Third-Party Risk / Supply Chain Risk – Alla Valente – RSA21 #3
Why is third-party risk still such a challenge? Are companies using recent risk events (pandemic, solar winds, Colonial pipeline) as an opportunity to get better at risk management? How can firms better prepare for attacks to their third-party ecosystem?
Segment Resources:
https://go.forrester.com/blogs/make-covid-19-the-supply-chains-final-cautionary-tale/
Guest
Alla is a senior analyst at Forrester serving security and risk professionals. She covers governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), third-party risk management (TPRM), contract lifecycle management (CLM), and supply chain risk with a special focus on risk management frameworks. In this role, Alla helps Forrester clients establish strategy, adopt best practices, define a governance framework, and select technology to manage risk, improve business resilience, and strategic value-add. Her research also includes ethics and trust in digital transformation, enterprise risk management (ERM), and protecting the organization’s brand.