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.
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Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
In 2025, global risks to business will be driven by power vacuums and polarisation, conflict and violence, and the double-edged sword of technological advancement. RiskMap is the annual forecast of business risks compiled by Control Risks experts worldwide.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The brief imposition of martial law and domestic infighting risks sidetracking the country at a time of intensified threat.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The Syrian president has fled, leaving behind immense uncertainty about the country’s future.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
Admiral Tony Radakin, the UK’s head of the armed forces, framed one of the key global threats facing the West as the growing alignment and “coordination between Moscow, Tehran and Pyongyang,” discussing also what he described as the “dawn of a third nuclear age”.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The geopolitical climate is uncertain even after the US election. Much hinges on the exact trade policy to be implemented under the incoming Trump administration, with a tail risk of a global trade war. The new US administration's stance towards Ukraine, and Europe's response, will be key to watch.
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Friday Reading Edition 229 (6th December 2024)
Highlights the alarming gap between growing cyber security risks and the measures currently in place to tackle them.
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Friday Reading Edition 229 (6th December 2024)
[Free to download upon sharing contact details] This year’s report draws on insights directly from Google Cloud's security leaders, as well as dozens of analysts, researchers, responders, reverse engineers, and other experts on the frontlines of the latest and largest attacks.
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Friday Reading Edition 229 (6th December 2024)
Cyber claims have continued their upwards trend in 2024, driven in large part by the rise in data and privacy breach incidents. The frequency of large cyber claims in the first six months of 2024 was up 14% while severity increased by 17%.
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Friday Reading Edition 229 (6th December 2024)
[Free to download upon sharing contact details] This report zeroes in on critical sectors and Single Point of Failure (SPoF) technologies — key elements that underlie catastrophic cyber scenarios modeled by CyberCube. These sectors and technologies are not merely components of the digital economy – they are lifelines of our modern society, with their resilience intricately linked to the stability and security of nations.
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
While agreement was reached on carbon market regulation, the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) agreement has been widely criticised, with many commentators arguing that the goal has not gone far enough to supply the funding that developing countries require to achieve their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and adaptation plans.
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