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Hidden Risk Connections Are Threatening Operational Resilience
Operational risk blind spots increasingly exist between traditional risk categories. Phil Pate explains how AI, human-verified intelligence, peer benchmarking, and industry collaboration can expose cascading threats earlier, while connecting external intelligence to an organization’s people, suppliers, technology, assets, and critical services can turn awareness into predictive resilience.
Oct 09, 2026
Phil Pate
Phil Pate, VP & GM EMEA, Alert Media
Tags: AI and Technology (including Fintech)
Hidden Risk Connections Are Threatening Operational Resilience
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  • Operational risk blind spots often emerge between cyber, supplier, geopolitical, workforce and physical risks
  • AI can process intelligence at scale, but human verification remains essential
  • Benchmarking should identify capability gaps rather than provide a template to copy
  • Industry-wide intelligence can turn other firms’ incidents and near misses into early warnings
  • External intelligence must be mapped to internal dependencies and predefined actions to create predictive resilience 
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