#operational-risk

#operational-risk

Military weapons are designed to give commanders an advantage, but that advantage is rarely permanent. Systems that once multiplied combat power can become burdens as threats evolve, environments shift, and missions change.Some weapons begin to demand more protection, maintenance, or political consideration than the value they provide. Here, 24/7 Wall St. is taking a closer look at the weapons that became liability issues instead of force multipliers.

Builders often talk about uncertainty as if it were a temporary fog that had to clear eventually. Rates will decline, the Fed will pivot, pent-up demand will return, migration will pick up again, and the longstanding pattern of structural underbuilding will resume. The idea that the industry's biggest risks come from the outsideand that the outside world and its cyclical forces will eventually save themhas been one of homebuilding's most persistent forms of magical thinking.

Billions of pounds of investment, years of engineering works and now, the moment of truth. On 14 December a revamped railway timetable goes live across Britain, with the biggest fanfare and radical changes for the east coast mainline, where passengers are promised more train services, faster journeys and a new era of reliability.

It was essentially trading the way a trafficker would, but automated. It looked at insertion orders (IOs) that came in [from brands and media buyers], it set up the campaigns, it set the campaigns live, and it started optimizing them. We were like: "This is amazing!" Well, for about a day. It spent a few thousand dollars in one go. And then we got scared.

Digital is no longer just a marketing channel, it's the backbone of business. Global ad spend is expected to reach $740B by 2025, reflecting both opportunity and increasing complexity. Every day, your teams or agencies juggle dozens of platforms - Google, Meta, Amazon, DSPs - each with its own setup rules, metrics, formats and workflows. Add evolving AI tools, tighter deadlines, demand for hyper-personalization and pressure for performance... and the stakes rise fast.

AI Agents are Entering Production Faster Than You Think AI agents are already helping teams triage tickets, summarize logs, provision environments, run basic tests, write code snippets, and answer developer questions. But here's the rub: them are being deployed without formal ownership . A developer experiments with an LLM wrapper, gets useful results, and suddenly it's a critical part of the toolchain. No review. No plan. No infrastructure.

A recent report found that 75% of nearly half a million building management systems assessed have known exploited vulnerabilities. This indicates a significant risk across various sectors.