When:    June 4th | 2025      Attend

As cloud adoption accelerates, managing vendor risks is more crucial than ever. Join our panel discussion webinar with Paul McKay, Principal Analyst at Forrester, and subject matter experts as we explore strategies for overseeing vendor relationships in the cloud. This session will provide practical guidance and exclusive research to strengthen your approach.

Attendees will earn CPE credit and can engage directly with the panel by submitting questions, participating in interactive polls, and accessing cutting-edge insights.

Learning Objectives:
• Identify Critical Risks – Recognize key vendor risks in cloud environments and their impact on security and compliance.
• Enhance Oversight Strategies – Discover best practices for monitoring and managing vendor performance in the cloud.
• Understand the Internal Audit Role – Explore how internal audit can assess and strengthen vendor risk management.
• Gain Expert Insights & Practical Solutions – Learn from Forrester’s Paul McKay and other experts while applying actionable steps to improve vendor accountability and resilience

Moderator

Colin Whittaker, PCI Industry Alumni, Founder and Director Informed Risk Decisions Ltd. Colin has been instrumental in driving forward a risk and security strategy for payments over the last 15 years since he retired from the military in 2001, and took up the role of Head of Security at APACS. Whilst there he was one of the first people to be elected to the PCI SSC Board of Advisors where he was always keen to try and promote the differences in threat between Europe and UK, and the US. He was also responsible for coordinating Visa Europe's approach to cardholder data breaches in Europe, and for the changes to the Visa Europe Compliance strategy through the creation of the Technology Innovation Programme which gave the very first PCI DSS compliance relief for EMV chip accepting merchants. In 2015 he went independent and currently provides cyber security risk consultancy services to a wide range of public and private companies. Colin has presented on Information Security at major events around the world, and has published a number of papers on security.