Rethinking Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM): Managing Third-Party SaaS Risks
Security Boulevard, Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
You think you've nailed your third-party risk management (TPRM) strategy. You've assessed your vendors, reviewed their security postures, and your risk dashboard is looking pretty green.
But here's the uncomfortable truth: that third-party risk score might be hiding the real dangers lurking in your environment. What if your biggest vulnerability isn't the vendor you've thoroughly vetted but the SaaS tool this vendor produces and your employees are actively using? Or worse yet, what about the shadow SaaS your employees independently adopted that doesn't even appear on your risk management radar?