Vendor risk management is hard. And it's getting harder. But it doesn't have to be. Business units are outsourcing more of their operations to third-party suppliers. In turn, these suppliers outsource to their own service providers. It's undeniable, the average organization's exposure to third-party risk and fourth-party risk has never been higher.
Requesting that a SaaS company answer a Vendor Security request has become a regular thing for companies who work in the cloud. But have you thought about how the reverse works, that is, when your customer has a VSA process focusing on you?
Today’s banks and financial institutions closely cooperate with various third-party vendors. While such cooperation brings a lot of benefits, it also raises some significant concerns regarding the security of the data and resources these vendors have access to. In fact, according to Verizon’s 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report, the financial sector is among the most targeted, accounting for about 10% of all data breaches across all industries in 2018.
January 1 ushers in a new year, a new decade, and new challenges—as well as new dimensions and re-ordering of existing challenges. Reciprocity’s Team of GRC Experts share likely developments, trends to watch out for, and how your organization can navigate Information Security Risk, & Compliance in 2020. With foresight, an organization can proactively take steps to address the challenges of the future.
Previously we published an article discussing some of the best practices surrounding cloud security, in this article, we will discuss cloud a little more specifically by focusing on one in particular provider Google. Google offers several different solutions for customers known as GCP or the Google Cloud Platform. GCP is set infrastructure tools and services which customers can utilize to build environments they need in order to facilitate a solution for their business.
