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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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Disinformation is a threat to our trust ecosystem. Experts explain how to curb it Text
World Economic Forum, 3rd July 2024
Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
In a world where false information can spread worldwide with the click of a button, a critical question arises: how do we safeguard the truth while a wave of disinformation threatens our information ecosystems and democratic societies?
Categories:
Cyber
Keywords:
Trust, Cyber, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Cyber Security
General election: How big a threat is AI and disinformation to elections in 2024? Video
Institute for Government, 25th March 2024
Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
This event explored the impact that artificial intelligence will have on the next UK general election – and elections around the world.
Categories:
Cyber
Keywords:
Trust, Cyber, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Digital Transformation
The rising risk of misinformation and disinformation Text
Zurich, 22nd February 2024
Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Organisations will need to be more proactive in anticipating and mitigating the risks posed by disinformation and misinformation.
Categories:
Cyber
Keywords:
Trust, Emerging Risk, Digital Transformation, Cyber
Disinformation: A guide to understanding and mitigating the risks to your business Text
University of Cambridge Judge Business School, 25th July 2023
Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Explains how to do a disinformation threat assessment and figure out how it might affect your business.
Categories:
Cyber
Keywords:
Trust, Cyber, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Cyber Security
“It is not me”: growing use of deepfakes poses newfound threats to organisations Text
Control Risks, 13th June 2023
Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Criminals on the dark web are already offering tailored deepfake audio and visual content to bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA), and provide services related to video and image editing and manipulation, personalised training lessons, and the sharing of specialist software. What can organisations do?
Categories:
Cyber
Keywords:
Trust, Cyber, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), Cyber Security
May Contain Lies How Stories, Statistics and Studies Exploit Our Biases - And What We Can Do About It [book to purchase] Text
Alex Edmans
Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Our lives are minefields of misinformation. Stories, statistics and studies lie to us on a daily basis. Not only this but, as Professor Alex Edmans reveals, our brains lie to us too. He argues that we need to acknowledge and understand the role that our own human biases play in interpreting and digesting the information that we consume.
Categories:
People
Keywords:
Talent, Communications