How to respond to government’s renewed emphasis on cybersecurity
The Department of Justice’s new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative is the latest development to suggest companies’ cybersecurity defenses had better be up to snuff when doing business with the U.S. government or risk enforcement.
Metals Technology Initiative issues new anti-corruption resources
The Metals Technology Initiative has launched a new website making its guidance on gifts and hospitality and third-party due diligence freely accessible.
Report: China, U.S. most confident in combating corruption risks
Risk leaders at companies in China and the United States expressed the highest level of confidence in their approach to mitigating bribery and corruption risk, according to a new global benchmark report from Kroll.
CPE Webcast: Emerging trends from Deloitte’s global TPRM survey 2021
Join ProcessUnity and Deloitte’s leading third-party risk practitioners as they explore key findings from Deloitte’s 2021 Global TPRM Survey. You will hear what organizations are doing in the wake of last year’s pandemic to make advancements in their approach to third-party risk.
CPE Webcast: Defending yourself from ransomware third-party risks
Ransomware continues to dominate headlines with no sign of slowing down. What started more than 30 years ago has become one of the most prevalent and lucrative cyberattacks that does not discriminate by company size, industry, or geography.
Banking guidance: Six key areas of FinTech due diligence
Three federal banking regulators have released guidance offering tips and suggestions to community banks for conducting due diligence on potential FinTech partners.
FINRA notice outlines key areas for supervising third parties
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a notice on compliance deficiencies arising from firms’ relationships with vendors culled from examination findings.
What factors are driving change in your corporate investigations process?
A recent survey from Compliance Week and OpenText reveals while investigations and data volumes are on the rise, machine learning combined with external expertise may give companies the upper hand in accelerating response and results.
CPE Webcast: Identifying risky vendors: 7 warning signs
For individuals managing third-party risk, there is one primary question that needs answering: Are your vendors safe to do business with? Answering that question is not so straightforward.
CPE Webcast: The rise of ESG in third-party risk management
ESG and its role in third-party risk management have gained prominence this past year as the awareness for environmental and social issues continue to grow.
New bank guidance expands on advice for handling third parties
Three federal banking regulators are seeking public input on the first comprehensive update to risk management guidance for financial institutions entering into business relationships with third parties since 2013.
Survey: Emerging TPRM trends in anti-corruption
Kroll’s newest anti-corruption benchmarking report highlights current TPRM trends such as evolving challenges with enhanced due diligence, the rise of automation, the growing incorporation of ESG matters into compliance programs today, and more.
TPRM 2021: What to do before, during, and after a ransomware attack
Two risk and compliance practitioners opened their cyber-playbooks at CW’s TPRM virtual event, explaining how to identify and address vulnerabilities, establish transparency with vendors, and strengthen an organization’s incident management program.
Charles Duross: Tips for managing third-party FCPA risks
Charles Duross, former deputy chief of the DOJ’s Fraud Section, shared tips on how companies can best manage third parties and employees who willfully try to circumvent internal controls during his keynote speech at CW’s virtual TPRM conference.
Pandemic effect on TPRM practices here to stay, expert warns
With many businesses still sorting through the new layers of risk that have emerged over the last 16 months, Linda Tuck Chapman of the Third Party Risk Institute shared her top areas of focus and more at CW’s virtual TPRM event.
Software demos: Third-party risk management (TPRM)
In the market for a software solution to help manage your third-party risk? Check out our collection of video demos from nearly a dozen of the top vendors in the space.
Big week for breaches: McDonald’s, Carnival, and more
Multiple high-profile companies—including Carnival, Wegmans, McDonald’s, Volkswagen, and CVS—have confirmed in recent days they were either victims of a data breach or were alerted to a gap in their security controls.
CPE Webcast: Continuous monitoring — the key to effective TPRM
Third-party risk management has always been a challenging area for risk and compliance professionals, never more so than today. As the global economy rebounds, third-party risk has taken on new dimensions.
CPE Webcast: TPCRM best practices that reduce supply chain risk
Organizations are adopting digital transformation and, as a result, increasing their reliance on third parties faster than they can scale their third-party cyber-risk management programs.
Bracing for impact: Supply chain risk management post-Suez Canal blockage
A month has gone by since a 1,300-foot cargo ship ran aground and blocked one of the busiest waterways in the world. For many industries, the ripple effects will continue to batter global supply chains for weeks to come, absent having in place a sound supply chain risk management program.
Suez Canal blockage serves as reminder for key supply chain risk lessons
The grounding of the Ever Given is the latest unexpected incident to cause severe supply chain disruptions around the world. The lessons learned from others, such as the coronavirus pandemic, are just as relevant, writes Aaron Nicodemus.
