Podcasts

Learn about the importance of strong vendor information security and three best practices our experts recommend.

Organizations may not have the internal capabilities to properly manage every step of the process. Listen to this podcast to learn how to determine if your organization could benefit from outsourcing vendor management support.

There are 3 "behind the scenes" vendor lifecycle requirements that are constant and should be maintained throughout the entire vendor relationship. Listen to this week's 90-second podcast to learn more about what they are and why.

By periodically conducting due diligence, you will be able to ensure your vendors are still meeting your organization’s needs. This 90-second podcast covers 4 tips that will help get you started.

Vendor risk management is important to meet regulatory guidelines. Listen to this podcast for 4 tips to help you make third-party risk a key priority in your organization.

Your vendor management program should be specific and unique to your organization’s needs. Listen to the 6 best practices covered in this podcast for creating a third-party risk program.

Different types of vendor risk require unique approaches. This podcast breaks down the 6 main categories of vendor risk to help you improve your organization's overall approach.

Each vendor management concept brings varying components to an organization’s overall structure. Listen to this podcast to dive deeper into each concept.

If your vendor isn't meeting your organization’s needs, it may be time to start searching for a new vendor. Listen to this podcast for steps to help you with the process.

Use the third party risk lessons and guidance learned this year to help your organization be even more successful with vendor management in 2020.

One of the most crucial aspects of vendor management is performing a third party risk assessment. Use these 5 practices to help get started.

Whether you’re creating your program for the first time, or revising it, here are 8 best practices.

You need to also monitor your vendor's complaints as a critical part of third party risk management. Listen to this podcast for more information.

There are many benefits of vendor risk management. Understand why vendor risk is important and how to use these steps in your organization by listening to this podcast.

Proper vendor management requires you to periodically go update and improve elements of your program. To help, listen to this 90-second podcast to hear specific steps you can take to improve your third party risk program.

The constant shift can lead to occasional problems in third party risk management. If you take the time to manage the process correctly and implement specific procedures, it could help you avoid costly errors down the line. 

In this 90-second podcast, we cover the three most important reasons why you need to keep third party risk workflows separate from other business processes.

With 2019 well underway, we decided to put together some tips to help you and your organization stay proactive in vendor risk management. This 90-second podcast will give you a quick refresher on third party risk best practices.

How your organization manages and responds to complaints has become critical. It also will help spot issues with vendors. Here are some tips to help you develop an effective complaint management system.

Maintaining strong vendor management relationships will help lead to a successful partnership for your organization. In today’s podcast, we’ll cover 8 important tips to maintain good vendor relationships in 90 seconds.

Fourth party risk is an important step in the vendor management process and should be incorporated in your overall strategy. Here are some specific steps you can take with fourth party risk management that will help be more prepared and protect your organization.

Maintaining strong vendor management relationships will help lead to an even more successful partnership for your organization. In this Third Party Thursday 90 second podcast, we’ll cover 8 important tips to maintain good vendor relationships.

With the increase in regulations and vendor oversight requirements, managing your vendors with a spreadsheet will prove to be very inefficient. Here are 7 reasons why spreadsheets will not cut it anymore, especially in 2019.

In this podcast we’re going to discuss 4 important vendor risk management frequently asked questions for beginners to help get you started. The questions like: what vendor risk management is, why it’s important, who is involved and how vendor risk is completed.

We'll cover tips for developing a vendor risk assessment template, also referred to as a VRA questionnaire. These are important while assessing how much risk your vendor presents to you. Check out our 5 recommendations.

When getting started in vendor management, there are three unique sets of documents that you're going to want to create and update. The first document that you should focus on writing is your third party risk policy. In today's podcast, we're going to walk you through six specific steps to take in order to write an effective policy.

Are you looking to expand your vendor management team in 2019? There are certain steps you can take in order to find the best and most effective team your organization. In this podcast, we discuss 5 recommendations to recruit potential vendor management team candidates.  

Vendor risk management is a complex job. It typically takes an individual who is meticulous in detail, thorough and patient to perform the job well. In today’s podcast, we’ll wrap up the 2018 year and touch on some key attributes we’ve found in good vendor managers that should be continued in the new year.

Since we’re nearing the end of the year, it’s a good time to reflect on 2018 and some of the vendor risk management best practices we’ve found to be helpful. Let’s cover 7 of the 2018 best practices that you should continue into the new year. They range from engaging the first line of defense through continuing education.

A well-developed policy, program and procedure documents are all crucial to the success of an organization’s third party risk management department. Listen for some quick tips to help you develop, or revamp, your third party policy, program and procedures.

Allow your clients to feel much more at ease when selecting you as their preferred vendor of choice to continue doing business with - follow these 5 best practices now for a well-developed and organized third party risk management process.

We know third party risk management is associated with a great deal of tasks and a large workload, so here are 6 tips that can provide some relief. Once you've established balance, you will feel much more confident, and at ease, about your overall third party risk management program. Listen now.

You've gone through the 6 steps and best practices for a mid-year third party risk management progress check, so now what? Listen to learn the next steps to take, how to document your findings and how to improve upon the process as a whole.

Gain a better understanding of how to perform a well-detailed check on your third party risk management program and policies to determine the progress you've made. It is essential for the future success of your program to continue to make necessary updates. These 6 steps and best practices will help get you started.