New Enterprise Risk Management Blog from Active Risk

Dec. 15, 2011 - PRLog -- Active Risk (formerly Strategic Thought Group), author of award winning Enterprise Risk Management software, Active Risk Manager (ARM), announced today the launch of its new enterprise risk management blog www.activerisk.com/blog

The Active Risk blog covers three risk management themes which are of strategic importance in today’s business environment. Loren Padelford Chairman of the Active Risk’s Americas’ Board will be providing insights, thoughts and ideas on enterprise risk management (ERM), governance, risk and compliance (GRC) and risk management for major capital projects.  Peter Robertshaw, SVP of Global Marketing, will be discussing the issues raised by Active Risk’s global “What Makes a Great Risk Manager?” survey, which has had over 600 responses to date. Chris Bell, VP of Product Marketing will be providing insights on elevating ERM from the backroom to the boardroom and how technology can help achieve this.  

Active Risk Manager enables the identification, communication, analysis and mitigation of risks and opportunities within a single system to address enterprise-wide risk management (ERM), project risk and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements. Organizations using ARM include the US Air Force, NASA, Rio Tinto, The Department of Homeland Security, London Underground and Airbus.

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About Active Risk
Active Risk (formerly Strategic Thought Group)* (AIM:ARI) addresses enterprise-wide risk management (ERM) and governance, risk and compliance (GRC) requirements with advanced software and services that can be implemented across organizations in all industry sectors.

Active Risk Manager (ARM) is recognized as having the most extensive range of ERM software capabilities available today. ARM enables the identification, communication, analysis and mitigation of risks and opportunities available in both quantitative and qualitative formats. It covers project and portfolio risk, supply chain risk management, business continuity, controls management, reputational risk, health and safety, incident management, governance, compliance risks and more.

Active Risk has main offices in the USA and UK and services customers worldwide directly and through a growing network of partners. Active Risk will open a new office in Australia in early 2012.

For further information and a detailed view of Active Risk's products and services visit www.activerisk.com or call +44 (0)1628 582500 (EMEA/Asia Pacific) or +1 703 673 9580 (Americas).

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