Risk leaders' agenda

Chief risk officers must act now turning risks into opportunities to reimagine and repurpose the organization for agility and long-term value.

Revolutionize risk with Trust by Design

Learn how to instill a risk optimization mindset and embed trust into services and products from the outset.

Top issues facing risk leaders today

Navigating a global pandemic equipped leaders with new skills and resources for handling risk. However, the varied nature and increasingly rapid spread of risks means leaders cannot rely on a static set of skills to guide their organizations through crisis.

Among the top issues facing risk leaders today are supply issues, environmental crises, technological disruption and demographic shifts. Instead of preparing for each category of risk in a silo, instilling organization-wide dynamism and enterprise resilience enables leaders to stay ahead of the entire risk landscape.

How to develop trust throughout your organization

Our trust journeys help clients create confidence and transparency within all levels of their organizations. We examine our clients’ critical relationships and develop pathways to trust that drive ongoing strategic returns and protection of critical programs.

How can you use obstacles to drive productivity?

Every business must deal with a unique combination of regulations, standards and governing bodies based on industry, location and products. A trusted organization must understand the requirements and the most efficient way to help clients comply with those requirements.

Trust by Design helps you build automated, consistent trust around regulatory requirements from strategy to execution. That frees up resources, so you can focus on your business strengths and take the smart risks that keep your company ahead of your competition.

How do you build trust during a period of uncertainty?

Organizational trust is woven through every layer of your company. It spans the multiple disciplines in which your business operates. It’s simultaneously data-aware, people-focused and forward-looking.

It is the foundation for trusted interactions with regulators, third parties, investors and customers. But to achieve organizational trust, companies will need to seize two critical opportunities.

Trust by Design helps you reimagine the internal audit (IA) function and embrace the future of work.

How do you ensure third parties put you first?

Global trade has deepened and complicated the relationships between companies and third parties. Across the supply chain, firms might work in tandem with contractors, joint ventures, service providers, brokers, agents, consultants and others. But while organizations can farm out responsibilities for numerous functions, they cannot outsource the accountability.

Building new relationships is critical to combating disruption and enabling protection of critical markets. Trust by Design helps you build the two-way trust necessary in this interconnected era, and trust must be embedded throughout the third-party relationship.

How do you build trust during a period of uncertainty?

Organizational trust is woven through every layer of your company. It spans the multiple disciplines in which your business operates. It’s simultaneously data-aware, people-focused and forward-looking.

It is the foundation for trusted interactions with regulators, third parties, investors and customers. But to achieve organizational trust, companies will need to seize two critical opportunities.

Trust by Design helps you reimagine the internal audit (IA) function and embrace the future of work.

Does trust require proof of trustworthiness?

Each year, the world grows more heavily digitized, and in a hyperconnected digital era, society will be critically dependent on technology to function. For companies to succeed in this world, security is clearly imperative — yet it’s only the foundation upon which trust, the ultimate enabler, is built. Stability, security, resiliency and reliability are the core qualities you need from your technology as it becomes more vital to how you compete in the market and deliver on your objectives.

Trust is fast emerging as the key competitive differentiator, a reality that is not lost on organizations around the world. Leading with a Trust by Design mindset means putting trust at the core of every aspect of your business.

Is customer trust the missing piece of the puzzle? 

Customer needs and desires are constantly shifting. Digital technologies are obliterating industry barriers, intensifying competition and upending traditional business models. 

Organizations must align their values and vision with putting the customer at the heart of their strategies in order to maintain a strong reputation and brand in the market. To build customer centricity that yields sustainable, profitable growth, companies will want to remember that implementation is not a marathon. It is a series of sprints, with people, processes and technology working hand in hand. 

Minimizing risk throughout the business cycle is vital to creating more seamless experiences for the customer, with a brand they trust.


Digital Trust

EY Digital Trust solutions, based on Microsoft technologies, help clients proactively respond to emerging threats, secure the fast-growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile endpoints.

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Analyst recognition

EY named a Pacesetter and Cyber market segment leader in the first ALM Pacesetter research: Cybersecurity services 2020.

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