During discussions in 2013 to determine the next risk areas that should be addressed by the Shared Assessments Program Tools, the focus rapidly turned to software security. As we polled our members we found that many of them were concerned...
Part I in a series In less than eighteen months, there has been more industry guidance and updated regulations regarding third party risk than at any other juncture in the evolution of governance within the financial services industry. Media attention...
With an estimated 70% of US credit cards likely to be EMV chip ready by the end of next year ((70 Percent of U.S. Credit Cards to Include EMV Chips 2015, Computer World, June 16, 2014, http://www.eweek.com/security/70-percent-of-us-credit-cards-to-include-evm-chips-by-2015.html)) , the race...
Between the Q1 market response to retailer breaches and the Heartbleed Bug Vulnerability, organizations of all sizes are assessing and reviewing their internal and external incident management policies, standards and procedures. The pace at which incidents can go viral requires...
The need for community banks to be particularly attentive to third party risks was underscored yesterday in a speech by the Controller of the Currency’s Thomas Curry. Smaller institutions tend to be more dependent on third parties for IT services....
With the recent increased focus of the regulatory agencies and standards bodies on third party risk management, the market is being flooded with companies offering to provide solutions in this area. The Shared Assessments Program has been focused on third...
