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OTC Conseil Americas
Newsletter #3 - June 2009

Editorial

Getting better? It was recently announced that, in the US, the recession might end this summer.
Considering the recent stress test exercise, it could very well be policy makers’ spin. Still, spread the word - it might help!

Here, we offer our take on the topic. Namely, the stress test exercise has resulted in two major outcomes. Not only does it mark the beginning of renewed market discipline; more evidently it serves as another communication tool for steering market expectations.

We then broach another kind of risk, which could also hinge upon extreme market data: Information System risk. In line with our Enterprise Risk Management approach, we discuss the benefits of a holistic approach to Information System risk. For banks, vulnerability analysis and security/vitality arbitrage are fundamental.

Fayna LIONET
Chief Operating Officer

Stressing the World


Only the future will tell us whether the stress test exercise that the banking sector has undertaken will prove to be relevant. Some critics have called it into question, even to the point of predicting the apocalypse.

Managing Information Systems Risks: a Holistic View


While risk management is not a new activity for most companies, many still confine the development of Information Systems (IS) risk management to IT departments, due to the specificity and complexity of the decisions that need to be made