Churchill and Harriman

Churchill & Harriman has provided exceptional support and service across a number of highly visible risk management activities across the globe. C&H has exceeded my expectations and done so on time and under budget, without exception. C&H conducts themselves with the highest levels of demonstrated competency and integrity on my behalf, recognizing required interdependencies and challenges while working on our critical global initiatives. Most of all, I deeply appreciate the substantive results C&H has produced for my colleagues and me.

Practitioners such as Ken Peterson individually and Churchill & Harriman institutionally need to be publicly recognized for the many years they have effectively and humbly raised the bar on words like integrity, trust, quality and selflessness. Ken and C&H have done more for industry and positively touched more lives and institutions than most people know. I am a better person for being associated with Ken and I am proud to have him in my circle of influence.

Churchill & Harriman has been consulting to us on enterprise-wide business risk mitigation matters for seven years now. We continue to receive the same dedicated service and support from C&H that we received from day one. Few business partners have provided such validated ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction.

A company is a reflection of its Chief Executive, so it is no surprise that Churchill & Harriman (C&H) is a first-class organization. At its helm is Ken Peterson. I have had the pleasure of working with Ken and his team over the years in various capacities — always on discreet, Board-level issues. I give Ken and C&H my highest personal recommendation. Their extreme attention to detail, deep expertise, and unflagging duty of care are unparalleled.

The Security Risk Assessment© from Churchill & Harriman is a critical investment for any organization, SMB, Midmarket, and Enterprise level — commercial or public. The evidence-based value received in enhanced security, compliance, and operational efficiency is unparalleled. I unequivocally endorse Churchill & Harriman to any organization seeking to strengthen their cybersecurity posture, protect their revenue streams, and safeguard their assets.

Churchill & Harriman has been a long-time member of the Shared Assessments program, actively contributing to working groups, refining program elements, often speaking at our Summit and on webinars, and executing flawlessly for their customers. Ken Peterson has served on the Shared Assessments Advisory Board and Steering Committee. C&H and Ken have added much to the discussion and strategy on the maturation and future of Third-Party Risk Management at the global level. C&H is known for their integrity and for the efficacy of their work; their earned reputation in the industry is excellent. It is also my pleasure to call Ken a friend!

It is with much gratitude that I extend this letter to you and the C&H team for an outstanding job on the above contract. The professionalism and dedication of your team, coupled with a deep understanding of information security architecture, enabled a most productive collaborative effort, which resulted in successful completion of all deliverables. These deliverables allowed the (client) to accomplish our objectives for this engagement, and to better position the (client) to ensure the security of our information environment.

Through its membership and contributions to the Shared Assessments Program, Churchill & Harriman has demonstrated its leadership in global vendor management innovation. The Shared Assessments tools contribute to the differentiation of C&H’s program, maximizing risk assessment cost optimization while raising the bar on global information security and privacy protection.  

It is even more impressive that this has been done during a period of unprecedented change within the information technology organization at [client]. It is a true indication of your company’s professionalism that you have been able to maintain flexibility in light of these change initiatives and at the same time continue to deliver great value to the entire organization. Most of all, I deeply appreciate the substantive results C&H has produced for my colleagues and me. I recognize this is founded on the open and honest lines of communication I have with you and the C&H team. You have earned a meaningful level of trust with me, and I look forward to working with C&H to make a value added difference to [client] in the years to come.    

We chose C&H several years ago to contribute to the ever-increasing maturity of our enterprise risk management program. Since that time, C&H has consulted to [client] on a multitude of projects, and executed several internal risk assessments and external risk assessments, always exceeding [client’s] expectations. C&H is the thought leader on the employment of controls, and international standards including ISO 27001. Their risk assessment and vendor management competencies are unparalleled. C&H has earned my endorsement to any firm requiring enterprise risk management expertise.