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Artificial intelligence (AI) has quickly become a core consideration for Third‑Party Risk Management (TPRM), vendor risk management, supplier risk management, and broader extended‑enterprise programs. It promises accelerated onboarding, more complete assessments, and richer insight across complex third‑ and Nth‑party ecosystems. At the same time, it introduces a structural challenge: critical risk decisions are increasingly influenced by systems whose inner workings are not always visible or easily explained.

This report explores how financial institutions are responding to a rapidly evolving risk environment shaped by AI, technology dependency, cyber threats, geopolitics, and systemic interconnectedness. Drawing on insights from 100 global risk professionals, it examines how the hierarchy of risk is changing, and why traditional risk frameworks are increasingly being tested.

The CeFPro Risk Outlook 2026 highlights where institutions are investing, where governance and ownership remain fragmented, and where gaps between ambition and execution are creating new vulnerabilities. It also explores how risk leaders are rethinking resilience, accountability, and capability maturity in the face of emerging and interconnected risks.

Download the report to uncover the latest data, themes, and strategic insights shaping the future of risk management.

The Secure Controls Framework (SCF) Security, Compliance & Resilience Management System (SCRMS) is intended to be utilized as a holistic, technology-agnostic framework for an entity to design, implement and maintain secure, compliant and resilient capabilities, covering an organization’s People, Processes, Technology, Data and Facilities (PPTDF), regardless of how or where data is stored, processed and/or transmitted.

There are two (2) fundamental goals of the Security, Compliance & Resilience Management System (SCRMS):
1. Provide the structure for an entity to be secure, compliant and resilient; and
2. Generate defensible evidence of due diligence and due care that is capable of defending the entity’s cybersecurity and data protection practices to against legal challenges, if an incident should occur.

In many companies, organizational silos remain a persistent reality. Procurement, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and IT often still operate as independent units, each with their own tools, priorities, and metrics. Despite years of digitalization efforts, these internal divisions continue to hinder overall organizational performance.

The risk and compliance landscape is evolving faster than ever. Regulatory expectations continue to expand; new risk domains emerge, and organizations face increasing pressure to demonstrate control, transparency, and accountability across their third-party ecosystems. What was once a largely operational function has become a strategic imperative that spans the enterprise.

Selecting a third-party risk management (TPRM) platform is an important milestone, requiring diligence, alignment, and executive sponsorship. But for many organizations, the real challenge begins after the decision is made.

HITRUST transforms cybersecurity in third-party risk management from a costly compliance burden into a scalable, defensible, and resilient business advantage. Organizations using the HITRUST validated assurance model report higher efficiency, lower operational costs, and dramatically improved risk posture.

Infographic explaining how HITRUST transforms third-party risk management from a fragmented, reactive function into a scalable, efficient, and defensible assurance program.