Black Kite and Sayari partner to deliver integrated intelligence across cyber, supply chain, and corporate risk. PR Newswire Today at 3:00am PDT New integration combines global corporate transparency with continuous cyber risk intelligence to help organizations uncover hidden threats across their extended enterprise BOSTON and WASHINGTON, April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk management, today announced a strategic partnership and integration with Sayari, a leading provider of global corporate transparency and supply chain risk intelligence. Together, the two companies are enabling organizations to gain a unified view of third-party risk by combining deep visibility into global corporate and trade networks with continuous cyber risk monitoring. As organizations face increasing pressure to manage risk across complex, global supply chains, many struggle with fragmented data spread across multiple tools and teams. This partnership addresses that challenge by bringing together Sayari's unmatched insight into corporate ownership, trade activity, and hidden commercial relationships with Black Kite's objective, standards-based cyber risk ratings and real-time threat intelligence. Through the integration, customers can enrich third-party risk assessments with both who an entity is connected to and how exposed they are from a cyber perspective - providing a more complete and actionable understanding of risk across the extended enterprise. "Risk doesn't exist in silos - but most tools still do," said Bob Maley, Chief Security Officer at Black Kite. "By combining Sayari's global network intelligence with Black Kite's continuous cyber risk insights, we're helping organizations move from fragmented signals to a connected, operational view of third-party risk." Sayari's platform delivers visibility into complex commercial relationships using one of the world's largest collections of corporate and trade data, spanning over 250 jurisdictions worldwide. By integrating this intelligence directly into Black Kite's platform, customers can more easily identify hidden ownership structures, upstream supply chain dependencies, and potential exposure to financial crime or geopolitical risk - while simultaneously assessing cyber posture. "Understanding risk today requires more than a single lens," said Owen Denby, General Counsel at Sayari. "This partnership brings together two critical dimensions of risk - corporate network transparency and cyber exposure - so organizations can make faster, more confident decisions in an increasingly complex global environment." The combined solution supports a wide range of use cases, including: * Enhanced due diligence through enriched corporate ownership and cyber risk insights * Supply chain risk management with visibility into N-tier suppliers and their vulnerabilities * Financial crime and compliance by correlating beneficial ownership with cyber posture * Government and national security applications requiring both transparency and cyber resilience * M&A and third-party onboarding with faster, more comprehensive risk assessments By reducing manual research and connecting previously siloed data, the Black Kite and Sayari integration enables organizations to prioritize risk more effectively, accelerate investigations, and strengthen resilience across their third-party ecosystem. The partnership reflects a shared commitment to helping organizations navigate the growing complexity of global risk with greater clarity, speed, and confidence. Bob and Owen did a webinar together in April: From Fragmented Signals to Connected Risk Intelligence, available to watch on-demand. About Black Kite Black Kite is the AI-native third-party cyber risk management platform trusted by over 3,000 customers to manage every supplier and every risk across their extended ecosystem. Powered by the industry's highest-quality risk intelligence, spanning over 40 million companies, Black Kite is differentiated by the accuracy, transparency, and actionability of its data. The platform automates vendor monitoring and risk assessments, surfacing reliable insights into ransomware susceptibility, regulatory gaps, financial exposure, and more. With Black Kite, security and risk teams gain always-on visibility and trusted intelligence to act early, reduce exposure, and stay ahead of third-party threats. Black Kite has received numerous industry awards and recognition from customers. Learn more at www.blackkite.com, or on the Black Kite blog. About Sayari Sayari is the leader in Agentic Systems of Work for economic security and risk. Powered by the Sayari Commercial World Model - a digital twin of global commerce resolving 10.6B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions - Sayari transforms risk and investigative teams from manual data gatherers into decisive mission leaders. By unifying corporate ownership, trade data, and risk intelligence into a single graph, Sayari uncovers connections and typologies that legacy watchlist, adverse media, and point solutions miss, enabling prescriptive execution at scale. Trusted by the world's most demanding regulators, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Treasury, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari delivers the evidence-based transparency needed to prove decisions, satisfy regulators and protect global commerce. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks. To learn more, visit sayari.com. Media Contact SOURCE Black Kite This is a paid placement. For further inquiries, please contact PR Newswire directly.

