Back to School Basics: Best Practices for Compliance Program Management

October 7, 2015 | Compliance, Corporate Culture, Risk Management

School is back in session, fall has begun, and we are approaching the start of Q4. Organizations of all sizes are finishing their financial plans for 2016 and likely conducting end of year internal fall housekeeping on projects and initiatives. This is a great time to dust off the approach to managi ....

Business Continuity: What Do Those Words Mean To You?

September 22, 2015 | Business Continuity, Risk, Risk Management

For many businesses, they are nothing more than words. Business Continuity is more than simply having a slightly modified template version of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that took a few hours to complete in order to satisfy your Manager or an outside entity. Instead, it is a never-ending proce ....

Press Release: Webinar to Explore Question “Who Owns Third-Party Risk?”

July 30, 2015 | Press Release, Risk Management, Third Party Risk, Third Party Risk Management

LockPath, Shared Assessments partner to provide third-party risk insights OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Third-party risk management is becoming increasingly critical for businesses. Data loss and compliance incidents are frequently associated with a company’s business partners, and regulations are expand ....

Using Peer Collaboration to Manage Supply Chain Risk

May 29, 2015 | Collaborative Onsite Assessment, Program Tools, Risk, Risk Management, Supply Chain, Third Party Risk Management, Tools & Templates

Today’s companies are outsourcing more critical functions as part of their business operations in today’s complex environment. Every member of the supply chain must be evaluated to ensure they are properly protecting systems and data. With hackers specifically targeting third parties as a way to ....

The Next Generation of Third Party Risk

May 26, 2015 | Cyber Risk, Cybersecurity, Data & Cybersecurity, Risk, Risk Management

As a follow up to the 8th annual Shared Assessments Summit, the themes of governance continued to focus on third party risk, when I conducted a webinar hosted by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Governance services and sponsored by Prevalent. The focus on third party risk has shifted from a line ....

How Do I Get This Up and Running? — Part II: Should My Program Be Centralized or Decentralized?

May 16, 2015 | Risk Management, Third Party Risk, Third Party Risk Management

I have one of those "a-funny-thing-happened-to-me-on-the-way-to-the-dry-cleaners" stories and it just so happens to be a perfect segue from my previous blog as we now switch focus to targeting alignment and support of your key initiative or action within the organization. I received a call from a S ....

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