Unit 10 ready for when things go wrong

1. Pronounce the following words and word combinations. Use a dictionary if necessary.

To wreak, havoc, essential, to ruin, promptly, incautious, hazard, risk-conscious, unwary, incredibly, particular, awareness, to preach, diktat, password, to go bust, pitfall, holistic approach, to be kept alive, preserve, disparate, to be lousy at, to circulate, to mitigate, continuity, skeletal, top-notch, inch, snappy, subtly, exhortatory, fraud, integrity, tremendously, to commence.

2. Give Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

To wreak havoc, to ruin reputation, to damage property, to give information out, to be off guard, to let something slip, incautious employees, to be dead set on, to be risk-conscious, unwary employee, corporate food chain, to call for a bigger cross-industry and government effort, to preach a series of diktats to workers, disparate specialisms, to be pretty lousy at risk management, to mitigate the risk, to have skeletal plans, top-notch internal PR, to gather the internet equivalent of an inch of dust, snappy headlines, to put stuff out on the internet, exhortatory emails, to commit a fraud, to report risks.

3. Read the text again and answer the following questions.

1. What is the first rule of management when someone rings you up and interests in talking to you about how your company protects itself from criminals intent on stealing your information and etc?

2. What is particularly important for all members of staff?

3. What do particular problems surrounding computer crime call for?

4. What is the first rule for raising risk awareness in a company?

5. What pitfall to such a holistic approach is?

6. What programme did the Australian bank develop?

7. How can employees get the information what to do in the heat of battle?

8. What websites should be?

9. Who is most fraud committed by?

10. What measures should be taken to prevent fraud in a company?

4. Complete the sentences with the information taken from the text.

1. You need to have … … in place that everyone understands.

2. There are a number of … … each of which claim to know everything about risk.

3. The first rule for raising risk awareness in a company is not to … a series of … to workers.

4. If the company … … as a result of your actions, you will also have to find another job.

5. The Australian bank developed a programme to … the company’s … .

6. …internal PR is also called for, says Dr. Ward.

7. The Australian bank used to be pretty … at risk management.

8. One of the … to such a … … is the vast range of problems that a workforce need to be kept alive to.

5. Explain the following English words and word combinations in your own words.

To wreak havoc, holistic approach, risk management, to be off guard, unwary employees, to preach a series of diktats, to go bust, cross-industry, disparate specialisms, to be lousy at risk management, to mitigate the risk, skeletal plans, snappy headlines, top-notch internal PR, to put out stuff on the internet.