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The Shared Assessments Program is the only organization that has uniquely positioned and developed standardized resources for managing the complete third party relationship lifecycle. Such standardization is critical to the advancement of effective, secure third party controls and risk management in ....

The intricate third party risk management (TPRM) lifecycle requires coordinated and well-integrated knowledge from the Board and C-Suite through management and general staff, and extends throughout the relationship with third and fourth parties. The complex elements of a robust TPRM program involve ....

Who does your organization trust to assess key service providers with access to your confidential and proprietary data? Specialized skills and expertise are required to manage risk in a rapidly evolving outsourced economy. Certifications are an important way to demonstrate competency in a complicate ....

Special expertise and training is required to manage risk in this outsourced economy. Studies consistently demonstrate a disconnect between regulatory and industry standards for third party risk management (TPRM) and a lack of holistic, proactive program design and implementation. This gap is placin ....

2015 at Shared Assessments was a year for building best practices and compliance awareness, continuing longitudinal third party risk management and assurance research and reporting and providing risk professionals with development opportunities unique in the marketplace. Program efforts this year al ....

Our next Certified Third Party Risk Professional (CTPRP) Workshop & Exam will be held on October 15-16, 2016 in Boston, MA. Individuals who pass the CTPRP examination and successfully comply with the requirements to earn and maintain the certification have a thorough working knowledge of third pa ....