Structured Expert Judgment: Bridging the Gap Between Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessment
An Interview with Dr Anca Hanea PhD Interviewed by Paul Vorbach F.ISRM Paul Vorbach F.ISRM Welcome to this conversation with Dr Anca Hanea PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne. Associate Professor Anca focuses on work through the University of Melbourne’s Centre of Excellence for Biosecurity Risk Analysis. She specialises in probabilistic modelling, Structured […]
Managing data centres’ power demand risk: Could SMRs power Canada’s sovereign cloud’s data centres?
by David Aanye M.ISRM Data centres are undoubtedly crucial to achieving a sovereign cloud. A sovereign cloud would comprise advanced computing infrastructure and data centres, housed within the country’s borders and hosting Canadian data, and governed by local laws only. While announcing the Major Project Office (MPO) inaugural priorities in Edmonton in September 2025, Prime […]
Global Risk Forum 429 & 430
In Europe, we’re seeing a historic political shift in Hungary, where Viktor Orbán has been voted out after 16 years in power and Péter Magyar is set to become the new Prime Minister. It’s a significant turning point for the country, and it’s already raising questions about Hungary’s future relationship with the EU, NATO and […]
Global Risk Forum 427 & 428
We’re in the season just after Nowruz, the ancient Persian New Year celebrated in Iran and across much of Central and Western Asia — a holiday with over 3,000 years of tradition, symbolising renewal, rebirth and the arrival of spring. Yet this year, those themes of hope feel far removed from the reality facing Iran and […]
Global Risk Forum 426
It’s been quite a week on the world stage, and so much has happened that reminds us why we do what we do. The ongoing war involving Iran, the US and Israel continues to dominate global headlines: military operations have been intense for over a month, with strikes and troop movements expanding across multiple fronts. […]
Global Risk Forum 424 & 425 – Global Risk Dominoes: Oil, Food, Water
Recent events in the Middle East have confirmed the concept of our global infrastructure as a highly connected and inter-dependent series of networks. The disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, impacting on the global oil supply chain which in turn affects a multiplicity of sectors, has caused significant impacts on the cost of living, basic […]
Risks And Opportunities Associated With Competing Options For Achieving A Sovereign Cloud Infrastructure
by David Aanye M.ISRM Data sovereignty and autonomy are increasingly critical to national security. Canadians’ growing dependence on digital services for daily needs, accelerated by rapid digital transformation, generates vast quantities of data. As a result, ensuring data sovereignty and autonomy is essential for protecting Canada’s national security and independence. Achieving this requires a sovereign […]
Hope Is Not A Security Strategy
by Nick Turner M.ISRM Public events are meant to feel open. Welcoming. Safe. But over the past decade, that sense of safety has too often been built on assumption rather than engineering—and the consequences have been deadly. Since 2010, vehicle ramming attacks at public gatherings across North America have killed 36 people and injured more […]
Global Risk Forum 422 & 423
We are once again seeing the geostrategic structures and frameworks that have underpinned the global order for the last eighty years being stretched to the limit. The war in Iran (though President Trump has still neither asked for nor received the approval from Congress that would allow it to officially be called that) continues to create tensions both across […]
From Snakes to Dragons: Understanding Risk in Modern Security Environments
by Ben Griffin F.ISRM Organisations today operate in increasingly complex risk environments where traditional security approaches are often insufficient to address evolving threats. In most organisations, security problems tend to look familiar. A door that should have been locked wasn’t.An access badge that should have been cancelled remained active.A procedure that should have been followed […]