Supply Chain & Third-Party Risk Management — Secure Your Entire Ecosystem
The SolarWinds breach, the MOVEit attack, the XZ Utils backdoor — supply chain attacks have become the preferred route for sophisticated threat actors targeting enterprises and government agencies. By compromising a trusted vendor, attackers gain access to hundreds of downstream organizations simultaneously. In 2024, over 60% of significant breaches had a third-party component.
Most organizations have detailed controls for their own infrastructure but limited visibility into the security posture of their vendors, contractors, and software dependencies. We provide the assessment, monitoring, and governance capabilities needed to extend your security programme across your entire supply chain.
What’s Included
Structured security questionnaires, evidence review, and risk scoring for your critical vendors. We prioritize by access level and data classification — not all vendors carry the same risk.
Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) creation and ongoing scanning of your software dependencies for known vulnerabilities, licence risks, and malicious components.
Automated monitoring of your vendors’ external attack surface, breach disclosures, and threat intelligence feeds. You are notified when a vendor’s posture changes in a way that increases your risk.
Review and strengthen security clauses in vendor contracts. Define minimum security standards, audit rights, breach notification requirements, and exit provisions.
Defined playbooks and rapid response support when a vendor breach affects your organization. We help you scope impact, isolate affected integrations, and manage communications.
Who This Is For
- Enterprises with complex vendor ecosystems and critical third-party integrations
- Government agencies subject to supply chain security requirements (NCSC, CISA guidance)
- Financial services organizations with regulatory third-party risk obligations
- Software companies concerned about open-source dependency risks
Frequently Asked Questions
How many vendors should we be assessing?
Start with your critical vendors — those with access to sensitive data, privileged network access, or that your operations depend on. Most organizations have 10–30 critical vendors but hundreds of lower-risk ones. We help you tier your vendor portfolio and apply appropriate scrutiny to each tier.
What is a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and why does it matter?
An SBOM is a complete inventory of every software component in your products or infrastructure, including open-source libraries and their dependencies. When a vulnerability like Log4Shell is disclosed, an SBOM lets you identify exposure in minutes rather than days. It is increasingly required by government procurement requirements.
Can you monitor vendors that do not cooperate with assessments?
Yes. For vendors that cannot or will not complete security questionnaires, we use external attack surface monitoring to assess their posture from the outside — looking at exposed services, certificate hygiene, breach disclosures, and dark web mentions.
How does this help with NIS2 or DORA compliance?
Both NIS2 and DORA require formal third-party risk management programmes. Our service satisfies the technical and governance requirements of both frameworks, including vendor risk registers, assessment documentation, and contractual security requirements.
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