Risk Management

Bund unterstützt Unternehmen in der Schweiz beim Schutz vor Cyberrisiken

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Bern, 27.08.2018 – Damit die Versorgung mit lebenswichtigen Gütern und Dienstleistungen in der Schweiz jederzeit sichergestellt ist, sind Informations- und Kommunikationsdienstleistungen zwingend nötig. Diese sind zunehmend durch Cyberrisiken bedroht. Zum Schutz dagegen hat das Bundesamt für wirtschaftliche Landesversorgung (BWL) einen IKT-Minimalstandard erarbeitet und diesen am 27. August 2018 vorgestellt.

Der IKT-Minimalstandard im Überblick

Der Standard gliedert sich in drei Teile:

1.    Grundlagen: Dieser Teil dient als Nachschlagewerk und vermittelt Informationen zur IKT-Resilienz.

2.    Framework: Es bietet den Anwendern, gegliedert nach den fünf Themenbereichen «Identifizieren», «Schützen», «Detektieren», «Reagieren» und «Wiederherstellen» ein Bündel konkreter Handlungsanweisungen.

3.    Bewertungstool: Mit diesem können Unternehmen den Grad ihrer IKT-Resilienz beurteilen, respektive auch durch externe Firmen prüfen lassen.

Source : IKT-Minimalstandard

Technology foresight – Armasuisse Publication – Technological developments and challenges

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The aim of the Technology Foresight research program is to identify disruptive technology trends. It will assess their implications within a military context and indicate possible consequences for the Swiss Armed Forces. armasuisse Science and Technology is contributing to the identification of future technologies that may significantly change the military environment. Identifying potentially disruptive technology trends in good time will allow risks affecting developments and planning for the armed forces to be addressed in a timely manner. This requires the continuous pursuit and evaluation of research activity across a variety of technology areas.

Source: Armasuisse, Research Program 7 – Technology Foresight

Scenario Planning, Risk Mitigation, Primary Research – Event Archive

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Systematic approach to scenario planning, involving primary research and case building for key management decisions.

On 7-June provided Dr. Baljit Singh, Managing Director & Partner of Life Sciences at INOVIS AG (and former Director of Global Integrated Insights at Novartis Pharma AG) along with Mika Partanen, Director of Global Competitive Intelligence at Bayer Pharma AG, provided an overview of a new, unique and first-in-class web-based scenario planning tool – ProACT – which helps mitigate risk, leverage opportunities and optimize strategies.

Scenario Planning Event

Under the motto ‘Reap the Many Benefits of ProACTive Scenario Planning – Mitigate Risk, Leverage Opportunities & Optimize Strategy’ we learned how only very small percentage of individuals and companies effectively take the time and effort to plan for the future. Yet, those that do plan accomplish five to ten times more than do the others.

And how this is done was impressively demonstrated in these 5 steps:

  1. Systematically approach scenario planning
  2. Leverage and apply fundamental tools utilized during the scenario planning process
  3. Prepare your organization for external threats and internal issues
  4. Identify opportunities and align YOUR organization for the challenges ahead
  5. Prioritize activities, focus areas and initiatives

Also, ProACT was introduced to the audience which sparked intense interest and discussions:

  • ProACT is a web-based strategic tool that enables systematic and objective scenario development and action planning
  • Optimize Corporate, Portfolio and Product Life Cycle tactics and strategies at Global, Regional and Country levels
  • Align base case assumptions and alternate scenarios across functional teams for Integrated Action Plans (IAPs)
  • Align different views of risk and its potential consequences

Scenario Planning Event