SPARC replaces scattered spreadsheets and one-off tools with a single, examiner-ready governance system built for community banks. Including a clear path now that the FFIEC has retired the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool.
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A Compliance Alliance solution, owned by 38 state bankers associations.
Security, privacy, and vendor risk usually live in three different places. SPARC runs them together, so the work and the documentation stay connected.
Manage IT risk, cyber assessments, and CAT replacement inside one governance framework designed for regulatory clarity.
Privacy is built in, not bolted on. Privacy assessments and oversight live directly inside your risk workflows.
Centralize vendor documentation, risk scoring, and ongoing monitoring in the same platform you use for everything else.
Most banks run security in spreadsheets, privacy in email, and vendor risk in a tool nobody fully owns. When the examiner arrives, it all gets reassembled by hand. SPARC keeps it in one place, with the documentation trail already built.
Proactive risk identification and mitigation, with examiner-ready reporting.
Structured privacy assessments aligned with evolving regulatory expectations.
Business Impact Analysis and continuity planning without the spreadsheet chaos.
Board-ready dashboards that communicate risk clearly.
Governance structured around the expectations your regulators actually examine against.
Every assessment and review leaves an audit trail, so evidence is ready before you need it.
Risk communicated clearly to leadership and directors, without the late-night deck building.
SPARC comes from Compliance Alliance, the federal banking compliance advisory owned by 38 state bankers associations and staffed by attorneys, former examiners, and compliance specialists with real community banking experience.
state bankers associations own and stand behind Compliance Alliance.
Attorneys. Former examiners. Compliance specialists. Community banking, end to end.
SPARC brings cybersecurity, privacy, and vendor oversight into one structured governance model. It simplifies reporting and strengthens our regulatory posture.
Rebecca Roy
CEO & President, H&N
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