Download or read book Y2K Risk Management written by Steven H. Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-29 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is naive to think we will all be prepared for Y2K by December 31, 1999. This is an important and timely book in which the authors provide clear and cogent advice for managing the entire spectrum of Year 2000 business and legal risks." -Dr. Edward Yardeni, Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank Securities Y2K Risk Management Every organization needs an effective risk management strategy to address Year 2000 business and legal risks, even if your own computer systems are repaired and tested. Your vendors may be unable to deliver supplies and customers unable to pay invoices. Failures of public and private infrastructure systems-such as power, water, and transportation-could cause major operational disruptions. If you suffer Y2K financial losses, you may need to seek compensation from responsible parties. Or if you are unable to meet contractual, fiduciary, or regulatory obligations as a result of Year 2000 problems, you may face litigation. This indispensable guide reveals the legal landscape unique to Y2K and covers such vital topics as: * Business and legal risk assessment * Identifying and safeguarding mission-critical business functions * Fast-tracking a Y2K project * Evaluating and protecting the supply chain * Developing contingency plans and fall-back procedures * Preparing a legal audit and reducing liability exposure * Substantiating due diligence of Y2K compliance efforts * Implications of the Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, SEC disclosure rules, and independent auditing guidelines * Insurance coverage issues * Exercising fiduciary duties and protecting corporate officers and information technology professionals * Litigation planning and alternative dispute resolution
Download or read book Y2K Update written by Insight Information Inc and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Risk Management Perspectives on the Y2K Problem written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Y2K Legal Risk Management Damage Limitation written by IBC UK Conferences Limited and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Y2K Lessons Learned written by Timothy Braithwaite and published by . This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Y2K lessons learned A Guide to Better Information Technology Management The Y2K worldwide computing crisis, arising from a largely preventable problem, appears to have been averted. This happened as a result of unprecedented cooperation, executive-level leadership, international mobilization, the exhaustive efforts of innumerable people, and the expenditure, in the United States alone, of over $100 billion. Whether, of course, a crisis-management approach such as this is the desirable model for insuring the success of twenty-first-century information technology (IT) initiatives is questionable. A more effective method is the preventive approach this book addresses in detail. In this timely guide, author Timothy Braithwaite argues that companies that struggled to resolve their Y2K problem did so because they had failed historically to adequately manage their use of information technology and the ways in which IT software and systems were built. Y2K Lessons Learned chronicles IT industry conditions and those preventable IT management and system development deficiencies that created not only the Y2K problem and crisis but most other IT problems with which many organizations are all too familiar. Unless taken seriously and acted upon, these conditions and deficiencies will continue to plague future IT endeavors. This accessible and highly informative book delivers practical problem-prevention guidance for the successful integration of IT into business and government systems. Specific IT management recommendations and systems development "best practices" are suggested that will substantially reduce the risk of a Y2K-like problem occurring in the future, such as security breaches. Many of these suggestions will require greater executive-level participation in IT decision-making. Multiple checklists and detailed management review guides are provided to facilitate this participation.
Download or read book Y2K written by Don L. Tiggre and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Y2K: The Millennium Bug is about fallible, human people, not about superheroes. Some are valiant and some are vile, but they all have to deal with their own problems in order to survive the kind of chaos that could have been caused by the infamous year 2000 computer problem known as: The Millennium Bug! Y2K: The Millennium Bug tracks the onset of the year 2000 and the results of the computer shut-downs, as seen by a number of characters with differing perspectives, amounts of education, and levels of preparedness for disaster. Some people in America are more well prepared than others, and some take advantage of the collapse of law and order in order to pursue their own wicked impulses. Countries overseas have their own Y2K problems, including Russia, where a series of cascading failures cause an accidental launch of a small number of nuclear missiles. And then the situation starts getting really difficult! This is not an "end of the world" story, but a chronicle of events surrounding a small set of people who end up brought together by the unraveling of society, triggered by wide-spread failures of critical computer systems at the beginning of the year 2000 (Y2K). Since there really was a Y2K threat, many references to real news stories, articles, books, and actual Y2K-related events were incorporated into the story. Y2K depicts neither the best nor the worst case scenario that could have been, but the human story remains true and powerful. This exciting and fast-paced book left the technical aspects of the Y2K computer problem to the computer experts who had already written on the subject. Y2K: The Millennium Bug focuses on what could have happened to people like you or me, if Y2K had turned out as bad as many had feared. Read it. The thoughtful examination of the human psyche in the novel is as timely as ever!
