Curated Cyber, an integrated risk management provider, and ViClarity, a governance, risk and compliance platform, have joined forces to launch Vendor Lifecycle Assurance, a new solution designed to help community banks and credit unions manage third-party vendor risk more effectively.
The partnership arrives as vendor relationships have become one of the most significant sources of operational and cybersecurity risk facing financial institutions. According to the NCUA’s 2025 Cybersecurity and Credit Union System Resilience Annual Report, vendor-related incidents have accounted for roughly 73% of all cyber events reported since September 2023. Separately, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ 2025 Annual Survey of Community Banks found that 58% of community bankers considered cybersecurity an extremely important risk.
Vendor Lifecycle Assurance brings together automated vendor management workflows from ViClarity’s governance, risk and compliance platform with on-the-ground oversight provided by Curated Cyber’s security specialists. The solution covers the full vendor lifecycle, encompassing onboarding, risk tiering, documentation management, ongoing monitoring and exam readiness. It is now available to all US-based community banks and credit unions.
The solution has been developed in response to a widespread challenge in the sector: regulators require financial institutions to continuously monitor third-party providers and maintain clear documentation throughout the vendor lifecycle, yet many institutions still rely on fragmented spreadsheets and manual tracking processes that create bottlenecks and slow down vendor reviews.
Curated Cyber is an integrated risk management provider serving the community financial services sector, while ViClarity offers a governance, risk and compliance platform used by financial institutions to manage regulatory and operational risk. Together, their combined solution is intended to give teams a practical, structured process for vendor oversight without increasing their administrative workload.
The product is available immediately to US-based community banks and credit unions, with both firms positioning the launch as a long-overdue modernisation of how the sector approaches third-party risk management.
ViClarity global CEO Ogie Sheehy said, “Financial institutions are dealing with a rapidly expanding ecosystem of vendors, fintech partners and service providers. By combining ViClarity’s technology with Curated Cyber’s operational expertise, we’re giving teams a practical way to manage vendor risk without increasing the administrative burden on their teams. In essence, Vendor Lifecycle Assurance establishes a single, structured process that organises vendor oversight and keeps teams accountable and moving forward.”
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