Curated Cyber, a cybersecurity services firm, and ViClarity, a governance, risk and compliance (GRC) technology provider, have joined forces to launch Vendor Lifecycle Assurance, a solution designed to modernise how community banks and credit unions manage third-party risk.
The new product combines automated vendor management workflows built within ViClarity’s GRC platform with on-the-ground oversight delivered by Curated Cyber’s security specialists. It covers the full scope of vendor management activity, including onboarding, risk tiering, document management, ongoing monitoring and regulatory exam preparation. The solution is immediately available to all US-based community banks and credit unions.
The partnership comes at a moment of acute pressure on community financial institutions to demonstrate robust vendor controls. Data from the NCUA’s 2025 Cybersecurity and Credit Union System Resilience Annual Report showed that vendor-related incidents accounted for roughly 73% of 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 rated cybersecurity as an extremely important risk concern. Regulators now expect institutions to show continuous, documented oversight of third-party providers across the entire vendor relationship.
Despite those expectations, many institutions have been left without the tools to meet them effectively. Reliance on fragmented spreadsheets and manual tracking processes has slowed vendor reviews and created operational bottlenecks, with documentation becoming scattered and follow-ups falling through the cracks. Vendor Lifecycle Assurance is positioned as a structured alternative that removes that administrative fragmentation.
Curated Cyber is a specialist security firm focused on delivering vCISO and managed security services to financial institutions, while ViClarity is a RegTech company serving more than 1,000 clients across regulated industries globally, with headquarters in Tralee, Ireland and an office in Des Moines, Iowa.
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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