once value is created. Without Cybersecurity there is no trust, no continuity, no sovereignty of decision.”
― Stephane Nappo

“Any organization that treats cybersecurity as a cost is structurally fragile.”
― Stephane Nappo