Inform Key Decisions with Consistent, Effective Risk Assessments
Uncover threats and potential business opportunities while developing the agility to respond with strategic confidence.
Internal and external risks can threaten any successful business operation, from lower profitability to compromised customer and employee data. Protecting your business, informing decisions, and instilling confidence in stakeholders have never been more important.
Today’s businesses are evolving from defensive risk management to develop a forward-looking approach that enables a strategic and agile response.
William “JJ” Edmunds, Jr., CPA, CIA, CISA, MSA
Partner, Risk Advisory Services
Antonina K. McAvoy, CISA, CISM, QSA, PCIP
Partner, Cybersecurity & Control Risk Services
Foresight enables organizations to adapt to changes in customer demand, technology, competitive landscape, and regulatory requirements. A business risk assessment enables that foresight and builds continuity and confidence into the decision-making process by:
- Identifying potential vulnerabilities, threats, and opportunities to the business
- Prioritizing critical next steps
- Freeing your team from tedious tasks
- Enabling informed, data-driven decisions
- Optimizing key processes and the overall risk governance structure
- Allocating resources in the best possible manner
- Building trust with stakeholders
- Managing reputation
An agile risk management framework looks beyond gaps in controls or potential vulnerabilities.
Customized risk assessments can be used to inform decisions at any point in your business’s life cycle, whether you’re scaling up for growth, enhancing efficiencies, evaluating new business partners, securing lucrative contracts, or preparing for a sale or merger.
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