Join Venminder's interview with Jim Hussey, Founder of IT-TPRM.com, for a discussion on vendor risk management challenges, why you should place heavier focus on technology or fintech risk, how to engage the first line of defense, advice on meeting OCC lifecycle expectations, best practices and more.

What is a SOC report? A SOC report is an independent audit report performed by a public accounting firm and attests to the existence and effectiveness of the controls put in place to safeguard your data. Listen to this podcast as we break down 6 of the most important parts of your vendor's SOC report.

Listen to this week's Third Party Thursday Podcast to learn about the lines of defense, specifically the first line, as it relates to vendor risk management.

Listen to this interview with Andrew Lorentz, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP to hear his perspective on Third Party Risk Management.

Fourth party risk and liability is often overlooked because there isn't direct relationship with the fourth party vendor. It’s important to always know your vendor and this waterfalls down to fourth and third parties. Listen now for the 3 oversight steps to take regarding your fourth party vendors.

When determining your level of oversight on a vendor, you’ll clearly want to determine their criticality and risk level first. This is an essential and ongoing process for mitigating vendor risk. Listen to this podcast to help guide you through the process.

This interview covers biggest third party risk struggles financial institutions are facing, how to handle ongoing vendor risk management, addressing cybersecurity, board demonstrating their involvement, industry expectations and more.

While the General Data Protection Regulation, aka GDPR, is a European regulation, it has a global impact on any company which is collecting, storing or accessing European resident private data. The effective date of this regulation begins May 25, 2018. Listen to Third Party Thursday to learn what you need to know about GDPR and third party risk in order to be prepared and stay in compliance.

Often times, people get confused between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Third Party Risk Management (TPRM). In the past, we've covered the technical differences between ERM and third party risk management. Today, Third Party Thursday covers steps and tips on how to properly integrate Third Party Risk Management in your Enterprise Risk Management Program.

Listen to this interview to hear James Russell, CPA at Russell Bank Consulting as he provide insight into third party risk management from his perspective as an auditor.

You will discussions on:

* Third party management changes over the last decade

* Common third party risk management issues during examination

* A real life example of a third party risk management relationship that went downhill