Talking Risk

Chapter 5

The current situation is stable. I’m monitoring closely.

Ok then… whatever that means, but like you said, you have options.

For real … and for such a high-risk area, I find the folks in MISD seem very cool.

So how is the assignment going?

Let’s talk a little bit about managing IT risks. You know all this talk about cyber-attacks; it all sounds like a big deal.

It might be the A/C, because in there always cold. Maybe that’s the risk response to deal with all the IT risks.

Ha Ha, - good one. The truth is MISD has many risks. Let’s take the objective of managing IT services, for example.

Well you know with music fest and the other activities, maybe when I come in to do the assignment, the system may be down; then the boss can’t say I didn’t try.

You mean like SAP, SAS, SWIFT and the rest of the alphabet?

And even basic things like email, DM and simply being able to turn on your computer in the morning.

What music fest have to do with the Bank’s IT system?

Yes, so that ‘some people’ can do their assignment.

Girl, you ain’t even know how IT systems work. It’s all connected. You ain’t see when FLOW having problems, your internet does go down?!

If that’s your Plan B, I suggest you start thinking about Plans C, D and E!

That would be a disaster, especially if it’s a day when HR processing salaries!

Back to the IT risks. What if there’s a major power failure that cause everything to shut down?

Well, you ain’t have to wonder what the impact would be for that! I think we should give that a 6 !