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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Customers are said to realize a 3x improvement in the number of assessments they can perform while reducing costs by 30-50%

By Linda Musthaler | NetworkWorld

Companies today are outsourcing more business processes and data handling to third parties, especially cloud service providers. According to Skyhigh Networks, the average number of SaaS applications in use within enterprise organizations is now up to 923—a 21% increase over 2014.

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Prevalent Teams with Aileen Griffith, Former Official of the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, to Outline Four Key Steps in Operationalizing the “Three M’s of Vendor Risk”

Warren, New Jersey – May 20, 2015 – Vendor risk and cyber threat intelligence innovator Prevalent is advocating four best practices to help banks and financial services organizations properly manage vendor risk. The key findings were derived from a recent Prevalent webinar with 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, and include:

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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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Jonathan Dambrot, Prevalent CEO, and Brad Keller, Director of Third-Party Risk & Compliance recognized with a Special Achievement Award; Andy Hout, Third-Party Risk & Compliance Consultant received the 2015 Shared Assessments Founders Award

Warren, New Jersey – May 5, 2015 – Vendor risk and cyber threat intelligence innovator Prevalent today announced that its CEO, Jonathan Dambrot and Brad Keller, Director of Third-Party Risk and Compliance were presented with a Special Achievement Award by Shared Assessments, and Andy Hout, Third-Party Risk and Compliance Consultant, was recognized with the 2015 Shared Assessments Founders Award, during the Shared Assessments Summit 2015, held April 29-30, 2015 in Baltimore, MD.

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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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New whitepaper looks at new rule of accountability; provides an overview of areas that banks must improve to mitigate vendor risk; and offers insights on choosing a vendor risk management solution

Warren, New Jersey – March 17, 2015 – Vendor risk and cyber threat intelligence innovator Prevalent today announced the release of a new whitepaper, “OCC 2013-29: Taking a Comprehensive Approach to Third-Party Risk Management.”

Written by Brad Keller, director of Third-Party Risk & Compliance for Prevalent, the whitepaper highlights one of the biggest changes established by OCC 2013-29 – compliance is no longer an issue assigned to a bank or financial institution’s board of directors – senior management now shares this responsibility.

“Since the OCC 2013-29 Bulletin was released in October 2013, this change alone has been the cause of much concern for banks’ vendor risk managers, many of whom are still grappling with how to best satisfy their new regulatory responsibilities,” says Keller. “We developed this whitepaper to take a closer look at the key provisions of the Bulletin, and provide banks managers with some strategies they can follow to both meet the requirements of the law, and mitigate vendor risk within their financial institutions.”

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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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During the past year, Hicks has worked closely with Prevalent’s co-founders to accelerate the company’s growth by establishing new OEM partnership opportunities and strategic channel alliances.

Warren, New Jersey –– Feb. 24, 2015 –– Prevalent, the third-party risk and vendor threat intelligence innovators, today announced that its Chief Strategy Officer, Matthew Hicks has been named to the prestigious list of 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs. Click here to view Hick’s 2015 Channel Chiefs profile.

The 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs represent the most powerful leaders in the IT channel who hold direct responsibility for driving growth and revenue for their organizations through their indirect channel partners. Individuals are selected for inclusion based on their record of channel accomplishments, standing in the industry, dedication to the partner community, and plans for driving future business innovation and channel growth.

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Marketing Professional Mike Mitchell to Lead the IT Security Visionary’s Strategic Marketing Efforts  

Warren, New Jersey –– Feb. 3, 2015 –– Prevalent, the third-party risk and vendor threat intelligence innovators, today announced that Mike Mitchell has joined the company as Vice President of Marketing.

With over a decade of marketing leadership at software and technology organizations, Mitchell will lead Prevalent’s strategic marketing, focusing the company’s efforts on raising its brand awareness among organizations in key vertical industries throughout the U.S. Simultaneously, his team will work to develop the sales tools and marketing resources needed to make the business case for third-party risk management and vendor threat intelligence services.

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