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The State of Enterprise Resilience
Resilience Survery 2015 by
The success of an organisation is intrinsically linked to its ability to identify and successfully manage risk. With an increasing focus on resilience in the market, this survey examines the range of understanding and capability within organisations to identify, interpret, and prioritise threat and risk as well as the organisation’s ability to develop adaptive strategies and its capacity for managing risks. It is clear that resilience, and initiatives to support it, is increasingly on the corporate agenda.
There are, however, a significant number of organisations that continue to experience disruption, implying that risk forecasting and preparation is inadequate. Risk information appears to be poorly communicated within organisations thereby limiting the ability to build resilience to disruptive events.
TRANSLATING THE THREAT: THE IMPORTANT “SO WHAT?†ANALYSIS
68% of respondents state that their organisation monitors and analyses risks, conducting forecasts for up to five years. However, disruptive events continue to have a significant impact on business performance. This means that although the majority of companies are committing resources to monitoring incidents and trends, the survey appears to show a disconnect between monitoring and risk analysis and the timely adjustment of risk mitigation strategies to reflect changes in the operating environment.
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