Setting the Standards for
Vendor Assessments

  • Professionally developed tools
  • Used by thousands of organizations
  • In use in 115 countries
  • Industries: financial services, academia, government, healthcare, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, retail, telecommunications, energy/utilities, and others

Membership

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Community, leadership, visibility, resources.
Participate in a global community of leaders in information security, privacy, and vendor risk management.
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Collaborate, network, create. Shape and refine the industry de-facto security standard tools.

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"Shared Assessments Program tools allow enterprise organizations to evaluate and measure the level of IT risk across their vendors in an quantifiable, objective and repeatable process."
— Niall Browne, Shared Assessments Program Chair
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"As a service provider, we have gained great benefits from the networking and knowledge sharing opportunities made available to us throughout the year."
— Lynda Martel, Director, Privacy Compliance Communications, DriveSavers Data Recovery, Inc., Shared Assessments Steering Committee Member
"Integrating the full range of Shared Assessments content into our GRC platform gives our customers streamlined vendor management tools, empowering them to better manage the governance, risk and compliance issues surrounding their third-party relationships."
— Chris Caldwell, CEO, LockPath

Reseller Licensing

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Use our standards in your software product.
Enhance your software product or offering with our powerful assessment tools.
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Full rights to use the Shared Assessments standards in your software product or offering.

"Adopting the Shared Assessments Program enabled Deluxe to reduce cycle time, improve quality, & streamline the due diligence process. At Deluxe, two-thirds of our due diligence requests use Shared Assessment tool."
— Linnea Solem, CIPP, CIPP/C, Chief Privacy Officer, Director of Business Risk & Privacy Management, Deluxe Corp, Shared Assessments Steering Committee Member
  • Gain full rights to use the Shared Assessments standards.
  • Invitation to join the Technical Development Committee.
  • Discounts on sponsorships and exhibitorships at the Shared Assessments Summit.
  • Access to events with key industry thought leaders.

Tools

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More efficient and less costly assessment processes.
Gain faster, more efficient assessment processes while enhancing your risk management program.
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Begin using the industry de-facto security standard tools today.

"Implemented correctly, the Shared Assessments Program serves two critical purposes: satisfying requisite regulatory requirements, and, honoring one's fiduciary responsibility to maximize the overall cost efficiency of their third-party vendor risk management program."
— Ken Peterson, President and CEO, Churchill & Harriman, Inc., Shared Assessments Program Advisory Board Member
  • Efficiencies and Cost Savings through faster, more efficient, and less costly assessment processes using the Shared Assessments tools.
  • Effective Risk Management through using industry-standard tools.

Services & Education

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Build a successful vendor risk management program
Learn to better understand and maximize the Program's Risk Assessment Tools
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Attend one of our workshops or special events and ramp up your vendor risk program.

"Adopting the Shared Assessments Program enabled Deluxe to reduce cycle time, improve quality, & streamline the due diligence process. At Deluxe, two-thirds of our due diligence requests use Shared Assessment tool."
— Linnea Solem, CIPP, CIPP/C, Chief Privacy Officer, Director of Business Risk & Privacy Management, Deluxe Corp, Shared Assessments Steering Committee Member
  • Workshops throughout the year
  • In-house seminars and consulting tuned to the specific needs of your organization
  • Gain a better understanding of how to maximize the Shared Assessments Program’s Tools
"Integrating the full range of Shared Assessments content into our GRC platform gives our customers streamlined vendor management tools, empowering them to better manage the governance, risk and compliance issues surrounding their third-party relationships."
— Chris Caldwell, CEO, LockPath

News

Pivot Point Security Joins Shared Assessments Program

Published on April 16, 2012

Pivot Point Security, a leading Information Security Assurance firm, announces that it has recently joined The Santa Fe Group’s Shared Assessments Program as an assessment

The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business Case for Enhanced PHI Security

Published on March 5, 2012

PHI data breaches are growing in frequency and in magnitude. Protecting valuable health data is an important business decision for all health care organizations. Authored

The Financial Impact of Breached Protected Health Information: A Business Case for Enhanced PHI Security

PHI data breaches are growing in frequency and in magnitude. Protecting valuable health data is an important business decision for all health care organizations.

Authored by more than 100 health care industry leaders, this free report includes PHIve—a 5-step method to assess specific security risks and build a business case for the appropriate level of investment needed to safeguard PHI.

A free download is available at http://webstore.ansi.org/phi

Shared Assessments Workshop

June 18, 2012, Dallas, TX

  • Registration now open
  • Shared Assessments Workshop

Did you miss our recent Workshop held in conjunction with the Shared Assessments Summit? Do you have others within your organizations you feel would benefit by attending? Join us for a repeat performance of our workshop:

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Enhanced XML SIG now available from CSI

QM for SIG is an enhanced XML version of the SIG which provides a complete multi-user application solution for vendors and outsourcers.

Among the many features included in QM for SIG is a migration feature which allows you to use information you currently have in Excel based SIGs. It was developed by Collaborative Software Initiative (CSI) a licensee of the Shared Assessment Program who has been responsible for the development of all previous XML versions of the SIG for the Program. For a limited-time CSI is offering QM for SIG at significantly discounted pricing.

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