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Mapping your customer’s journey? Try the same with your employees

October 27, 2022 by David Gambrill

Monitoring your company’s systems and processes, as opposed to monitoring the work output of your individual employees, may be the answer to boosting your company’s productivity by 9% to 10% annually, suggests a new article by Harvard Business Review. A

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Proposed model law could beef up U.S. insurers’ cyber risk management

August 17, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

New cyber-related obligations being proposed south of the border, if approved, could promote more rigorous cyber risk management practices in the U.S. insurance market, Fitch Ratings suggests. The CyberSecurity Working Group of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has

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Shifting risk responsibilities to front line will help reduce vulnerabilities: PwC Canada

July 19, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Canadian businesses are more vulnerable to disruption than their global counterparts and need to make each line of service responsible for risk decisions, monitoring, oversight and assessment of vulnerabilities to bolster protection, suggest Canadian insights from a recent PwC report.

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Companies plan to spend more on cloud computing services this year, higher prices among drivers: Clutch

June 23, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Companies are planning to spend more on cloud computing services in 2017, but must be cognizant that anticipated costs could balloon absent appropriate monitoring and use, suggest survey results released this week by Clutch. Reflecting input from 283 IT professionals

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Generali Global Assistance launches identity protection platform in Canada

June 7, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Generali Global Assistance (GGA), part of the Generali Group, announced on Tuesday that its proprietary identity protection platform is now available for the Canadian marketplace. The offering provides an integrated approach to the four pillars of identity protection: prevention, monitoring,

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Workplaces should consider the value of staff reporting, observation in combating potential terrorism, violence

April 25, 2017 Angela Stelmakowich

PHILADELPHIA – The value of staff monitoring and reporting to identify behaviours that may seem linked to the risk of terrorism and workplace violence should not be underestimated, Harry Rhulen, chief executive officer of Firestorm, suggested Tuesday during an educational

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Use of technology could help to enhance compliance efforts: KPMG LLP report

March 14, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The majority of chief compliance officers (CCO) in the United States taking part in a KPMG LLP survey are struggling to integrate and automate compliance activities across their organizations. Six in 10 polled CCOs report “their company’s technology infrastructure has

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New transaction laundering detection service released by Trustwave

January 9, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Trustwave has expanded its suite of merchant risk management services with the release of a transaction laundering detection (TLD) service designed to helping with monitoring and managing associated risk. The product is designed for acquiring banks, payment processors, payment gateways

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Flood Risk Canada launches live flood sensory system

July 29, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Flood Risk Canada, Inc. (FRC) has announced that it will be launching a new flood risk monitoring and prevention tool called “flood sensory system.” Deployed in floodways, the system monitors and alerts on the current water level activity, wind speed