Brenda Ferraro
Vice President of Third-Party Risk
Brenda Ferraro brings several years of first-hand experience addressing the third-party risks associated with corporate vendors, services and data handling companies. In her quest to economize third-party risk, she organized a myriad of stakeholders and devised an approach to manage risk, receiving recognition from regulators and a multitude of Information Security and Analysis Centers (ISACs). In her role with Prevalent, Brenda works with corporations to build single-solution ecosystems that remove the complexities of Third-Party Risk Management by way of a common, simple and affordable platform, framework and governance methodology. Prior to joining Prevalent, Brenda led organizations through control standardization, incident response, process improvements, data-based reporting, and governance at companies including Aetna, Coventry, Arrowhead Healthcare Centers, PayPal/eBay, Charles Schwab, and Edwards Air Force Base. She holds certifications in vBSIMM, CTPRP, ITIL and CPM.
Published Work
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The 5 Building Blocks of Third-Party Risk Management
To build a third-party risk management (TPRM) program and move it to greater levels of maturity...
12/05/2019 by Brenda Ferraro
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The 3 "Abilities" of Third-Party Risk Management
Three ingredients are essential to a well-designed TPRM program. How does your program stack up?
11/27/2019 by Brenda Ferraro
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GDPR Turns One, and Four “Gotchas” Are Catching Third-Party Risk...
Since the GDPR's implementation, many compliance and risk leaders have encountered "gotchas" that reveal how basic...
07/12/2019 by Brenda Ferraro
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Moving from Sharing is Scary to Sharing is Caring: Leveraging...
04/04/2019 by Brenda Ferraro
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Prevalent’s Legal Vendor Network Sets the Standard for Third Party...
08/13/2018 by Brenda Ferraro
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The Legal Vendor Network’s Rapid Third-Party Value to Market
06/11/2018 by Brenda Ferraro
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Risk Score Your Third-Parties Wisely!
Open-source risk scoring needs to be coupled with multiple risk identifiers
06/06/2018 by Brenda Ferraro