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Vendor Management in 2026 – How to Make Better Vendor Management Decisions

Analyzing vendor documentation is important, but the real question we need to ask is this: how do we understand if our vendors are really protecting your data?
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DATE

Wednesday, July 29, 2026
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

INSTRUCTOR

Sheryl Ryan

FORMAT

Webinar

$299.00 or 1 Token

Includes: Live Access, 30 Days OnDemand Playback, Presenter Materials and Handouts

  • General Compliance
  • Technology/Security
  • Compliance Officer
  • Privacy Officer/Information Security Professional
  • Risk Manager
  • Senior Management

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The fundamentals of compliance-based Vendor Management have been around since 2004’s FFIEC Outsourcing of Technology Services booklet was released. While VM has evolved a bit over the years, the process is essentially still the same. We gather documentation, review it, and decide whether we keep doing business with this company or not. Analyzing vendor documentation is important, but the real question we need to ask is this: how do we understand if our vendors are really protecting your data?

What You'll Learn

  • Current (Joint!) Vendor Management Guidance for Financial Institutions
  • How to build a “modern” Vendor Management Program
  • Vendor Risk Assessment Best Practices
  • Other Tools and Methods to manage Vendor Risk
  • Vendor Management for AI
  • Supply Chain Management/4th Party Management

Who Should Attend

Those responsible for vendor management in their organization.

Sheryl Ryan

Instructor Bio

Sheryl Ryan is a Senior Information Security Consultant at SBS CyberSecurity (SBS), a company dedicated to helping organizations identify and understand cybersecurity risks to make more informed and proactive decisions.


Sheryl maintains Certified Banking Security Manager (CBSM) and Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) certifications. She completed the Bank Technology Security School at the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is working towards obtaining a Certified Banking Vendor Manager (CBVM) certification.


Sheryl has over 25 years of information technology and security experience in the banking, education, and oil and gas industries. She has working knowledge in governance, risk, and compliance; change management; IT management audit facilitation; and incident response and business continuity management. Before joining the SBS team in 2023, Sheryl spent over ten years as a bank Vice President and Information Security Officer.