Third-Party Risk Management 2026: How to Realize the Promise

Wednesday, November 19th 2025

Third-Party Risk Management 2026: How to Realize the Promise of AI

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM PT | San Francisco, CA

Event Overview

In so many ways, Third-Party Risk Management is at a tipping point as we prepare for 2026. According to research shared by TPRM vendor ProcessUnity, 54% of breaches
today occur through third-party relationships – which in turn has elevated TPRM to the level of board oversight for 47% of organizations. Yet, despite this acknowledgment of TPRM as a business-critical practice, 77% of TPRM executives believe their existing operational models require significant overhaul, and 69% of risk decision-makers say their current TPRM programs are largely manual in an increasingly automated world.

Enter AI. From suppler risk assessments and vendor procurement to auto-answering questionnaires and reviewing evidence, AI has the potential to radically change how enterprises approach Third-Party Risk Management. In short, AI can accelerate efficiency and eliminate manual busywork.

But what is preventing enterprises maximizing the promise of AI in TPRM? Are they attempting to augment and automate fundamentally bad processes? Do they lack
appropriate governance for AI-powered solutions? Or are they hampered by their own ignorance of what AI can do in partnership with human judgment to enable faster,
smarter, and safer supplier decisions?

Join industry leaders and security experts as they explore the true potential of AI and how to maximize its value in evolving your Third-Party Risk Management program.

Key Takeaways Include:

How leading organizations are putting AI to work in vendor selection,
performance monitoring and prioritizing/responding to the most important third-
party risks.
The all-important human role – how to leverage AI to get the most value for and
from your people

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Moderator

Tom Field

SVP Editorial

ISMG

Brian Burnhart

CISA Vice President,

North America

ProcessUnity

Allison Wojteczko

Technology, Media &

Telecom Sector Lead

Director

PwC

Speakers

Led by Brian Burnthart at ProcessUnity and Allison Wojteczko at PwC, this exclusive roundtable will bring together senior security leaders industry leaders and security experts to explore the true potential of AI and how to maximize its value in evolving your Third-Party Risk Management program.

This session will be:

Chatham house rule
Peer driven
Pitch free

Subject matter expert

Dave Lewis

Global Advisory CISO

1Password

Dave has 30 years of industry experience. He has extensive experience in IT security operations and management. Dave is the Global Advisory CISO for 1Password. He is the founder of the security site Liquidmatrix Security Digest & podcast. He was a member of the board of directors for BSides Las Vegas for 8 years. Dave has previously worked in critical infrastructure for 9 years as well as for such as Duo Security,Akamai, Cisco, AMD and IBM. Previously he served on the board of directors for (ISC)2 as well as being a founder of the BSides Toronto conference. Dave was a DEF CON speaker operations goon for 13 years. Lewis also serves on the advisory board for the Black Hat Sector Security Conference in Canada and the CFP review board for 44CON in the UK. Dave has previously written columns for Forbes, CSO Online, Huffington Post, The Daily Swig and others. For fun he is a curator of small mammals (his kids) plays bass guitar, grills, is part owner of a whisky distillery and a soccer team.

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Venue

Osso Steakhouse

1177 California St, San Francisco, CA 94108

Underwritten by

ProcessUnity’s cloud-based solutions help organizations of all sizes automate their risk and compliance programs. Its highly configurable, easy-to-use tools significantly reduce manual administrative tasks, allowing customers to spend more time on strategic risk mitigation.

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