Vendor Management

The Four Basic Truths of System Security

System Security and Cybersecurity are not the same thing. . . Another one of those Dan's New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . ...

Adam Reads: The “Third Party Risk Management” Guidance Summary

A new way of helping people “read” new guidance…Look for more in the future!To save you time, we are proud to present “Adam Reads” . . . recorded versions of our Guidance Summaries!Below you can find an embedded player for the audio file. If ...

Third-Party Monitoring and Reporting

. . . a new name for a long-standing service. The latest edition of Executive Vice President, Michael Hartke’s article series! Two of Dan’s articles, What’s in a Name and Interagency Wisdom, have pointed out something that we fight with here at infotex. We are re...

Interagency Wisdom

Third-Party Monitoring Or: The PAW Service Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . I’m working on a talk about the new vendor management guidance.  Let me give my take on the guidance with the good old fash...

OCC Releases New Vendor Management Guidance

. . . to ensure relationships are safe and sound. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released the Final Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships, aimed at helping financial institutions effectively manage risks associated when engaging with...

The Consequence of Unintended Consequences

Artificial intelligence carries risk, but so does organic ignorance … Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . At a recent conference, I noticed two camps emerging in the debate over artificial intelli...

I don’t know . . .

a great answer . . . Especially if you follow-up by hunting down the answer! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Once upon a time . . . in the early aughts . . .  I listened to a veterinarian on a local...

The Five Precepts of IT Vendor Management Webinar-Movie

The Five Precepts of IT Vendor Management Webinar-Movie We’re going back to basics on Vendor Management. This webinar will give you a training tool to help out that new person that is starting to take on the gargantuan task that is Vendor Management.

“Know Your Vendor” Awareness Poster

Another awareness poster for YOUR customers (and users).  Now that we have our own employees aware, maybe it’s time to start posting content for our customers! Check out posters.infotex.com for the whole collection! Download the large versions here: Awareness Poste...

The Risk of AI Risk

Or, the risk of email hypnosis . . . And the other implications of complacency! Another one of those Dan’s New Leaf Posts, meant to inspire thought about IT Governance . . . . Now that the pandemic is coming to an end, most of us are returning to our daily commu...