Vendor compliance and third party risk management are growing in importance as organizations increasingly turn to strategic outsource providers to reduce operating costs and streamline operations. Amid the benefits of outsourcing, there lies a significant risk. Simply stated, responsibility and liability cannot be outsourced.

Organizations now face increasing pressure from their regulators, to demonstrate that they are proactively taking steps to ensure vendor compliance and mitigate risks.

Join us for this presentation with David Keating of Alston & Bird in which he will outline best practices for managing and minimizing third party risks. The presentation will focus on:

• Typical risks resulting from third party relationships
• Common deficiencies of vendor management practices used during the on-boarding process
• Common deficiencies of vendor management practices used during the life of the relationship
• Moving from a reactive to a proactive (preventative) vendor management process
• Real world examples will be used to illustrate the key points and recommendations

Who Should Attend

• CEO, CFO
• Chief Risk Officer
• Chief Compliance Officer
• Chief Security Officer
• Legal/Regulatory Counsel

About the Presenter

David Keating is a corporate partner and a member of the Sourcing and Technology Practice at Alston & Bird LLP, and co-leads the firm's Privacy and Security Practice. His practice includes complex sourcing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and alliances, software system integration and cloud computing/application service provider transactions, health information technology, and information technology procurement and distribution. He also maintains an active data privacy and security practice focused on developing and implementing strategic compliance initiatives and on enabling critical transactions that raise complex privacy and security issues. He is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Mr. Keating is a frequent writer and speaker on topics involving outsourcing, privacy and data security, and corporate transactions. He received his Juris Doctor, with distinction, from Emory University School of Law in 1995 and his Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, in 1991 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Business & Technology Alliance and Executive Committee of the Technology Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and has served on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association and the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation. He is a past President of the Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers and a member of the Leadership DeKalb Class of 1998. He is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Georgia.

Alston & Bird is a leading national firm whose core practice areas are intellectual property, complex litigation, corporate and tax, with focuses in energy, health care, financial services and public policy. The firm has been ranked on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 10 consecutive years.