From natural disasters to software failures and cyberattacks, disasters bring considerable risk to businesses. While there is no way to prevent an unforeseen event, you can minimize the ensuing risks by working closely with third parties – those who provide...
What is Real-Time Bidding (RTB)? Real-Time Bidding (RTB) is a technology operating behind the scenes on all websites and apps, tracking everything you look at, no matter how private or sensitive. And, RTB records where you go. Every day, RTB...
Shared Assessments CEO Andrew Moyad had a quite a head start getting up to speed after stepping into his current role in February. Moyad’s 25-plus years in risk management and information security includes leadership roles in vendor risk management at...
Madonna entered the metaverse last week when she released her hyped non-fungible token (NFT) art series. Over the weekend, the “Material Girl” acquired an immaterial (but collectible) Bored Ape #4988 with NFTs equal to 180 ether or $564K at time...
Is cyber complacency the biggest cyberthreat of all? It seems that it is raining cyberattacks as the methods for deploying attacks grow easier and more accessible. Malicious subscription-based services such as ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) are prevalent. And, a recent launch of...
Who is Frances Haugen? Frances Haugen grew up attending the Iowa caucuses with her academic parents giving her a strong sense of pride in democracy and civic responsibility. Haugen holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Olin College...
We know hackers are getting more sophisticated. Cyber attacks and data breaches make the news on a regular basis, and the costs involved are staggering. But as organizations work to shield themselves from the growing threat of outside hackers, failing...
Lifetime Achievement Awards Catherine Allen (Founder and Chairperson of Shared Assessments) was honored to present these awards “to two extremely deserving recipients” at the 2022 Third Party Risk Summit. Ms. Allen noted Security Magazine called Dr. Larry Ponemon (Founder, Ponemon...
Catherine A. Allen, Founder, Chairman and former CEO of Shared Assessments, kicked off the 2022 Third Party Risk Summit with a warm welcome while noting “It’s really a strange time. It’s been a strange time ever since Covid started, and...
Applying a dose of hindsight to the Conference Board’s C-Suite Outlook 2022 survey report seems to reveal major gaps. Surveying 1,614 C-suite executives (including 917 CEOs globally), the report reflects “C-Suite Outlook,” exploring external stress points faced by business leaders....
One year ago, a Texas A&M educator predicted a trend that now taxes nearly every third party risk management program, whether they know it or not. “The great resignation is coming,” Texas A&M Associate Professor of Management Anthony Klotz warned...
Another ransomware attack is garnering a lot of attention. Not because the perpetrators want an astonishing amount of crypto, or because they’re threatening to disrupt commerce across an entire country, but because the threat actors went from infecting the victim’s...
