Framing TPRM for the C-Suite
Third Party Risk is increasingly a topic addressed in board rooms. As Rocco Grillo (Managing Director, Global Cyber Risk Services, Alvarez and Marshal) notes “the C-Suite and Board members are critical to the success and effectiveness of any TPRM program. Successful...
Reshaping the Puzzle of Risk Management from Problem to Opportunity
The architecture of risk governance poses challenges that are daunting for even the most seasoned board risk committees and risk practitioners. “One of the most crucial elements in taking a company from good to great is somewhat paradoxical. You need...
Effective Vendor Contracts For TPRM
How do you develop effective vendor contracts that keep pace with changing threats? This blogpost answers this question and is derived from Shared Assessments’ November 17, 2020 webinar on the topic. This discussion points to flexibility, the most crucial...
Risk Management Metrics – Cooking Down The Acronym Soup
Like most industries, in Risk Management, acronyms abound. Let’s sort through the acronym soup to understand the most important KRIs (Key Risk Indicators) and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for TPRM (Third Party Risk Management) or VRM (Vendor Risk Management). We...
Challenges in TPRM – Top 3 in 2020
The “Skirt Length Theory” of economics says that when the economy is performing well, women's skirts will be shorter, and in turn, skirts will be longer during downturns. Looking back at 2020, it is difficult to assess fashion trends as Go-To-Meeting and Zoom captured...
About COVID Liability Waivers
This blogpost describes COVID liability waivers. Jeremy Byelin (Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Shared Assessments) shares his view on the potential benefits of this legal safeguard. As COVID cases continue to rise in many areas of the world, businesses...
The Future of Work: Flexibility and Community Remain Key
Over my lunch hour ….such as it is in the work-from-home era…..I attended the Wall Street Journal Live Journalism session on the Future of Work. This blogpost gives a brief summary of the event and considers where The Santa Fe Group/Shared Assessments stands, or...
Future of Connected Devices: World War or Peace
As National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020 comes to a close, NCISA (the National Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) has identified this final week’s focus to be “The Future of Connected Devices.” This theme brings to mind the Futurama Kitchen of...
Innovation Leaders: Real Solutions For TPRM
On Tuesday, October 20, I led an exploration of the real solutions for TPRM from Innovation Leaders in the Third Party Risk Management Space. In this session, innovation leaders (a select group from Shared Assessments' community of members) presented solutions for...
Securing Internet-Connected Devices in Healthcare
Week three of Cybersecurity Awareness Month is themed “Securing Internet-Connected Devices in Healthcare.” (This is our second blogpost in a series of three for Cybersecurity Awareness October 2020 - our first post presented "Questions to Ask When Purchasing or...
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- Challenges in TPRM – Top 3 in 2020
- The Future of Work: Flexibility and Community Remain Key
- Supply Chain Concentration and Resilience Risk
- The Next COVID-19 Shoe to Drop: Actually, it’s Potentially an Avalanche of Shoes
