The market for vendor risk management products and services is complex, diverse and evolving, making it difficult to know how to choose the right solution. This session will highlight the key components of tools and solutions available to security and risk leaders when managing third parties.

Security and risk leaders struggle to effectively assess third-party (including IT vendor) security and risk, leading to unknown risks or security breaches. This roundtable provides you with the opportunity to participate in a facilitated discussion with your peers regarding the most effective assessment practices used today.

Security and risk management leaders are often oblivious to the threats posed by third parties with control of their organization’s most sensitive data, systems and relationships. Use this guide to establish a cyber security program for your organizations third parties. This session will cover:
- Defining your objectives and engaging stakeholders to set standards and expectations of third parties
- Focus assessment on the risks relevant to third party engagement and develop predefined actionable outcomes
- Implement monitoring and automation