Crowe joins the Cyber Risk Institute as a Premium Innovator

CHICAGO (March 30, 2026) – Crowe LLP, a leading public accounting and consulting firm, today announced it has joined the Cyber Risk Institute (CRI) as a Premium Innovator, expanding the firm’s ability to help financial institutions transform how they manage cyber and technology risk. Through this collaboration, Crowe’s Cyber services, powered by the CRI Profile, enables financial institutions to streamline complex regulatory requirements, align risk management practices, and scale cyber programs with greater consistency and efficiency.

As an Innovator, Crowe will integrate CRI tools, including the Profile, Cloud Profile, and Maturity Model, into its client services, collaborate on framework development, and support broader adoption across the industry. Serving more than 2,900 financial services clients and over 75% of the top 100 U.S. banks, Crowe brings deep sector experience to apply this framework in practical, results-driven implementations.

“Financial institutions are facing increasing pressure from evolving cyber threats, expanding regulatory expectations, and the rapid adoption of cloud and AI technologies,” said Matt O’Sha, cyber managing director at Crowe. “By aligning our services with the CRI Profile, we help clients simplify compliance, improve efficiency, and scale cyber risk management to better support regulatory readiness and enable innovation with confidence.”

The CRI Profile consolidates more than 3,500 state, federal and international cybersecurity regulatory requirements into a structured set of diagnostic statements, helping financial institutions assess and demonstrate compliance more efficiently.

With CRI tools complementing its existing offerings, Crowe can help financial institutions:

• Reduce duplication by aligning multiple regulatory requirements to a single framework
• Improve exam readiness through a consistent, traceable risk and control mapping
• Benchmark maturity and prioritize investments using industry-aligned standards
• Strengthen the reduction of cloud, third-party, and AI-related risks

“Collaboration across the ecosystem is essential to advancing effective risk management in the financial sector,” said Josh Magri, CEO of CRI. “We are pleased to welcome Crowe as an Innovator, bringing valuable expertise that will help institutions strengthen their approach to cybersecurity, technology, and emerging risks while supporting the practical adoption of aligned standards.”

This collaboration reinforces Crowe’s long-standing commitment to helping financial institutions connect cyber strategy, controls, and operations to measurable business outcomes, delivering more efficient, transparent, and resilient risk programs.

For more information, visit Crowe cybersecurity for banking and financial services.

About Crowe
Crowe LLP is a public accounting and consulting firm that uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services to public and private entities. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the best places to work in the U.S. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world, Crowe serves clients worldwide. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.