In the late ‘80s, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America ran an advertising campaign with a simple and powerful message. In one of the televised spots, a man cracks an egg (your brain) into a hot skillet (drugs) where it sizzles (your brain on drugs).
If we created a public service announcement for the Shared Assessment Program’s Certified Third Party Risk Professional (CTPRP) designation, it would have a similarly powerful and straightforward hook – and a decidedly more uplifting message. As we’ve conducted interviews this year with individuals who have earned the CTPRP certification, we’ve discovered that the experience has significantly elevated their careers, expanded their professional networks and, in some cases, burnished their reputations as thought leaders.
In the spring, I wrote about the ways CTPRPs applied their third party risk management expertise and credentials to benefit their organizations. We’ve been conducting another round of CTPRP discussions this fall, and our subjects include executives and managers who work in industry as well as for third party risk assessment firms and software companies that license the Shared Assessments Third Party Risk Management Toolkit (i.e., the Standardized Information Gathering (SIG) questionnaire tools, the Standardized Control Assessment (SCA) procedure tools for onsite assessments, the Vendor Risk Management Maturity Model (VRMMM) benchmark tools and the Privacy Tools).
These interviews have been insightful as well as enjoyable. And I want to share what we’ve been hearing from our interview subjects when they discuss how earning and maintaining their CTPRP certifications has help them on a more personal level. According to the testimonies of real-world CTPRPs, here are five sizzling career-improvement benefits you can expect to experience after getting on the CTPRP designation:
You also may get promoted. A third party risk manager who specializes in incident response credits his application of CTPRP knowledge throughout his organization with helping to elevate him from senior analyst to director.
Check the current schedule to earn your CTPRP.
If you are a CTPRP holder, and want to speak about how this has helped your career or third party risk program, please contact Laura.
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