Third-Party & Vendor Risk Management
A vendor risk program is only as good as whether the assessments actually get closed. I design and run third-party risk programs end to end — intake, assessment, scoring, and ongoing monitoring — built to scale from a ten-vendor list to a thousand-vendor list without redesigning the process along the way. This isn't theoretical: I've taken over a program running 120 days behind its own 30-day SLA and closed the backlog completely.
What this covers
Intake and triage process design
A repeatable way to bring new vendors into the program and route them by actual risk, not just order of arrival.
Vendor risk scoring and tiering
Prioritizing the assessments that matter most first, so critical-vendor risk never sits behind low-risk paperwork.
Security questionnaires & SIG assessments
Handling questionnaire volume without sacrificing the quality of the residual risk reporting behind it.
Ongoing monitoring cadence
Risk doesn’t stop at onboarding — a defined cadence for re-assessment and monitoring keeps the program current.
Executive and board-level risk reporting
Translating vendor risk posture into language stakeholders can actually act on.
Backlog turnaround
If the program is already behind SLA, closing the backlog is the first priority — not a new framework nobody has time for yet.
Who this is for
Organizations with a vendor list that has outpaced their current process, or ones already behind on assessment SLAs and needing a real turnaround rather than a new template. Especially relevant ahead of a customer security review, a SOC 2 renewal, or when a growing vendor count has made an informal tracking process unworkable.
Proof, not just a claim
Took over a third-party risk program running 120 days behind SLA. Closed 100% of aged assessments and introduced an SDLC for the automation.
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