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Securing Third Party Risk Management with the Right Data

Data-Driven Strategies to Safeguard Your Business Against Third and even Fourth Party Risks.

Aug 12, 202415 min read
Risk ManagementWhitepaper25 pages

For risk, compliance, and procurement leaders managing third and fourth-party exposure.

Securing Third Party Risk Management with the Right Data — report cover
Key findings
  • TPRM is a top executive concern as the business world becomes more interconnected.
  • Fourth-party risk management starts with the same building blocks as third-party risk management: solid, reliable data.
  • More than half of companies (54%) assign dedicated IT and Risk teams to manage third-party cyber risk.
  • The most common TPRM challenges always stem from insufficient data.
  • Veridion's data universe — updated weekly — provides unparalleled accuracy and global coverage for TPRM.

Overview

What this report covers

A comprehensive guide to third party risk management (TPRM), covering the basics, key risk areas, data requirements, and how Veridion's data universe supports a robust TPRM framework.

54%put third-party cyber risk on dedicated IT and risk teams (Panorays)
2.5xdeeper supply chain intel for a Tier 1 consulting firm

Inside the report

Questions this report answers

  • What is the real difference between third-party and fourth-party risk, and why does it matter?
  • Who should own third-party risk management inside your organization?
  • How do you build a TPRM framework on reliable, continuously updated data?
  • How do sanctions and foreign-ownership exposure hide in your extended supplier network?
  • How did one Tier 1 consulting firm get 2.5x deeper supply chain intelligence?

Contents

What’s inside

  1. The basics of third-party risk management
  2. Third party vs fourth party, and n-tier exposure
  3. Building a TPRM framework with reliable data
  4. Common challenges in developing TPRM
  5. The Veridion data framework for TPRM

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