Each year, outsourcers pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to evaluate IT service provider security practices and controls. The Shared Assessments Program was created to save costs and boost the efficiency of the control assessment process without sacrificing rigor.
Today, nearly 60 outsourcers, assessment firms and major IT service providers are members. The Big Four accounting firms — Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers — serve as Technical Advisors to the Shared Assessments Program.
Shared Assessments Program membership is open to companies of all sizes, including financial institutions, healthcare organizations, telecommunications companies, retailers, higher education organizations and others. To learn more about the Shared Assessments Program and download its free assessment tools, visit the official Shared Assessments website. For information about Shared Assessments Program membership, please contact Joyce Crawshaw at The Santa Fe Group.