Third-Party Risk Education
Shared Assessments delivers targeted training and certification programs to thousands of
professionals to give them the tools, best practices, and opportunities for career advancement in risk management.
Third-Party Risk Management Education and Certification
Doing business in an outsourced economy requires expertise to meet the necessary strategies, processes, and practices when evaluating and managing vendor risk and overseeing the security of sensitive data once it’s in the hands of third parties.
TPRM Fundamentals
This certificate-based learning course is designed for individuals with limited or no third-party risk experience. The training provides an overview of key third-party risk concepts, program components, and processes involved in minimizing risk in third-party relationships.
TPRM Fundamentals teaches the foundations of vendor risk management including:
- Terminology and drivers for third-party risk
- Core structures of a third party-risk management program
- Basics of risk control objectives, risk statements, and types of controls
- Components in managing assessments
SIG Fundamentals
Developed for novice users of the SIG questionnaire, this certificate-based training examines the organizational structure of the SIG, key differences between a SIG Core and Lite, and provides step-by-step instructions on how to create truly custom questionnaires to fit the needs of your vendor assessments.
SIG Fundamentals is a self-paced training that reviews the basics of the SIG assessment questionnaire including:
- Using standard and custom templates to create SIG questionnaires
- Scoping best practices to create a custom questionnaire
- Overview and benefits of the SIG Content Library
- Distributing SIG questionnaires for completion
Certified Third-Party Risk Professional
The CTPRP is designed for third-party risk, procurement and compliance professionals, including business vendor managers, risk managers, vendor IT security managers, IT assessors and IS professionals.
CTPRP holders will demonstrate a thorough working knowledge of third-party risk management concepts and principles, including:
- Managing the vendor lifecycle
- Vendor risk identification and rating
- Knowledge of the fundamentals of vendor risk assessment, monitoring and management
Certified Third-Party Risk Assessor
The CTRPA is designed for IT/IS third-party risk professionals, including individuals performing assessments, onsite or remote, of third parties relative to the risk tolerance of the assessor organization.
CTPRA holders performing assessments will demonstrate advanced knowledge of:
- Organizational safety and security
- Physical and environmental security of data environment
- Network security
Certification Impact on Risk Management Careers
In a recent poll of certificate holders, we discovered the following:
80%
CTPRP holders report training improved their ability to fulfill their job duties.
47%
CTPRP certification helped them land a new job or earn a promotion.
68%
CTPRP’s current annual compensation ranged from $90,000 to $120,000
Credentials Driving Credibility
“The primary benefit of the certifications is the associated body of knowledge…It has held up as the golden standard in the TPRM profession even as the profession has expanded significantly in the past few years. When we present to prospective clients or advise existing clients we can lean on our experience and both [certification] bodies of knowledge as industry best practices. That gives us a unique perspective…””
— Bill Deller, CTPRP/CTPRA, Schneider Downs IT Risk Advisory Services Manager