Welcome to Risk Masters

Risk Masters was founded by a core team of seasoned consultant practitioners from the “Big 4” and other industry firms who collectively bring more than 100 years of experience in Business Continuity Management, Information Technology, Disaster Recovery Planning and Risk Management. Our clients benefit from the depth of experience we bring to solving their concerns regarding business process and technology.

The Principals of our Firm have been leaders at prominent firms including Deloitte & Touche, Accenture, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Protiviti, EMC and Comdisco.  Our clients have found that it is our collective experience that matters most to them.  This experience incorporates delivery of solutions in a broad range of industries that include financial services, brokerage, insurance, retail, healthcare providers, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, technology, communications, entertainment, and government.

As experienced management consultants, we have demonstrated our ability to see beyond the mundane aspects of technology and business risk, leading to forward-thinking and effective solutions.  Our clients benefit from Risk Masters’ leadership, experience and constantly updated research into the key issues in the various areas in which we serve them. Our contributions in the field serve as evidence of the quality of the work we will do for all our clients.

Risk Masters News

Steve Ross, Risk Masters’ Executive Principal, has written new guide from ISACA, entitled Creating a Culture of Security.  He explains how enterprises can put a beneficial one in place.

“Every enterprise has a corporate culture and a component of that is its security culture,” Steve said. “A security culture exists in every enterprise, and it is to the organization’s benefit to ensure that it is an intentional culture promoting strong, consistent and well-organized security.”

The book outlines:

• The benefits of an intentional culture of security
• Inhibitors to a culture of security
• How to create an intentional security culture
• How to institutionalize and sustain the intentional security culture

“The first step to creating an intentional security culture is a clear-eyed assessment of the current state of the security culture and understanding management’s intentions regarding security,” according to Steve. “This will help illuminate the gaps between expectations and reality.”

Creating a Culture of Security is available from www.isaca.org/research. The e-book is free for ISACA members and US $50 for nonmembers.

Helpful Links

• Eric Beck, Principal, and Risk Masters client Frank Ioli spoke on Designing Enterprise Disaster Recovery at Northrop Grumman.  Click here to see the presentation.
• Steve Ross spoke on Risk Assessment: Finding Your Experts.  Click here to see the presentation.
• Jim Gursha spoke on Key Performance Indicators for Disaster Recovery at the HP Technology Forum.  Click here to see the presentation.