Vendor-Provided Resources

Learn why traditional TPRM approaches struggle to keep pace with growing vendor ecosystems, and how a new model combining AI-powered automation, GRC expertise, and managed execution can eliminate assessment backlogs, improve risk coverage, and scale TPRM without adding headcount.

When a frontier AI model threatens to reshape the threat landscape, you do not stick to the editorial calendar. In the latest episode of the Third Party podcast, Jeffrey Wheatman, Bob Maley, and Ferhat Dikbiyik called an audible, pulling Black Kite CTO Candan Bolukbas into an off-cycle remote recording to answer the question every TPCRM practitioner is asking right now.

Is Mythos a paradigm shift? Or is it a big nothing burger?

The answer is neither. And understanding why that framing is wrong is exactly where the real work starts.

Alice in Supply Chains is the podcast companion to our monthly newsletter, bringing expert commentary and in-depth analysis on the latest developments in third-party cyber risk management (TPCRM). Hosted by Tenchi Security's CTO and Co-Founder, Alexandre Sieira, and The Defender's Initiative Principal Researcher, Adrian Sanabria, each episode explores the biggest stories shaping the TPCRM landscape, helping security, risk, procurement, and compliance professionals stay informed and ahead of emerging challenges.

Connect Magazine July Edition 2026 explores how financial institutions are responding to a rapidly evolving risk landscape defined by technological disruption, geopolitical uncertainty, growing third-party dependencies, and increasing pressure to make faster, better-informed decisions.

This issue examines the challenges of managing risk in a world where traditional frameworks are being tested by AI adoption, complex supply chains, shifting regulatory expectations, and changing workforce dynamics. From third-party risk and treasury strategy to investigative compliance, risk culture, and emerging AI governance challenges, the edition highlights the need for greater visibility, accountability, and resilience across the enterprise.

With expert contributions spanning operational resilience, AI risk, treasury and liquidity management, compliance governance, risk culture, and career development, this edition underscores the importance of adaptive leadership, continuous monitoring, and integrated risk thinking as organizations navigate an increasingly interconnected operating environment in 2026.

Connect Magazine June Edition 2026 explores how financial institutions are navigating an increasingly interconnected risk environment shaped by geopolitical instability, AI acceleration, third-party dependencies, and shifting regulatory expectations.

This issue examines how traditional risk frameworks are struggling to adapt as operational, technological, and systemic risks converge across the financial ecosystem. From third-party concentration risk and AI governance to ESG implementation, capital model validation, and geopolitical disruption, the edition highlights the growing importance of resilience, strategic adaptability, and integrated risk oversight.

With expert contributions spanning operational resilience, third-party risk management, model risk, AI governance, ESG reporting, and leadership decision-making, this edition underscores the need for proactive risk culture, ecosystem visibility, and stronger governance as institutions navigate complexity and uncertainty in 2026.

Connect Magazine May Edition 2026 explores how financial institutions are redefining resilience in a world where risk is increasingly visible, interconnected, and shaped by rapid technological and geopolitical change.

This issue examines the shift from traditional risk measurement toward real-world adaptability – from managing model risk in the age of AI and strengthening governance frameworks to responding to geopolitical disruption and evolving regulatory pressures. It highlights how AI, model risk, resilience, and treasury considerations are converging, requiring institutions to move beyond static frameworks toward dynamic, decision-led risk management.

With expert contributions spanning AI fluency, model risk transformation, geopolitical risk, regulatory change, and leadership decision-making, this edition underscores the need for stronger judgment, interdisciplinary collaboration, and proactive risk culture as firms navigate uncertainty and complexity in 2026.