Independent Consulting TEI Study Highlights an ROI of over 360% by Deploying Prevalent Solutions within an Enterprise

Warren, New Jersey – December 9, 2015 – Prevalent today announced the findings of its December 2015 commissioned Total Economic Impact (TEI) Study, conducted by Forrester Consulting on its behalf. “The Total Economic Impact of Prevalent’s Third-Party Risk Management Solutions” study demonstrates and measures how enterprises using Prevalent solutions can and do dramatically reduce costs and improve efficiencies to minimize third and fourth-party vendor risk.

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By Anthony Malakian | Waters

At a recent conference hosted by Waters, panelists debated the need for taking out cyber insurance. Anthony says this is an area where there is no right answer, other than making sure that you have a well thought-out plan.

I moved to Brooklyn from upstate New York a little over a decade ago. At the time, I was driving a Subaru Legacy. I was a sports reporter and my job required me to attend events all over the state, so a car was a requirement. But when I decided to leave the newspaper business and move to Wall Street to write about financial technology-first at American Banker magazine and then at Waters-my car was basically only useful for late-night White Castle runs.

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By Christie Black | Assistant Director of News and PR at PSU

University Park, Pennsylvania – October 8, 2015 – Three members of the Penn State community will be honored for their vision, time and commitment to Penn State Outreach and Online Education (OOE) at an upcoming appreciation dinner.

Craig Weidemann, vice president for Outreach and vice provost for Online Education, said the annual event is used as a forum to say thank you to OOE’s many volunteers and donors.

“This year we are proud to recognize three long term colleagues for their support: Dr. Sara C. Parks, Jonathan E. Dambrot and Beverly A. Wise,” Weidemann said. “They have each made huge contributions to our overall success, to our students and the communities we serve.”

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By Esther Surden | NJTechWeekly.com

Most of the country first thought about the risk to consumers from third-party vendors when Target admitted that it had been hacked by perpetrators who got into their systems through the company’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) vendor.

However, Prevalent had been making tools for companies to assess that risk long before Target’s breach. Recently named the only “Third-Party Vendor Risk Management Visionary” by the tech research firm Gartner, Prevalent works with healthcare providers, financial services firms, retailers and others to secure the data that goes to a vendor or another third party. (more…)

During the past year, Joe Compagno has worked closely with Prevalent’s co-founders to accelerate growth in the Security Solutions Division with a laser-focused effort on Customer Service and all Managed Services

Warren, New Jersey – July 16, 2015 – Prevalent announced today it’s Senior Director of Managed Services and Customer Success, Joe Compagno, has been promoted to General Manager of the Security Solutions Division.

In his new role, Joe will oversee Sales, Consulting, Project and Service Delivery, and Customer Marketing efforts for the Security Solutions Division.  He will report to Jonathan Dambrot, CEO of Prevalent, Inc. Prior to his role as Senior Director of Managed Services and Customer Success, Joe held the position of Director, Project Management Office and Service Solutions. (more…)

By Christina Thompson | CBS Philly

Justin Weddington is the Director of Security at vendor risk and cyber threat intelligence innovator Prevalent, Inc. Weddington has over 14 years of experience in his field. He studied at the University of Baltimore and is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

What kind of degree is needed to secure a job in your field?

“While not mandatory for all positions, many organizations require at minimum a four-year degree to get hired. Management information systems and computer science degrees are just two of the degrees that may lead to a career path in cybersecurity and give some of the base fundamentals needed for a career in cybersecurity. As a security professional, it is important to understand the objectives of the business that you are working for and how the cybersecurity solutions you develop and implement will add value to the business.

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Gartner Visionary Teams with Aileen Griffith, Former Official of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, to Share Insights on the Importance of Management, Mitigation and Monitoring

Warren, New Jersey – May 13, 2015 – Vendor risk and cyber threat intelligence innovator Prevalent today announced it will host a webinar, titled, “The Three M’s of Vendor Risk: Management, Mitigation and Monitoring” Wednesday, May 20 at 1:00 p.m. (ET).

The webinar’s guest speaker will be vendor risk expert, Aileen Griffith, a former official with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, who oversaw the implementation of the Bank’s first enterprise vendor risk management program. During the webinar, Ms. Griffith will provide insights and best practices for how to:

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Prevalent CEO, Jonathan Dambrot, was recently polled by CIO Magazine on Innovative Ways IT Can Impact the Business in 2015

Build an app-centric IT environment

“By driving this app-centric ethos, organizations are putting performance first and employees can perform their job duties faster and more effectively to generate profit,” said Joel Dolisy (@solarwinds), CIO for SolarWinds. “Organizations can excel in an app-centric IT environment by enabling IT to build deep troubleshooting capabilities to identify issues with latent applications and proactively break down traditional IT silos that prevent full visibility into the application stack.”

Intermedia president Michael Gold (@Intermedia_net) fears that the explosion in application use will cause productivity to dwindle as it will take significant time to deploy and manage numerous applications.

“IT needs to look into services that streamline the process of administering and managing applications to boost overall productivity,” said Gold.

All this does not come without risk as Jonathan Dambrot (@PrevalentNet), CEO and co-founder of Prevalent notes you must manage third-party risk through the entire vendor lifecycle. He advises a standardization process for automating 3rd party cybersecurity monitoring and evidence collection.

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Chief Strategy Officer Matt Hicks delivers high impact presentation to more than 500 investors and entrepreneurs gathered for the trade organization’s Annual Venture Conference on March 31

Warren, New Jersey – April 15, 2015 – Vendor risk and cyber threat intelligence innovator Prevalent today announced it was recognized by the New Jersey Tech Council as having the “Best Management Team” during its 2015 Annual Venture Conference, held on Tuesday, March 31 in Iselin, New Jersey.

Prevalent was one of nearly 50 of the region’s most promising start-ups and emerging companies to participate in the 2015 Venture Conference. During the conference, Prevalent Chief Strategy Officer Matt Hicks delivered a powerful company overview of Prevalent and the third-party risk management and threat intelligence space to more than 500 investors and entrepreneurs gathered for the event.

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With more than three decades of experience in the IT and software applications markets, Ken Walters brings expertise in global leadership, acquisitions, growth and operational excellence to IT Security leader

Warren, New Jersey –– March 10, 2015 –– Prevalent, the third-party risk and vendor threat intelligence innovators, today announced that Ken Walters has joined the company’s board of directors.

With more than 30 years of experience in the information technology and software applications market, Walters has a proven and successful track record of global leadership, acquisitions, growth and operational excellence. From 2002 to 2010, he served as President/COO and President, Financial Solutions Group of Infor Global Solutions, one of the largest privately held software companies and a leader in enterprise software and services. During this time the company grew from $40m to $2.1B in revenue with offices in more than 100 countries, over 8,000 employees and more than 70,000 customers.

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