The Association of Enterprise Risk Management Professionals (AERMP) has called for a fundamental repositioning of Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM) as a strategic business and governance priority amid rising global security threats and digital vulnerabilities.
The call was made at Nigeria’s inaugural Enterprise Security Risk Management Conference held at James Hope University, Lekki, Lagos, under the theme, “Repositioning Enterprise Security Risk Management in an Evolving Global Threat Landscape: A Multi-Stakeholder Imperative.”
The conference brought together policymakers, regulators, security experts, academics, corporate executives and risk professionals to discuss emerging threats and strategies for strengthening institutional resilience.
A key takeaway from the event was the need for organisations to move beyond reactive and compliance-driven security models and adopt ESRM as a board-level discipline integrating cybersecurity, physical security, operational resilience, governance and enterprise-wide risk…