21st September 2021
It goes without saying that operational resiliency and supplier risk management go hand in hand. Organisations need to adapt, respond to, and recover from disruptions that occur both internally and externally in order to be successful. In recent years, financial regulators globally have been putting a stronger emphasis on operational resiliency and business continuity, leading to an influx of new…
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Supply chains are growing at an annual rate of 11.2% and are forecasted to double in size by 2026. Growing supply chains inherently pose greater supply chain risk and require a scalable approach to vendor risk management. Cyber risk monitoring solutions not only identify 40% more threats than conventional security, they offer a handful of other benefits. 1. AUTOMATION REDUCES HUMAN…
LEARN MORE16th August 2021
An Effective ESG Risk Assessment Framework is Critical to Business Success In recent months emerging governmental and regulatory disclosure requirements, as well as societal attention to diversity, inclusion and equity, have accelerated the need to successfully incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors into your Procurement and Third-Party risk assurance programs. Will simply adding ESG…
LEARN MORE10th August 2021
The issue of cyber risk has grown in importance over the last few years. But it’s not enough to consider the cyber security of your organisation by traditional boundaries. You need to consider the security of your whole business ecosystem, including your third-party suppliers and vendors. This latest report report from the Managed Security Forum…
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Using the EBA guidelines to streamline your supplier risk management program. Simply stated, financial services faces enormous risk in an age when attack surfaces are expanding exponentially. All too often do these risks, and the regulations introduced to mitigate them, become barriers to innovation. To help pave the way towards better risk management, the European…
LEARN MORE27th July 2021
As we’ve seen in recent events such as the SolarWinds hack, third-party risk poses a serious threat to business continuity. What the incident also demonstrated is that fourth party risk, or the risk posed by a contracted vendor’s third parties, can equally threaten data security and operations. Your organisation may have integrated a robust third party risk management program (TPRM) – but what if keeping an eye on your…
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From reports of numerous former employees, Kaseya leaders knew of and failed to address cybersecurity concerns going back to 2017 (Kaseya Failed to Address Security Before the Hack). Unfortunately, as a result, 1500 managed service providers and possibly more, experienced significant disruptions due to the ransomware attack. For those 1500+ companies, the million-dollar, or in…
LEARN MORE12th July 2021
The European Union (EU) will soon launch a new regulation that will require banks and firms in the global financial industry to mature their third-party risk management programs to include set cybersecurity requirements – which will also apply to the critical Information and Communication Technology (ICT) service providers they are working with. The timeframe for…
LEARN MORE9th July 2021
Resilience is a watchword for every risk management team and every governing board. Resilience represents the ability of entities to avoid, prevent, adapt, respond to, recover from, and learn from operational disruptions.[i] While ensuring business continuity is a key aspect of business resilience, resilience and continuity are related but are not the same.[ii] Understanding your own organisation’s…
LEARN MORE28th June 2021
Today, change in the automotive industry is driven by technology. Automakers and parts manufacturers have shifted their engineering focus to connectivity, becoming more strategic with key technology investments. However, automotive companies still fall behind other industries in terms of digital maturity and are struggling to move forward with a digital transformation plan. In a recent…
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