Our Approach
Spend Less Time Assessing and More Time Managing Your Risk
BALLAST is packed with knowledge obtained from hundreds of risk assessments, as well as guidance from national and international standards-making bodies. The result is a tool that will streamline the risk assessment process, eliminate bottlenecks associated with manual approaches and allow for real-time tracking of remediation activities. Spend less time assessing and more time managing your risks with BALLAST.
BALLAST Risk Assessment Software
Automate Your Risk Assessment Process
BALLAST is a cloud-based management tool developed by a team of risk and compliance professionals with deep backgrounds in information security as well as internal and operational audit and compliance. BALLAST is designed for rapid deployment and readily scalable – allowing you to deploy assessments and their associated remediation activities to just the right people at one or hundreds of locations with the click of a button.
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Streamline Your Vendor Risk Management Program
Optimize your third-party vendor risk management program with BALLAST. Deploy assessments directly to your vendors, and see real-time results on risk rankings. Let us show you how you can assess more vendors in less time with BALLAST.
Show Me HowBALLAST Facilitated Risk Assessments
Relax and Put Our Expertise to Work For You
Built into BALLAST is a wealth of intelligence and incredible workflow. However, if you are time constrained or just prefer to have an independent third-party complete an assessment, we have years of industry expertise at the ready to get you across the finish line in a thorough, yet economical way. We will work with you to define your goals, customize assessments, and facilitate or execute the work with BALLAST, enabling you to manage remediations and future assessments on your own, or engage us as needed going forward.
Tell Me MoreBALLAST Features
BALLAST is a cloud-based risk and compliance assessment tool that streamlines the assessment process and provides on-demand compliance reporting.
Dashboard Reporting
Intuitive dashboard delivers real-time feedback on assessments and risk levels
Assign Assessments
Track assessments over multiple facilities and delegate tasks to process owners
Track Remediations
Seamlessly create, assign, and track remediation activities and due dates
Customizable Threats
Use pre-built threat and control standards or create your own
Upload Artifacts
Upload assessment artifacts as evidence of control effectiveness
On-Demand Reports
Generate risk assessment reports on-demand for auditors and regulators
Increase in Data Breaches
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Average Data Breach Cost (USD)
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Cyber Threats
Forbes Asks: Why Are We Losing The Cyberwar?
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Was Your Last Risk Assessment a Waste of Time?
Risk assessments are often a waste of time because they are done incorrectly, the process is inefficient, and then, after a very cursory review, the report just sits on the shelf and doesn’t accomplish anything.
But, it doesn’t have to be that way.
Mark Fulford, Co-founder of BALLAST, has written an eBook entitled 4 Reasons Your Risk Assessment Is a Waste of Time, that will show you simple strategies to help you avoid 4 common pitfalls that turn your risk assessments into a waste of time. Download the FREE eBook today!
View Case Study”There are other offerings out there for risk assessment, but it all boils down to the partnership that I've been able to establish with LBMC and BALLAST.
Michelle ByrdSenior VP of Compliance, VRC
Get Started Today
Take your first step towards simplifying the risk assessment process. Contact us today to schedule a discovery call to see how we can help.
Better Visibility. Don’t play guessing games. Get visibility into organizational risks at the click of a button.
Expertise Within Reach. We have led hundreds of risk assessments and worked directly with regulators – let us help you navigate the complexity.
Rapid Deployment. No costly infrastructure or integrations. We’ll get you up in running quickly (weeks, not months).
Questions? Call us at 1-833-GO-BALLAST (1-833-462-2552).
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