Housing Technology interviewed senior executives from CalQRisk, Civica, Decision Time, FLS (Fast Lean Smart), Futr AI, NDL and NEC Software Solutions on the risk management side of IT, how to measure, triage and mitigate it, the ‘human factors’ of IT risk and its impact on housing providers’ wider business activities. What are the IT risks…
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Risk Management
Ready for data-risk management?
Poor data management can lead to poor decision-making. While audit and risk committees across the UK receive reports every year on the effectiveness of their internal control systems, little thought generally goes into the data issues that decision-makers face every day. Data is often out of date and frequently there are multiple sets of similar…
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Technology supply-chain risk
Talk to your current suppliers Before onboarding a new technology supplier, it’s worth discussing the matter with your current suppliers to see if they can offer the solution(s) you need. Your existing suppliers will have already passed all of your internal checks, plus you can gain internal references from your colleagues on the quality of…
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Is IT procurement a risky business?
We all aspire to be light on our feet, increase the pace of change, fail fast and adopt cloud computing, but are traditional procurement methods and routes to market holding us back? Or is the old guard standing fast? Having had a commercial role for nearly 30 years, I’ve seen many different procurement processes in…
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Managing your digital risks
What steps can housing providers take to protect their digital infrastructures from cyber risks? In today’s world, digital transformation isn’t something any organisation can afford to neglect. On the whole, housing providers haven’t been seen as particularly tech-savvy, but with the pandemic pushing them into remote working, they have emerged digitally stronger. However, while digitalisation…
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