Sunday Ajobo

Third-party Risk Management @IBM

US

Conduct comprehensive risk assessments, leveraging tools like BitSight and Security Scorecard to evaluate third-party vendors’ security postures.• Spearhead the implementation of robust Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) frameworks, enhancing organizational resilience against emerging cybersecurity threats.• Develop and enforce policies for risk identification, mitigation, and ongoing monitoring, ensuring alignment with industry standards (GDPR, NIST CSF, ISO 27001).• Collaborate with procurement and legal teams to negotiate cybersecurity clauses in vendor contracts.• Collaborated with the first line to conduct enterprise-wide Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSA) and developed action plans to mitigate identified risks.• Provide detailed reports on third-party risk assessments, using RSA Archer and Jira to communicate findings and recommendations to senior leadership.• Led efforts to remediate critical third-party risks, improving overall compliance posture by 30% within 12 months.• Train internal teams on third-party cyber risk expectations and contribute to incident response planning for vendor-related cybersecurity incidents

University of Bedfordshire

Master of Business Administration - MBA