New Third Party Risk Assessor Certification The Shared Assessments Program announces an expansion to its certification program to include the new Certified Third Party Risk Assessor (CTPRA) designation. This individual certification validates skills and knowledge within specific IT risk controls that an experienced assessor needs in order to perform a thorough risk assessment of…
LEARN MOREShared Assessments has released it’s latest White Paper – Building Best Practices: Third Party Contract Development, Adherence & Management. This paper documents best practices for streamlining Third Party contract development, approval, exceptions and addendums processes, examines the need for actionable contracts and shows how they can be written and managed across the relationship lifecycle from both…
LEARN MOREArticle written by Sean O’Brien CTPRP, Director, DVV Solutions A common question I receive from clients as part of Third Party risk management (TPRM) program development is the best way to manage the inbound requests to complete risk assessments from their own clients. My answer is very simple. “Practice what you preach”. Treat client requests…
LEARN MORE4th Party Vendor Breach Strikes Again Security can’t be looked at only inside the firewall; it must be accounted for throughout an organization’s entire business network Last week’s Ticketmaster breach is a classic example of the challenges companies face to effectively manage vendor risk. Very few companies manage their online ticket sales. That job is left…
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