CPE Webcast: Navigating financial regulations for third-party risk management
Today’s financial services industry operates in an environment characterized by significant regulatory scrutiny. To be compliant, organizations must be aware and adhere to regulations, guidelines, and industry standards as it relates to their vendors, suppliers and third parties.
Kroger joins victims of Accellion data breach
Two months after cloud service vendor Accellion first identified one of its legacy products was targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack, users of the product continue to feel the impact, with grocery chain Kroger the latest to reveal its exposure.
Done right, outsourcing compliance can be rewarding
Should you consider outsourcing some of your firm’s compliance functions? Perhaps, even, all of them? The answer is complicated and requires a thorough analysis of the risks and rewards.
White paper: Rethinking Third-Party Cyber Risk Management
This guide will help you better understand the choices before you, no matter if your organization hasn’t even cracked the seal on third party cyber risk management.
SolarWinds hack turning into Pandora’s box of cyber-risk
The more we learn about the SolarWinds hack, the more troubled compliance officers should be by the scope and breadth of the risks their companies might have incurred.
Norwegian DPA warns Grindr of $11.7M GDPR fine
Norway’s data privacy watchdog issued gay dating app Grindr with a notice of intention to fine it NOK 100 million (U.S. $11.7 million) for sharing personal data with third parties without users’ consent.
CPE Webcast: How to manage third-party risk: Expected trends for 2021
Join Deloitte’s leading practitioners in third party risk management for a one-hour webinar as they explore key findings from their fifth annual extended enterprise risk management (EERM) survey.
Deutsche Bank to pay $130M to settle bribery, ‘spoofing’ charges
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay more than $130 million to resolve charges that it paid bribes to third parties to secure business deals in Asia and the Middle East, in addition to a separate commodities fraud “spoofing” case.
Learning from SolarWinds: Five steps to fortify your cloud supply chain
For most companies, supply chain risk management traditionally focuses on managing physical third-party risks. But what the SolarWinds cyber-attack revealed is the catastrophic havoc fourth and fifth parties can also wreak in the often-ignored cloud supply chain.
Cyber-security lessons from the SolarWinds hack
The lessons from the massive SolarWinds hack on where vulnerabilities still lurk in the third-party vendor supply chain cannot be grasped soon enough.
CPE Webcast: How to get your TPRM program ready for success in 2021
To say that 2020 was filled with change and challenges would be an understatement. As businesses adjust to new ways of working, many are reassessing the risk profiles of their third parties and re-evaluating their third-party risk management programs as they prepare for the new year.
CPE Webcast: Third party risk: Tough challenges and real-world solutions
Join this educational session as we outline best practices for developing and optimizing efficient processes within your third party risk management program.
Preparation, monitoring key to combating third-party cyber-security risk
A spate of recent cyber-security breaches occurring via third parties is a reminder of the importance for companies to stay on top of risk management. Regulators have shown to not take kindly to finger-pointing.
Trio of U.K. fines expose third-party risks under GDPR
Recent GDPR fines against British Airways, Marriott, and Ticketmaster by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office each saw the regulator dismiss claims by the companies that third parties were primarily responsible for the data breaches in question.
CPE Webcast: Build a world-class vendor risk program with limited resources
Today, many organizations find themselves stretched thin with limited resources and unable to put together a world-class vendor risk management program.
Ticketmaster UK fined $1.6M under GDPR for 2018 data breach
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office fined Ticketmaster £1.25 million (U.S. $1.6 million) for its failures relating to a 2018 data breach by a third party.
New bank resiliency guidance tackles cyber-risk, pandemic planning
Federal banking regulators have released new operational resiliency guidance aimed to strengthen risk management around technology-based failures, cyber-incidents, pandemic outbreaks, natural disasters, and more.
Bribes, falsified records cost Beam Suntory $19.6M in FCPA settlement
Alcoholic beverage maker Beam Suntory agreed to pay $19.6 million to resolve Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges of improper payments by its Indian subsidiary.
OCC deems ‘true lenders’ responsible for actions of third-party partners
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s finalized “true lender” rule clarifies how banks are responsible for the compliance obligations and actions of their third-party lending partners.
CPE Webcast: Third-party risk in the era of COVID-19
This webinar will discuss how companies are making changes to their onboarding processes and supply chain due diligence and how COVID-19 has shifted priorities and budgets going forward.
CPE Webcast: Empower visibility for an efficient vendor risk program
Managing third-party risk for your organization is increasingly becoming more urgent with today’s environmental and geopolitical challenges, business continuity issues and regulatory demands.
Berkshire Hathaway fined $4.1M for Iran sanctions violations
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control assessed a $4.1 million fine against Berkshire Hathaway for “egregious” violations of sanctions against Iran committed by a subsidiary in Turkey.