Alex Sidorenko review of the new COSO ERM Guidance 2026

This document is the best thing COSO has published in years. I mean… ever… The decision-led framing is genuine, not cosmetic. The practical guidance is actionable. The critique of documentation-heavy ERM is honest. It’s still a COSO document, which means it carries legacy baggage: risk appetite as a meaningful construct, the five-component framework as the… Continue reading Alex Sidorenko review of the new COSO ERM Guidance 2026

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COSO ERM 2017 vs ISO31000:2018

Can one of the documents be more useful than the other? And if yes, useful for whom, risk practitioners, regulators, auditors or consultants? Or have both documents failed to account for the actual growth in the risk management maturity and will be looked at with disappointment by risk professionals? Should you, as a risk practitioner,… Continue reading COSO ERM 2017 vs ISO31000:2018

COSO ERM:2017 vs ISO31000:2018?

Join Alex Sidorenko from RISK-ACADEMY to talk about pros and cons of COSO ERM 2017 and the upcoming ISO31000:2018. Find out why both standard and framework miss a huge opportunity to better integrate into decision making and move away from flawed qualitative tools and what should you do to help your decision makers take informed… Continue reading COSO ERM:2017 vs ISO31000:2018?

COSO ERM 2017 – full review by Alex Sidorenko (part 2)

It took me many days to finish, but at end I did it. I read the full COSO ERM 2017. Not just skimmed the text, read every page, every word. Here are my thoughts: High level comments Read part 1 here Detailed comments First thing you notice when reading COSO ERM 2017 is that it… Continue reading COSO ERM 2017 – full review by Alex Sidorenko (part 2)

Full feedback on COSO ERM draft

Summary of comments STRUCTURED AND LOGICAL – I believe the content of any document, let alone an international guideline document, should be logically structured, should follow the MECE principle, shouldn’t have any unnecessary repetition or duplication. This was certainly not the case with the current COSO:ERM draft. Note to the authors. While the high level structure Applying the… Continue reading Full feedback on COSO ERM draft