Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 248 (16th May 2025)
Building resilience to climate change is set to become an even more critical focus, spanning health, infrastructure, and the value of water. Geopolitical risks and an increasing pushback against regulation pose significant challenges to further progress in tackling climate change and protecting the environment.
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Friday Reading Edition 247 (9th May 2025)
This white paper delves into the practical aspects of cyber resilience, drawn from the front-line practices of leading organisations globally. In doing so, it seeks to equip organisations with the insights needed to build robust cyber resilience roadmaps and confidently navigate today’s increasingly complex threat landscape.
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Friday Reading Edition 247 (9th May 2025)
Commissioned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and the Home Office, this survey provides a comprehensive overview of the cyber security landscape for UK businesses and charities.
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Friday Reading Edition 247 (9th May 2025)
This Airmic webinar provides an overview of how the output of a cyber resilience programme can be used to model cyber economic loss exposures and the typical issues that arise when comparing these exposures to policy language.
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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
This year, nearly 60% said they expected the trade conflicts of the incoming Trump administration to have a negative impact on their finances. That was a similar proportion to those saying the Ukraine conflict had negatively impacted their business in 2023.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
Developing a future view is often called developing ‘foresight’, and horizon scanning, in the organisational use of the term, is the action part of an organisation’s process of looking forward and informing that foresight view.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
The objective of this guide is to provide a practical framework for risk, resilience and insurance professionals (risk professionals) to help them take a leading role in undertaking scenario analysis within their organisation.
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Friday Reading Edition 240 (14th March 2025)
The House of Commons Defence Committee released a report back in 2018 looking at defence developments in the High North. It should serve as a timely reminder of defence priorities, both among decision-makers in London and the general public.
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Friday Reading Edition 237 (21st February 2025)
A series of US declarations rocked last week's Munich Security Conference and caused discord among the European politicians in attendance.
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Trump’s ‘electroshock’ on Ukraine ends the debate: Europe cannot rely on the US for its security Text
Friday Reading Edition 237 (21st February 2025)
Europe will still hope to make good use of its cards in any peace negotiations Trump plans with Moscow. But now it must decide how to pay for its own defence.
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