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Explore our blogs for the latest insights, tips, and best practices in third-party risk management. Stay informed and protect your organization by navigating the complexities of third-party relationships with confidence. Read on to enhance your risk management strategy!

Cybersecurity, Risk Landscape

Robinhood Data Security Incident: A Banana In The Tailpipe

Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD), is an American financial services company known for pioneering commission-free trades of stocks, exchange-traded funds, and cryptocurrencies via a mobile app. In a sense, Robinhood turned Wall Street into All Street by gamifying trading, bringing...

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Risk Landscape, Supply Chain Risk

TPRM and the Delicate Balance of the Supply Chain

Everywhere you look, people seem to be talking about it. No, we don’t mean Squid Game, we mean the supply chain. In the U.S. consumers (and many businesses) were long accustomed to taking the supply chain for granted. It seemed...

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ESG, Risk Landscape

TPRM: Connecting SEC To ESG

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was founded at the height of the Great Depression to help restore investor confidence after the Wall Street Crash of 1929. For almost 100 years, the SEC has prioritized “protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly,...

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Risk Landscape, Supply Chain Risk

Real-World Cyberattacks On The Supply Chain

Concern from cybersecurity and third party risk professionals over the risk cyberattacks pose to supply chains is increasing. The Shared Assessments Community reports an uptick in the following types of cyberattacks: In response to growing anxiety, Nasser Fatah, Senior Advisor,...

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Emerging Technologies, Risk Landscape

5 Drivers of IoT Risks

In 1969, two programmers took a step that ultimately generated bigger leaps for humankind than the moon landing. On Oct. 29, 1969, a coder in Los Angeles transmitted via a basic computer network a briefer than expected digital message to...

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Geopolitical Risk, Risk Landscape

Cyberattack Disrupted Iranian Gasoline Supplies

Earlier this week, authorities from Iran reported a cyberattack on their gasoline infrastructure. This attack left citizens all over the country (who use government-issued electronic cards to purchase fuel at discounted prices) unable to pump or buy fuel. Citizens who...

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Shared Assessments

New Risk Management Thought Leadership Groups

Committees, awareness, and working groups are foundational to Shared Assessments. In these thought leadership groups, our diverse community of third party risk practitioners gathers to collaborate and address global risk management challenges. The benefits of participating in our groups are...

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Risk Landscape

5 Frightening Third Party Risks

Third party risks and Halloween costumes have something in common. You’ve got your traditional risks -- think cybersecurity, resilience or regulatory matters – that come knocking year after year, just like ghosts, goblins, and witches. There are also newly important...

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Cybersecurity, Risk Landscape

4 Ways C-Suite Can Prevent Ransomware

Awareness matters, of course. If you’ve never even heard of an issue, you can’t do anything to prepare for it. And even if you know an issue exists, if you assume it’s rare and distant and unlikely to ever touch...

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Cybersecurity, Risk Landscape

Cybersecurity Awareness: Fight Against Phishing

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Cybersecurity, Risk Landscape

Virtual Counter-Ransomware Initiative Meeting

This week, the White House National Security Council has organized a virtual Counter-Ransomware Initiative meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to strengthen President Biden’s leadership in gathering allies and partners to neutralize a common threat: ransomware. The ministers and...

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Cybersecurity, Risk Landscape

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Vulnerability: Shared Responsibility

From Airbnb to Zillow, some of the internet’s most popular sites and services are built on Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s leading cloud computing provider. But, recent industry discussions point to an AWS vulnerability.   Evolution of Amazon Web...

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