Gregory HutchinsGreg Hutchins PE CERM is the risk evangelist who coined the expression Future of Quality: Risk(R) and is the developer of Certified Enterprise Risk Manager(R) (CERM) certificate (www.CERMAcademy.com). Certified Enterprise Risk Manager(R) (CERM(R)) isa risk management certificate based on ISO, ANSI, IEC, and NIST standards. The purpose of CERM is to certificate professionals in risk management problem-solving and risk-based decision-making based on the CERM Lifecycle Learning Model shown in the above figure. The model has three stages: 1. Certified Enterprise Risk Manager certificate and sub-certificates; 2. Risk webinars; and 3. Risk resources. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Greg Hutchins is a professional engineer and is the managing engineering of Quality Plus Engineering (Q+E). Q+E is US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) certified to conduct Critical Infrastructure Protection: Forensics, Assurance, and Analytics assessments. US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has certified Q+E for Critical Infrastructure Protection: Forensics, Assurance, Analytics. DHS has designated Q+E forensic, assurance, and analytical technologies including Value Added Auditing as 'Anti-Terrorist Technologies.' Please see next page delegation of authorities from the DHS Under Secretary. Under the DHS certification, Q+E is authorized to conduct the following independent and objective homeland security Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) assessments: * Analytical. Q+E engineers and scientists conduct analytical analysis following Q+E protocols evaluating IT and cyber security systems against IEEE, PMI, ISO, NIST, and AEC standards. * Assurance. Q+E can offer the client three levels of assurance: Compliance. Q+E conducts a compliance audit using COBIT, NIST, or ISO standards. Assurance with opinion. Q+E issues an opinion based on the results of a governance, risk, and compliance audit. Assurance with DHS Safety Act coverage. Q+E conducts an audit and provides the requisite level of due diligence and due care for the auditee to be covered by the Safety Act against domestic and state-sponsored terrorism. * Forensics. Q+E provides all of the above levels of assurance as well as supplies a letter to DHS averring compliance that above criteria have been met. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Greg Hutchins has written more than 15 best selling books on supply management, risk management, operations management, and quality management. Greg is the author of ISO 9000 (best selling - translated into 8 languages), Supply Management Strategies (APICS, ISM, ASQ endorsed and used in certifications), and Operational Auditing (first risk based, operational auditing book). Read More Read Less