Supply Chain & Third-Party Risk

20 - Supply Chain Risk

Supply Chain &
Third-Party Risk

Some of the worst breaches start with a trusted supplier, not the target itself. We build third-party risk programs that give you real visibility into every vendor, partner and supplier touching your systems or your data, and a practical way to manage the risk they bring with them.

  • Third-party risk management (TPRM) program design and operation
  • Supplier security questionnaire design and assessment
  • Vendor due diligence for new procurement and contract renewals
  • Software supply chain security review and SBOM analysis
  • Ongoing supplier monitoring and periodic reassessment
  • Contractual security requirements and clause advisory
  • Critical supplier identification and tiered risk classification
  • Supply chain incident response planning
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Program Options
One-off assessment · Annual review program · Fully managed TPRM service
Scope
IT vendors · Cloud providers · MSPs · Critical suppliers · Software dependencies · Outsourced services
Deliverables
Supplier risk register · Assessment reports · Contractual recommendations · Risk dashboard
Standards
ISO 27036 · NIST C-SCRM · Essential Eight · SOCI Act supply chain obligations
ISO 27036 NIST C-SCRM Essential Eight SOCI Act ISM

Common Questions

What is third-party risk management?

Knowing which vendors and suppliers can hurt you, how badly, and what you're doing about it - as an ongoing program, not a spreadsheet from 2023. Some of the worst breaches in Australia arrived through a trusted supplier.

We have hundreds of vendors - do we assess them all?

No. Tiering is the whole game: the critical few who touch your systems or data get real assessment; the long tail gets proportionate checks. Effort should follow risk.

What is an SBOM?

A Software Bill of Materials - the ingredient list of components inside software you buy or build. When the next library-level vulnerability lands, an SBOM is the difference between knowing your exposure in an hour and finding out from the news.

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