Download or read book Computer Security Impact of Y2K written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Technology and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Digital Doomsday The Y2K Bug and the Turn of the Century written by ChatStick Team and published by ChatStick Team. This book was released on 2024-03-08 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the brink of the new millennium, the world stood on the edge of digital uncertainty. "Digital Doomsday: The Y2K Bug and the Turn of the Century" is a comprehensive exploration of the technological phenomenon that captivated global consciousness. This riveting book delves deep into the heart of the Y2K crisis, unraveling the complex web of technological advancements, global preparations, and the collective human response to a potential digital apocalypse. š Discover the Global Response: Journey through the unprecedented global effort to avert a technological catastrophe. From the corridors of power in Washington to the bustling streets of Tokyo, learn how nations united to face a common digital foe. š” Uncover the Lessons Learned: Beyond the immediate challenge, the Y2K event reshaped our approach to digital technology and risk management. This book provides invaluable insights into the advancements in software development practices, crisis management, and the lasting impact on IT and project management strategies. š Explore the Cultural Impact: The Y2K bug transcended technology, embedding itself into popular culture and public consciousness. Experience how this moment in history influenced films, literature, and art, becoming a symbol of the era's technological anxieties and aspirations. š Reflect on the Legacy: With meticulous analysis and engaging narrative, "Digital Doomsday" invites readers to reflect on the legacy of the Y2K bug as a pivotal moment in the digital era, offering lessons for confronting future technological challenges. This book is an essential read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of technology, history, and society. Whether you're a tech enthusiast, a student of history, or simply intrigued by the turn of the millennium, "Digital Doomsday" offers a captivating account of one of the most intriguing events of the 20th century.
Download or read book Countdown Y2K written by Peter de Jager and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For a book written about computers, and the management of technology, and the management of the people who have to manage the technology, Countdown displays unusual clarity and logic. Not only is the array of checklists and 'ask yourself' questions effective, they are also efficient." -Bruce Chapman, President, Discovery Institute Countdown Y2K Written by the experts who first sounded the international Y2K wake-up call, this complete update of the bestseller Managing 00 gives you the need-to-know facts about the most far-reaching computer glitch of all time. You'll find easy-to-follow explanations of the entire scope of the problem from the desktop to embedded systems, from the corporate backoffice to corporate liability, and from revenue loss to infrastructure failure. Emphasizing that the Y2K problem is much more of a management issue than a technical one, this straightforward guide gives you solid advice to ensure business continuity through and beyond January 1, 2000. Peter de Jager and Richard Bergeon also provide an updated picture of Y2K government activities and Y2K remediation progress worldwide. An extensive case study provides a snapshot of a hypothetical business in the process of evaluating Year 2000 risks. This and other valuable tools will help you formulate your own end-to-end Y2K survival plan. Countdown Y2K explains: * The background and current status of popular Y2K remedies * Commercial Y2K tools, outsourcing opportunities, and other solution resources * PC-based exposure and hidden dangers like the BIOS problem * Finding and inventorying embedded systems at risk * Testing procedures, including running a pilot program * Training and keeping your valuable Y2K staff * Evaluating Y2K risks from vendors and customers * International Y2K complications, like EMU * Legal issues and corporate liabilities * Triage, contingency planning, and disaster recovery Peter de Jager's Web site at www.year2000.com features current news and commentary, solution providers and staffing databases, and links to all relevant Year 2000 information.
