ASSIGNMENT 4 (SEMESTER 0)..
DUE DATE: 4 October 2024..
PREVIEW:
QUESTION 1
Identifying External Risks and Control Measures
Table 1: External Risks
# Risk/Cause Consequence Control Measure
1 Power Disruptions in operations, Implement renewable energy
outages/loadshedding revenue losses, and investor sources, invest in backup
dissatisfaction generators, and use
uninterruptible power supplies
(UPS).
2 Natural disasters (floods, Damage to physical assets, Develop a disaster management
droughts, global warming) business interruptions, and plan, insure key assets, and
increased recovery costs establish emergency response
protocols.
3 Slowed sustainability and Reduction in project funding, Prioritize sustainable investments,
investment initiatives delays in returns, and improve transparency, and
weakened investor enhance stakeholder engagement.
confidence
4 Increasing cyber risks and Data breaches, financial loss, Regularly update cybersecurity
cybercrime loss of customer trust, and measures, conduct vulnerability
regulatory non-compliance assessments, and implement
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5 Failing infrastructure Operational inefficiencies, Proactively maintain critical
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used. maintenance costs, infrastructure, work with public
and disruption of services sectors for improvements, and
diversify suppliers.
6 Widespread fraud and Reputational damage, loss of Strengthen anti-corruption