As IoT devices evolve, risk management needs improvement

There’s an acute need for IoT risk management improvement, as most organizations do not know what tracking and safeguards their third parties have in place, according to the Shared Assessments Program and the Ponemon Institute. “While the prolife… Continue reading As IoT devices evolve, risk management needs improvement

Shared Assessments Program issues set of best practices and tools to help orgs comply with the CCPA

The Shared Assessments Program issued “CCPA Privacy Guidelines & Checklists,” the security and risk industry’s first comprehensive set of best practices and tools to help organizations comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Concur… Continue reading Shared Assessments Program issues set of best practices and tools to help orgs comply with the CCPA

Shared Assessments expands the 2020 Third Party Risk Management Toolkit

The Shared Assessments Program, the member-driven leader in third party risk assurance, issued the 2020 Shared Assessments Third Party Risk Management Toolkit to help enable organizations around the world to meet new and evolving regulatory compliance … Continue reading Shared Assessments expands the 2020 Third Party Risk Management Toolkit

Shared Assessments and 57 cross industry firms drive uniform cybersecurity alert definitions

The Shared Assessments Program, the member-driven leader in third party risk assurance, announced that the organization’s Continuous Monitoring Taxonomy subgroup has released “Creating a Unified Continuous Monitoring Cybersecurity Taxonomy: Gaining Gro… Continue reading Shared Assessments and 57 cross industry firms drive uniform cybersecurity alert definitions

Shared Assessments unveils new Third Party Risk Management Framework

The Shared Assessments Program, the member-driven leader in third party risk assurance, announced a new Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) Framework designed to help organizations of all sizes effectively build, improve and execute best practices in to… Continue reading Shared Assessments unveils new Third Party Risk Management Framework

Vendor risk management programs are running harder just to stay in place

Increasing pressures in the risk and regulatory environments continue to pose severe challenges to third-party vendor risk management (VRM) programs, a recent survey by Protiviti and the Shared Assessments Program has shown. But despite increased regul… Continue reading Vendor risk management programs are running harder just to stay in place

Third-party IoT risk management not a priority

With the proliferation of IoT devices used in organizations to support business, technology and operations innovation, respondents to an Ponemon Institute study were asked to evaluate their perception of IoT risks, the state of current third party risk… Continue reading Third-party IoT risk management not a priority