New integration between Source Intelligence and Sayari traces Forced Labor and sanctions exposure to individual parts. The partnership connects entity intelligence with product, component, and material data to pinpoint true exposure and reduce false positives Source Intelligence, the leading provider of supply chain compliance and sustainability software, and Sayari, a leading global commercial risk platform built on the world's largest collection of corporate and trade data, announced a strategic integration that extends Sayari's Risk Domain coverage to include part- and material-level data. The partnership enables organizations to connect entity-level risk intelligence, including sanctions exposure, forced labor indicators, and environmental violations, directly to the specific products, components, and materials flowing through their supply chains. Global manufacturers and importers struggle to translate high-level risk signals into actionable, product-specific decisions. The Source Intelligence-Sayari integration closes that gap. By connecting entity intelligence with part- and material-level sourcing context, it helps teams pinpoint true exposure and prioritize the risks that actually matter. Through the integration with Sayari Guide, Sayari's corporate ownership structures, trade flows, and geopolitical risk intelligence link directly to Source Intelligence's detailed product, component, and material data. This connection grounds entity-level risk signals in the specific parts, components, and materials that companies source. It drives more precise risk identification and fewer false positives. Teams also gain stronger defensibility across compliance programs. The integrated solution supports regulatory requirements such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), modern slavery legislation, and broader ESG supply chain due diligence requirements. Compliance, sourcing, legal, and sustainability teams can use the combined data to prioritize investigations and engage Tier 1 suppliers with clearer, product-specific questions. It also helps teams respond more confidently to audits and enforcement actions. "When we apply the world's knowledge to what goes into your products, that's where real impact happens," said Travis Miller, Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel at Source Intelligence. "Connecting Sayari's independent intelligence to product, component, and material data helps companies focus on the risks that matter most. It supports faster, more defensible decisions." The integration brings independent, document-backed risk intelligence directly into product-level compliance workflows. Rather than relying on self-reported supplier declarations or manual audits, companies gain visibility into upstream ownership, trade activity, and hidden sub-tier relationships that may otherwise go undetected. This added context helps teams uncover blind spots, reduce reliance on incomplete data, and act based on evidence they can defend. "This partnership fundamentally extends what risk intelligence can reveal," said Chris Brazdziunas, Chief Technology Officer at Sayari. "We've always provided deep visibility into corporate ownership, trade relationships, and entity-level risks across more than 250 jurisdictions. By integrating Source Intelligence's product-level data, we can now track those same compliance risks through to individual components and materials, transforming how organizations understand and manage supply chain exposure in ways that traditional tools cannot match." Explore its integration capabilities to learn more about how Source Intelligence and Sayari integrate to support part-level supply chain risk analysis. About Sayari Sayari is a global commercial risk platform that enables the public and private sectors to identify, investigate, and act on third-party risk across complex supply chains and commercial relationships. Powered by the largest commercially available collection of corporate and trade data from more than 250 jurisdictions worldwide, Sayari's solutions deliver risk identification, orchestration, and automation at scale. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and compliance teams to manage exposure, and relied upon by government agencies and regulatory authorities to surface illicit networks and support mission-critical investigations, Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Source Intelligence. Source Intelligence is the leading provider of supply chain compliance software for sustainability and ESG programs. Built for mid-market and enterprise manufacturers, its configurable SaaS platform centralizes supply chain is a leading provider of supply chain compliance software, helping global manufacturers identify supply chain risk at the product, component, and material level. Its AI-powered platform connects supplier, product, and regulatory data to deliver precise, defensible insights that support faster, more confident compliance decisions.

CertifID names Chief Product and marketing officers after $47.5M funding round. April 9, 2026 Josh Linn and Liz Conn CertifID has added two senior executives following its recent $47.5 million Series C raise, as the company looks to expand its wire fraud prevention platform amid rising risks in real estate transactions. The Austin- and Grand Rapids-based firm appointed Josh Linn as chief product officer and Liz Conn as chief marketing officer. The hires come shortly after the funding round led by Centana Growth Partners and signal a push to scale both product development and market reach as fraud schemes grow more sophisticated. Linn brings more than two decades of experience in financial technology and digital identity, including prior leadership roles at major banks and identity verification firm Socure. He will oversee product, design and data strategy, with a focus on improving security and efficiency in real estate closings. Conn, previously a senior marketing executive at Sayari and Logi Analytics, will lead brand and growth efforts as the company works to raise awareness of wire fraud risks among industry participants and consumers. "Wire fraud in real estate isn't a niche problem; it's one of the most consequential identity and payments challenges in financial services today," Linn said. The expansion comes as CertifID reports increased activity across its platform, including blocking hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent transactions and verifying more than a million mortgage payoffs this year. The company also provides insurance-backed protection on transactions, positioning itself as both a software and risk mitigation provider. With fresh capital and new leadership, CertifID is aiming to broaden its role beyond transaction-level protection toward a larger infrastructure play in identity and payments tied to real estate, an area drawing increasing attention as cybercrime targets high-value financial transfers. Key Facts: * Company: CertifID * Announcement: Appointment of two executives following funding round * New Hires: * Josh Linn - Chief Product Officer * Liz Conn - Chief Marketing Officer * Funding: $47.5 million Series C * Lead Investor: Centana Growth Partners * Strategic Purpose: * Scale product development and security capabilities * Expand market awareness and growth efforts * Strengthen leadership amid rising wire fraud threats * Business Focus: Wire fraud protection in real estate transactions * Operational Highlights: * $285M+ fraudulent transactions blocked in 2025 * 1.5M+ mortgage payoffs verified * $126M+ recovered for fraud victims * Market Context: * Increasing sophistication of fraud, driven in part by AI * Growing demand for secure digital transaction infrastructure in real estate