Download or read book Y2k Survival Guide written by Michael R. Paskavitz and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Year 2000 is all about risk -- the risk that Y2K-related medical equipment failures, computer data corruption, and essential services disruptions may endanger your patients' health and your personal assets. The Y2K Survival Guide: A Step-by-Step Workbook for Physicians is your best protection against those risks. Its carefully constructed worksheets lay out a proactive risk management strategy that puts you in control. The Y2K Survival Guide shows you exactly how and why you have to identify ALL potential Y2K problems -- within and outside your medical practice. The book shows you how to evaluate the Y2K-readiness of your vendors, suppliers, contractors, payers, creditors and lenders, utilities, and essential service providers. It will help you design realistic and effective contingency plans for potential problems ... protect yourself from uninsured Y2K-related liability ... and decide where to devote your time and resources.
Download or read book Risk Management The State of the Art written by Stephen Figlewski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very often, we associate the dawn of modern financial theory with Harry Markowitz who in the 1950s introduced the formal mathematics of probability theory to the problem of managing risk in an asset portfolio. The 1970s saw the advent of formal models for pricing options and other derivative contracts, whose primary purpose was also financial risk management and hedging. But events in the 1990s made it clear that effective risk management is a critical element for success, and indeed, for long term survival, not only for financial institutions, but also for industrial firms, and even for nonprofit organizations and governmental bodies. These recent events vividly show that the world is filled with all manner of risks, and so risk management must extend far beyond the use of standard derivative instruments in routine hedging applications. The articles in this volume cover two broad themes. One theme emphasizes methods for identifying, modeling, and hedging specific types of financial and business risks. Articles in this category consider the technology of risk measurement, such as Value at Risk and extreme value theory; new classes of risk, such as liquidity risk; new financial instruments and markets for risk management, such as derivative contracts based on weather and on catastrophic insurance risks; and finally, credit risk, which has become one of the most important areas of practical interest for risk management. The second theme stresses risk management from the perspective of the firm and the financial system as a whole. Articles in this category analyze risk management in the international arena, including payment and settlement risks and sovereign risk pricing, risk management from the regulator's viewpoint, and risk management for financial institutions. The articles in this volume examine the "State of the Art" in risk management from the standpoint of academic researchers, market analysts and practitioners, and government observers.
Download or read book Responding to Crises in the Modern Infrastructure written by K. Quigley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines comparatively the US and the UK governments' management of Y2K and considers the extent to which such management can be understood as responses to market pressures, public opinion and organized interests. It concludes by providing valuable lessons to those concerned about managing risk and critical infrastructure today.
Download or read book The Complete Y2K Home Preparation Guide written by Edward Yourdon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PLEASE PROVIDE COURSE INFORMATION PLEASE PROVIDE
Download or read book Identifying and Managing Project Risk written by Tom Kendrick and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2009-02-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Project Management Instituteās David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award 2010 Itās no wonder that project managers spend so much time focusing their attention on risk identification. Important projects tend to be time constrained, pose huge technical challenges, and suffer from a lack of adequate resources. Identifying and Managing Project Risk, now updated and consistent with the very latest Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)Ā® Guide, takes readers through every phase of a project, showing them how to consider the possible risks involved at every point in the process. Drawing on real-world situations and hundreds of examples, the book outlines proven methods, demonstrating key ideas for project risk planning and showing how to use high-level risk assessment tools. Analyzing aspects such as available resources, project scope, and scheduling, this new edition also explores the growing area of Enterprise Risk Management. Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, this book helps readers determine risk factors thoroughly and decisively...before a project gets derailed.
Download or read book The Social Amplification of Risk written by Nick Pidgeon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-07-10 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together case studies and theoretical work informed by the social amplification of risk framework.
Download or read book Y2K and Contingency and Day 1 Plans written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Selected Papers from the More 145 Seminar on Y2K After the Hype the Real Story and The Future of Risk Management Held in Munich May 3 4 2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
