Blogpost: When Bad Things Happen To Good Public Accounting Firms 

Blogpost: When Bad Things Happen To Good Public Accounting Firms 

Wirecard AG, headquartered in Munich, Germany, is a large, international payments processing fintech company.  On June 19th, the Wall Street Journal reported that funds totaling…

Introduction to the Framework

Financial Crime Risks: What A Vendor Manager Must Know About Sanctions and Money Laundering

Shared Assessments’ Continuous Monitoring Working Group recently convened to examine the risks from financial crime that a vendor manager must understand. Ken Wolckenhauer,…

Third Party 5G Risks & The Power of ‘And’

Sharp leaders deploy it, improv performers embrace it and fifth generation (5G) wireless technology depends on it. I’m referring to the power of “and.”…

The Nitty-Gritty on 5G Privacy

Would you rather a have crane collapse on you while strolling through a city or have your every move tracked by Big Brother?  …

Optimizing Your Third-Party Risk Management Programme Webinar Summary

Organizations that make continuous monitoring of critical vendors a part of their holistic and life-cycle based risk management program more frequently achieve business objectives.

5G Security Needs Rethinking, Quickly

As the race to implement fifth generation wireless (5G) intensifies, we should take a brief pause to address common misperceptions that could create major cybersecurity…

Why the Shared Assessments’ SCA is the “Swiss-Army Knife” in Your Assessment Toolbox

Everyone is familiar with the utility of the famous Swiss army knife; a penknife housing several blades and other tools such as files, scissors,…

Travel Bans and Stay at Home Orders – Taking a Virtual Approach to On-Site Assessments

I remember when I first understood the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to have on the world of third party risk management.

The Watchers Vs. The Watched – CCPA Evolving To Further Protect Individuals

In her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, Shoshana Zuboff describes “surveillance capitalism” as “unilaterally claiming human experience…

Get Off My Cloud Webinar Summary

“Get Off My Cloud” was the third session in a six-part webinar series offered by Shared Assessments in partnership with OneTrust.  The series,…

The Next COVID-19 Shoe to Drop: Actually, it’s Potentially an Avalanche of Shoes

After 16 years as a risk leader at Deutsche Bank, Victor Meyer recently joined Supply Wisdom as the COO. Supply Wisdom…

Regulatory Consistency in Cloud Due Diligence Guidance

As changes to third party risk management accelerate in a COVID 19 environment, one of the organizations already considering increased use of the…

Information Security Needs a New Narrative

Many companies have a fundamental information security problem, according to the co-authors of the A Leader’s Guide to Cybersecurity (Harvard Business Review Press, 2019). Those…

Third Party Financial Health A Leading Indicator for All Areas of Risk

Complexity and uncertainty in the supply chain have increased exponentially in recent months leading to higher risk related to all aspects of third…