Risk Management Report: Global Internet and Risk Mitigation

This report focuses on risk management, specifically addressing security-related problems and proposing mitigation strategies for a business named Global Internet. It provides an executive summary outlining the discussion of security issues, potential solutions, and the importance of relevant legislation. The report explores internal and external sources of information for risk management, including stakeholders and employees, and outlines the standards set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). It further examines the impact of government legislation and regulations on business operations, emphasizing the importance of understanding laws related to employment, consumer rights, and competition. The report then identifies ten forms of legislation impacting risk management and explains why businesses should develop risk management policies and processes. A detailed risk management plan is presented, focusing on the threat of computer viruses, proposing a plan of action involving antivirus software, and outlining the responsible parties and expected outcomes. The plan aims to establish a framework to prevent future virus-related issues and improve the efficiency of computer systems within the organization. The report concludes with a list of references used in the analysis.

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Executive Summary
The following is a discussion of security related problems that and possible ways to ensure the
same are eradicated. The discussion provides efficient details regarding the security measures to
be taken and reasons why the same should be done. Legislations concerning these risks are also
discussed to ensure the firm understands them.

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The platforms to source the information about risk management and how it conforms to
the set standards
The purpose of risk management usually revolves around identifying, evaluating and
prioritizing risks accompanied by an effective coordination as well as the application of
resources in the attempt of minimizing the predictable risks. This crucial information that
pertains to the risks that are usually associated with any organization or business set up can be
sourced from numerous sources. These sources can either be internal or even external with
regard to the entity that is put under close scrutiny as far as risk management is concerned. These
elaborate risks revolve around the factors of decision making that are not easily managed or even
controlled. Some of the internal sources of information as far as risk management is concerned to
revolve around the main stakeholders in a given project within the involved organization (Bessis
2015).
They help bring to light the most crucial risks associated with the current project that they
are involved in. With such an elaborate enlightenment from them, the managing body takes
charge in the matters relating to the effective management of those foreseen risks. Employees of
a given institution can also be used as internal sources of the risk management information. In
most cases, they are usually aware of the confidential information revolving around their
working station and the potential risks associated with it which the management can use for the
good of the organization. External sources mainly deal with the surrounding elements round
about the organization which also goes on to include the various forms of nature.

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Some of the outlined standards by the international organization for standardization
revolving around risk management are as follows: the creation of value in the sense that the
resources to be used in mitigating the projected risk are less than the consequence. This
management should also incorporate human factors as possible elements of contribution in any
given assessment of risk. Transparency ought to be paramount for an effective and efficient risk
management. This elaborate standardization also calls for systematic and structured processes
with the attempt of rolling it out in the appropriate way.
The general impact of the legislation and regulations from all levels of government with
regard to business operations as well the aspect of risk management
It is very significant for a potential business owner to have a general overview in the
wake of the regulations and legislation that are involved in the diverse business world. This gives
them the know-how that is usually very relevant in the day to day running of a business in line
with the laws of the land. These areas of the law depend on the type of the business being
established. Some of these laws are employment and competition law as well as consumer rights.
With such enlightenment as pertains to these laws, the business owner will get the knowledge of
what is expected of his or her business entity as far as the involved states or even governments
are concerned. For instance, with the employment law, the potential business owner will have a
look at things to do with the minimum wages of the employees, the redundancy and termination
of employment, the employees leave as well as their pensions. The consumer rights, on the other
hand, revolves around the idea of the sale of goods that are of satisfactory quality as well as fit
for the intended purpose. The competition law, on the other hand, deals mainly with anti-
competitive agreements and the possible abuse of the dominant market position. All this

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awareness to the business owner will result in an improved performance and productivity of the
respective business entities (Chance 2015).
10 forms of legislation or regulations that have an impact on risk management
There are numerous legislation laws that are usually associated with business setups and
operations. This normally facilitates the well-being of the entity at hand in terms of effective
performances and productivity. Fair trading is one such law that has to do with the fair and
competitive operations of any given business setup. Contracts are also elements of legislation
some of which revolve around money exchange which is legally enforceable. The privacy act, on
the other hand, deals mainly with the collection and storage of the esteemed customer’s personal
information. Unfair dismissal as a legislation law deals with the set and elaborate procedure to
follow where the need to dismiss a worker arises. Legal obligations of marketing are also
elements of legislation wherein the wake of marketing products or even services elaborate and
relevant regulations have to be rolled into play.
Reasons why business organizations should develop risk management policies and
processes for managing risks
The element of uncertainty that pertains to the general aspects of running a business is the
propelling factor of risk management in many established organizations. This has on numerous
occasions presented the need of elaborate assessment by the involved companies in the attempt
of identifying the potential risks and managing them even before they materialize. This calls for
a thorough knowledge of all those risks so as for the involved business associates to have well-
founded options on how to deal with them in the case of their occurrences. One outright benefit

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of risk management is that it enhances and facilitates the laying down of objectives of any given
organization (Glendon Clarke McKenna 2016).
This is usually rolled into play because if the involved company does not put into
consideration the possibility of the occurrence of any risk, then it will experience a loss of
direction once the risks strike which will negatively affect the overall good of the organization.
Risk management results to reduced costs as the amount that a company might use in the attempt
of addressing the projected risks early cannot be compared to the one used in the actual
occurrence of the risk. These reduced costs facilitate the maximization of profits by the involved
organizations. This elaborate management plan enhances the idea of decreasing the possibility of
the negative impact of risks with an elaborate increase of the possibility of the positive impact
that greatly contributes to the good of the business entity involved.
A risk management plan
Description of the risk
The organization goes by the name Global Internet and it mainly deals with the buying
and selling of computers as well as their maintenance. It is situated in Houston Texas and has
other shop outlets within the region. This risk management plan will be used in identifying and
analyzing the effects of the uncertainties in the names of the frequent computer viruses that have
been aggressively forthcoming in the recent past resulting to numerous losses within the
organization. The purpose of this plan is working towards the establishment a framework of
working practices relating to the introduction and incorporation of anti-virus programs in all the
computer related systems within the organization (Hopkin 2017).
Proposed plan of action and the resources needed

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The implementation of the plan as mentioned earlier on will be the thorough and
elaborate installation of all computer related programs and systems with the antivirus software.
There will be also the establishment of an elaborate outline with the set rules and guidelines in
association to the processes that foreign hard disks will be exposed to before being installed in
the main systems. The review and evaluation of the plan with regard to the previously used tools
will still be used co-currently with the newer ones in the idea of applicability and effectiveness.
There are no possible risk level changes within the organization except the positive ones
revolving around good information which is extensively changing the business world.
The responsible persons involved and the expected outcomes
The remedy of this trying issue will encompass several specialists in the name software
developers who will be out to prevent any future occurrences of the corrosion of the numerous
computer viruses in within the systems of the organization. The expected possible outcomes are
effectiveness and efficiency with regard to the performance of the numerous computer systems
established within the organization.

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References
Bessis, J. (2015). Risk management in banking. John Wiley & Sons.
Chance, D. M., & Brooks, R. (2015). Introduction to derivatives and risk management.
Cengage Learning.
Glendon, A. I., Clarke, S., & McKenna, E. (2016). Human safety and risk management.
Crc Press.
Hopkin, P. (2017). Fundamentals of risk management: understanding, evaluating and
implementing effective risk management. Kogan Page Publishers.