App-based, reputation risk management system identifies potential risks in real time, predicts potential impact and facilitates a quick response so companies are not left flat-footed when a crisis hits.
Ruder Finn Rolls Out RiskSTAT
Tue., Mar. 28, 2017
By John O'Dwyer
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