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We are big believers in the idea that risk management should be at the center of your Compliance program. But we also know that building a risk management program is not an easy task, especially when budgets and resources are being cut. So we have put together everything you need to help kick off your risk management program and then improve it as you go along.

A Risk Management Directory

Getting started AKA What is risk management

Setting the right foundation for getting your risk management program started can be tough if you do not know the components of risk or even getting guidance on the execution of risk. Here you will get an overall understanding of Risk Management.

How to think about risk

Risk is a hard concept to fully grasp, but with these resources you get a better sense of the common themes that make a great risk management program. Whether it be understanding what a risk based approach for your compliance program or further delving into continuous risk you will be better prepared to scale your program with these resources

Automation & data in risk management

Organizations that want to leverage work or data already used in the risk management process today can leverage these resources. Understanding how to take your compliance program or understand our Risk Application empowers your program to use data to further justify the posture of your risk program.

Taking risk to the next level

Having a mature risk program means you are a pioneer in the industry and want to know how to grow further from here. These resources focus on the cutting edge items or even tail end items that involve communication to stakeholders.
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Risks are Everywhere - How to Respond to Risk Like a Pro
Every organization needs to begin somewhere when it comes to its risk management program. This can be where you dive head-first into understanding all of the components of risk. This blog covers what is risk, what are the assessment approaches available, the strategies for addressing risk, and the best approaches to linking risks for a program that is just beginning.
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The Compliance Leader’s Guide to Building a Risk Management Program
Want to have a specific step-by-step guide that not only tells you how to execute your risk program but also a logical order that makes sense for a lot of growing organizations? We have also accumulated several tips and tricks that will help you level up your program to the maturity that fits your organization.
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Why a Risk-Based Approach to Compliance is Paramount
Often organizations fall into the trap of taking just a check-the-box approach to compliance, following requirements that may or may not be relevant to your organization. In this blog, you will understand why risk should be at the center of your Compliance program. By taking a risk-based approach, organizations can now adopt a more holistic approach to addressing risk and implementing controls. 
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The Continuous Risk Management Process: Why It Makes Sense for Your Business
Keeping your finger on the proverbial pulse is important for an organization to know what risks to take and what risks not to take. Continuous Risk Management provides a means for the business to always be on top of what might help or harm them. In this blog, you will understand why organizations should adopt continuous risk management and the benefits to the business if they adopt it.
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How Compliance Automation Can Turn Your Risk Register into a Valuable Business Tool
Organizations spend a lot of time getting their compliance program up and running, not realizing that this same data that is being collected can turn into a valuable tool for your business. In this blog, you will get specific examples and great frameworks that are related to leveraging the compliance work to be used by your risk team.
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The Power of Data-Driven Risk Management
Powered by automation and data, the Risk App delivers unmatched enterprise-level risk management insights and monitoring capabilities, enabling organizations to apply automatically identified security and Compliance gaps to a broader risk management context. This product update blog goes into the details of what was added to the risk application and how it can help your organization mature its risk posture.
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Introducing anecdotes’ Revamped Risk Application
Powered by automation and data, the Risk App delivers unmatched enterprise-level risk management insights and monitoring capabilities, enabling organizations to apply automatically identified security and Compliance gaps to a broader risk management context. This product update blog goes into the details of what was added to the risk application and how it can help your organization mature its risk posture.
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Leverage the anecdotes data infrastructure to automate, manage and mature your Compliance program, with the all-in-one workspace designed for Compliance leaders.
Building Trust Through Vendor Risk Management and Compliance Automation
In today's complex business environment, managing vendor risk is crucial for building trust with partners. In this webinar you will deep dive into the world of Vendor Risk Management (VRM) and Compliance Automation. Watch how a panel of experts from Whistic and anecdotes explore the importance of data in building trust and how vendor assessments and security Compliance if done right, can benefit each other.
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The Full GenAI Risk Register
While Generative AI tools provide huge value to organizations, their rapid adoption raises new questions for security and GRC teams.
How can you empower your organization to reap the benefits of this new technology, while still ensuring that you don't exceed your organization’s risk appetite? In this toolkit you will find everything you need to securely consume and implement GenAI in your organization.
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The Role of Risk Quantification in Communication with Boards
To communicate risk may be the hardest part in maintaining a risk program. In this blog, you will learn about how Risk Quantification like the FAIR Risk Analysis method and others are used in practice and using a framework to apply them to your growing risk program.
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Digital Risk Management: A Comprehensive Guide to Navigating Digital Risk
There are new surfaces of Risk that need to be addressed with a modern approach. Digital Risk Management is an up and coming domain under the Integrated Risk Management domain. This guide goes over the parts of Digital Risk Management and things you can do today to address them. 
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