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		<title>SaaS Vendor Risk Assessment: Cloud-Specific Evaluation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:39:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On August 20, 2025, Salesloft and Salesforce revoked every live OAuth token for the Drift chat application after the threat group UNC6395 spent ten days exporting data from more than 700 corporate Salesforce environments. Cloudflare, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks all confirmed exposure, and not one of them had been breached directly. Every victim inherited ... <a title="SaaS Vendor Risk Assessment: Cloud-Specific Evaluation" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/saas-vendor-risk-assessment/" aria-label="Read more about SaaS Vendor Risk Assessment: Cloud-Specific Evaluation">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NIST CSF Risk Assessment: How to Run One Under CSF 2.0</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On February 21, 2024, UnitedHealth Group detected ransomware inside Change Healthcare, the clearinghouse that handles about a third of US medical claims. The attackers had been inside for nine days, having entered through a Citrix remote-access portal that had no multi-factor authentication. A NIST CSF risk assessment is built to surface exactly that missing control ... <a title="NIST CSF Risk Assessment: How to Run One Under CSF 2.0" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/nist-csf-risk-assessment-how-to-run-one/" aria-label="Read more about NIST CSF Risk Assessment: How to Run One Under CSF 2.0">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Vendor Risk Assessment Questionnaire Template</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In May 2024, UnitedHealth Group chief executive Andrew Witty told the Senate Finance Committee that the February ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare unit started with stolen credentials on a Citrix remote-access portal that had no multi-factor authentication. One unasked, unverified control question. The result: roughly 190 million Americans&#8217; records exposed — the largest healthcare ... <a title="Vendor Risk Assessment Questionnaire Template" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/vendor-risk-assessment-questionnaire-template/" aria-label="Read more about Vendor Risk Assessment Questionnaire Template">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Risk Matrix Generator: Free Online Risk Heat Map Tool</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Risk Assessment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A risk matrix generator is the fastest way to turn subjective &#8220;how bad could this be?&#8221; conversations into a clear, color-coded picture your whole team can act on. Use the free interactive tool below to build a 3×3, 4×4, or 5×5 risk heat map, plot your risks by likelihood and impact, and export the result ... <a title="Risk Matrix Generator: Free Online Risk Heat Map Tool" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/risk-matrix-generator-free-online-risk-tool/" aria-label="Read more about Risk Matrix Generator: Free Online Risk Heat Map Tool">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CRISC vs CISA vs CISM: Which Certification First?</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/crisc-vs-cisa-vs-cism-which-certification/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Enterprise risk management]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Information security analyst jobs are projected to grow 29% between 2024 and 2034, and the credentials that gate the senior risk and security roles all clear six figures. ISACA reports average US pay of roughly $151,000 for CRISC, $149,000 for CISM, and $149,000 for CISA. Demand and pay are both moving the same direction. So ... <a title="CRISC vs CISA vs CISM: Which Certification First?" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/crisc-vs-cisa-vs-cism-which-certification/" aria-label="Read more about CRISC vs CISA vs CISM: Which Certification First?">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Risk Assessment Matrix Template (Excel), Color-Coded Scoring</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2012, JPMorgan Chase turned a $2 billion trading loss in its London Chief Investment Office into a $6.2 billion one by year-end. A core cause was a spreadsheet model that scored risk on the wrong math, understating the exposure by roughly half. A risk assessment matrix template is the control that should have caught ... <a title="Risk Assessment Matrix Template (Excel), Color-Coded Scoring" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/risk-assessment-matrix-template-excel/" aria-label="Read more about Risk Assessment Matrix Template (Excel), Color-Coded Scoring">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to Calculate Inherent Risk Score in Excel (Step-by-Step)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 15:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On May 10, 2012, JPMorgan Chase announced an initial $2 billion trading loss on a synthetic credit portfolio run from its London Chief Investment Office. By year-end the loss had grown to $6.2 billion. The January 2013 internal task force report identified an Excel-based VaR model that divided by the sum of two hazard rates ... <a title="How to Calculate Inherent Risk Score in Excel (Step-by-Step)" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/how-to-calculate-inherent-risk-score-in-excel/" aria-label="Read more about How to Calculate Inherent Risk Score in Excel (Step-by-Step)">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Is a Bow-Tie Risk Analysis? Simple Example for Non-Engineers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 14:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On November 15, 2013, attackers broke into Target Corporation&#8217;s network using credentials stolen from Fazio Mechanical Services, a small HVAC vendor in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. The phishing campaign that captured those credentials had run for at least two months prior. By December 15, BlackPOS malware on Target&#8217;s point-of-sale systems had exfiltrated payment data from 40 million ... <a title="What Is a Bow-Tie Risk Analysis? Simple Example for Non-Engineers" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/what-is-a-bow-tie-risk-analysis-simple-example/" aria-label="Read more about What Is a Bow-Tie Risk Analysis? Simple Example for Non-Engineers">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Key Risk Indicators for Insurance Companies: 2026 NAIC-Aligned Examples</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/key-risk-indicators-for-insurance-companies-2/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 19:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On January 7, 2025, the Palisades and Eaton fires ignited near Los Angeles. Within ten days the two events drove an estimated $40 billion in insured losses, the costliest US wildfire event ever recorded. State Farm and Allstate had already pulled back from new California business. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation in Florida hit 841,000 policies ... <a title="Key Risk Indicators for Insurance Companies: 2026 NAIC-Aligned Examples" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/key-risk-indicators-for-insurance-companies-2/" aria-label="Read more about Key Risk Indicators for Insurance Companies: 2026 NAIC-Aligned Examples">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Key Risk Indicators for Healthcare Providers: 2026 HIPAA-Aligned Examples</title>
		<link>https://riskpublishing.com/key-risk-indicators-for-healthcare-providers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 14:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On February 12, 2024, attackers affiliated with the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group entered Change Healthcare through a Citrix remote access portal that lacked multi-factor authentication. The intrusion went undetected for nine days. When the breach reached 192.7 million people affected, the largest healthcare data breach ever reported to OCR, every Key Risk Indicators for Healthcare Providers ... <a title="Key Risk Indicators for Healthcare Providers: 2026 HIPAA-Aligned Examples" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/key-risk-indicators-for-healthcare-providers/" aria-label="Read more about Key Risk Indicators for Healthcare Providers: 2026 HIPAA-Aligned Examples">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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