Vendor Risk Assessment Resources
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Finance Solutions
Vendor Risk Management Solutions for Finance
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Reduce third-party vendor risk and simplify compliance reporting
Financial institutions are prime targets for cyber criminals aiming for financial information and personally identifiable information (PII). And, as recent breaches and ransomware attacks have shown, it’s often through third parties that these cyberattacks begin.
With multiple regulatory mandates and guidelines – such as EBA, FCA, FFIEC, GDPR, KYC, NYDFS, and Interagency Guidance – requiring controls over third-party access, how are your IT security and risk management teams assessing third-party risk?
Prevalent automates third-party risk assessments, incorporating the latest real-time cyber, business and financial insights to enable security and risk teams with the visibility they need into identify and mitigate third-party risks.
How Prevalent Helps Financial Services Organizations
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Automates the collection and analysis of third-party due diligence, helping teams to instead focus on risk management
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Simplifies compliance audits, providing pre-built questionnaires and reports to satisfy multiple stakeholders
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Unifies third-party risk management with enterprise risk management, leveraging a library of pre-built connectors to GRC tools and reporting solutions
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Transforms third-party risk management from a static, point-in-time project to a continuous program leveraging real-time cyber, reputational and financial insights
Why Choose Mitratech as Your Vendor Risk Assessment Solution?
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Supplier Pre-Screening
Rapidly pre-screen vendors using a library of continuously updated risk profiles based on inherent/residual risk, assessment results and real-time reputational monitoring.
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Inherent Risk Scoring
Use a simple assessment with clear scoring to track and quantify inherent risks and chart the right path for a complete third-party risk assessment.
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Risk Review & Analysis
Review and approve assessment responses to automatically register risks, or reject responses and request additional input.
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Comprehensive Supplier Profile
Tap into 550,000+ sources of vendor intelligence to build a comprehensive supplier profile that includes industry and business insights, beneficial ownership, and maps potentially risky 4th-party relationships.
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Risk Assessment Library
Leverage Prevalent’s library of 200+ questionnaire templates, including for EBA, FCA, FFIEC, GDPR, NYDFS, and Interagency Guidance, to determine adherence to policies and flag potential areas of concern.
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Virtual Third-Party Risk Advisor
Leverage a conversational AI trained on billions of events and more than 20 years of experience to deliver expert risk management insights in the context of industry guidelines such as NIST, ISO, SOC 2 and others.
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Supplier Reputation Monitoring
Access qualitative insights from over 550,000 public and private sources of reputational information, including negative news, regulatory and legal actions, adverse media, conflicts of interest and more.
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Financial Governance & Transparency Monitoring
Tap into financial information from a network of millions of businesses across 160+ countries. Access 5 years of organizational changes and financial performance, including turnover, profit and loss, shareholder funds transparency, and more.
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Global Sanctions Monitoring
Simultaneously screen against the world’s most important sanctions lists (including OFAC, EU, UN, BOE, FBI, BIS, etc.), over 1,000 global enforcement lists, and court filings (such as the FDA, US HHS, UK FSA, SEC and more) to proactively identify prohibited business relationships.
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Corruption Perception Index Scoring
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) scores of company head office countries add more business context to vendor risk analysis by delivering insights into a vendor’s viability and ethics.
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Politically Exposed Persons (PEP) Screening
Screen against a global PEP database with access to over 1.8 million politically exposed person profiles, including families and associates, to identify potential leadership risks.
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Relationship Mapping
Identify relationships between your organization and third, fourth and Nth parties to discover dependencies risks in your extended vendor ecosystem.
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State-Owned Enterprise Screening
Avoid conflicts of interest by checking companies against a proprietary list of government-owned and government-linked enterprises.
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Central Risk Register
Normalize, correlate and analyze assessment results and continuous monitoring intelligence for unified reporting and remediation.
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Built-in Remediation Guidance
Take actionable steps to reduce vendor risk with built-in remediation recommendations and guidance.
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Document & Evidence Management
Store and manage policy documents, evidence and more for dialog and attestation.
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Compliance Reporting
Visualize and address compliance requirements by automatically mapping assessment results to requirements.
Features That Safeguard Your Company: Mitratech Vendor Risk Assessment Software Capabilities
Mitratech’s SaaS-based TPRM Solution delivers comprehensive capabilities to automate the entire vendor risk assessment lifecycle.
“As a health insurer, we have specific responsibilities to our members, and the Mitratech solution has helped us ensure that our vendors have the capabilities they need to protect our sensitive data and reduce our technology risk. Mitratech risk assessment capabilities have been a key part of helping us ensure the security of our member data.”
Tailored Solutions for Every Risk, Roadblock, or Challange
Mitratech’s Vendor Risk Assessment software helps security, risk management, and procurement teams address multiple types of risks.
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IT Vendor Risk Management
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Automate the scheduling, collection, analysis, management, and remediation of vendor risks in a central platform available to multiple internal stakeholders.
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Procurement Risk Management
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Reduce the potential for business disruptions by ensuring that new vendors adhere to sound security and data privacy practices.
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Risk Management
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Ensure that partners have policies in place to reduce the risk of fines, non-compliance, business disruption and reputational damage.
Ready to Eliminate Your Vendor Risk?
FAQs: Your Vendor Risk Assessment Questions, Answered.
What is a vendor risk assessment, and why is it important?
A vendor risk assessment evaluates the potential risks associated with third-party vendors, such as data breaches, compliance issues, or operational disruptions. It’s critical for ensuring vendors align with your security, legal, and ethical standards while protecting your business from potential liabilities.
Are vendor risk assessments mandatory?
In many industries (e.g., finance, healthcare), vendor risk assessments are required by law or regulatory standards. Even if not mandatory, they are a best practice for safeguarding your organization.
Who should perform vendor risk assessments?
Anyone working with external vendors (especially those handling sensitive data, providing critical services, or operating in regulated industries) should be conducting vendor risk assessments. Typically, IT security, risk management or procurement teams handle these assessments.
How often should vendor risk assessments be conducted?
The frequency depends on the vendor’s risk level and industry regulations. High-risk vendors might require annual or even quarterly assessments, while low-risk vendors may only need evaluations every few years.
What factors are considered in a vendor risk assessment?
Key factors include:
- Vendor’s data and information security practices
- Compliance with relevant regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)
- Financial stability
- Incident response capabilities
- Subcontractor management
What tools can help streamline vendor risk assessments?
Specialized software like Mitratech’s Vendor Risk Assessment platform automates data collection, analysis, remediation, and reporting through AI, saving time and ensuring thorough, consistent evaluations.
How can I ensure compliance with industry standards?
Choose vendors who adhere to recognized standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2) and use tools that help you monitor compliance and maintain detailed audit trails.
What happens if a vendor fails the assessment?
If a vendor fails, you can:
- Work with them to address deficiencies.
- Reassess their suitability for your business.
- Consider alternative vendors to mitigate risk.
How can I effectively communicate risk assessment findings to stakeholders?
Use clear, visual reports and dashboards to present risks, recommendations, and action plans. Tools like Mitratech make this process seamless by offering customizable reporting features.
How do I get started with a vendor risk assessment?
You can start by identifying all your vendors, categorizing them by risk level, and using a framework or tool to assess their practices. Consider using software to streamline and standardize the process for better results.
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