At Veritas, we believe in sharing our perspectives with peers, clients and colleagues across all of our solutions. Blogs are one of the many ways we do that. In 2021, we had our largest readership to date! Based on the number of unique blog views, these are our top 10 blogs from 2021.

Unknown Unknowns: How To Manage Risk Against the Unexpected

This blog is part of the CTRM Project Management series, CTRM Project Management Done Right. The blog covers how to identify and manage project risks, specifically ones that are considered “known unknowns” and “unknown unknowns”. Read August Al-Uqdah’s blog to find out how to identify and manage "unknown unknowns".

Four Components of Credit Risk Analysis

Credit Risk Management is increasingly important in a volatile market. You may need to validate that your credit risk practices are meeting the underlying needs of your business, especially as those needs change. Read Mike Burger's blog to understand the four components of credit risk analysis and which methods make the most sense for your firm.

What are Historical and Implied Price Volatilities Telling Us?

Volatility is not well understood by all market participants, in part because it is surrounded by mathematical mystery/intrigue. Given market commotion in recent years, it is especially important for risk professionals to understand volatilities. Read Mike Burger’s blog where he breaks down the complexities and mathematics behind volatility and how traders and risk managers can protect themselves against downside and take advantage of new opportunities during volatile times.

Expectation Management: The Difference Between Project Success and Failure

Keeping ahead of expectations has to be an intentional activity that is done with regularity. Read August Al-Uqdah’s blog to learn 3 ways to stay in sync with your project stakeholders and how to best manage their expectations throughout the project.

Demystifying Digital Transformation including RPA, AI, ML, Blockchain and IIoT

Digital technologies like RPA, AI, ML, Blockchain and IIoT are all the hype but how are they actually being used in energy organizations? Read Shirin Vakil’s blog where he decrypts the digital alphabet soup by explaining and illustrating some high-level use cases for these emerging digital technologies.

Frozen 2021: Why Texas Lost Power

During the cold weather incident in Texas last February, ERCOT lost over 40 GW of power generation capacity and left millions without power. Multiple factors, including weatherization, were part of this cause. Read Mark Graham's blog on why Texas lost power. He breaks down how power plants operate, what causes them to go offline and who is responsible for paying for these types of investments.

Agile vs. Waterfall: Which Delivery Approach is Right for You?

Agile vs. Waterfall methodologies for CTRM projects are commonly debated. In this blog, we discuss why we typically use a blend of the two and how to best apply the hybrid agile methodology to your CTRM projects.

Differences Between Disaster Recovery in the Cloud vs. Traditional Datacenters

When transitioning from traditional disaster recovery strategies to cloud-based ones, thorough upfront planning can help minimize challenges during implementation. Read this blog by Diayane Aguirre to understand the top 7 things to consider when planning for DR in the cloud.

Refinery Risk Management and VaR Modeling

We explain why refinery risk management requires a Risk Benchmark and how to optimize your book structure to segregate activities and provide better measurement and management of trading and refining. This blog is part of a VaR series including Value at Risk (VaR): Overview and Benefit Case and Successful Implementation of a VaR Solution.

4 Types of Software Vulnerabilities To Watch Out For

The software space is complex. Flaws in the user applications and the underlying operating systems can create unexpected security vulnerabilities. Read our latest post by Brad Kyer to understand what vulnerabilities to look out for and what you and your IT team can do to minimize them from becoming serious threats.

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