Vertex11 and the Manta Trust partner together to help save a threatened species.

The manta ray is one of the most intelligent species in the ocean, having the largest brain-to-size ratio of any cold-blooded fish. They can recognize themselves in a mirror and obtain similar cognitive capabilities as dolphins. These special skills are why Vertex11 has chosen the manta ray to represent us as a brand. This relationship is also why we feel a deep obligation to protect them to the best of our abilities. Manta rays are constantly attacked and hunted for their meat and gill plates.

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Risk Management

Alleviating a firm’s “Pain in the SaaS” to overcome a Risk Management crisis copy.

Software as a Service (SaaS) helps organizations achieve capabilities quickly. The downside is that it can also potentially create many challenges involving security data confidentiality and business recovery. A highly regulated firm saw explosive growth of SaaS applications in their environment within a short period of time. They needed to quickly assess their exposure across multiple risk domains and develop remediation plans within ninety days of the engagement.

Cybersecurity

Helping a new financial firm design, implement, and operationalize its GRC to go-live.

A newly established financial services firm was required to create and operate a new GRC program and demonstrate compliance to the NIST 800-53 security framework prior to go-live with its production platform. The financial services firm was establishing its platform in the Cloud and thus was required to demonstrate full compliance with its cloud implementation.

Cybersecurity

Putting the right resource in place to seamlessly step in for a firm's unexpected resignation.

A financial firm’s key resource supporting its third-party risk management program for cybersecurity unexpectedly resigned with little notice. Dealing with a significant volume of cybersecurity reviews, this company could not afford to lose time and fall behind on its reviews due to the resignation.