Reduce Supply Chain Risk With a Structured Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Program

GuardianPoint builds and operationalizes TPRM programs aligned with NIST, ISO, FFIEC, GLBA, and NYDFS requirements.

Third parties extend your organization’s risk surface. GuardianPoint designs Third-Party Risk Management programs that enable organizations to assess the security posture of vendors, manage inherent and residual risks, and maintain compliance with regulatory requirements.

What You Receive

  • TPRM Program Framework: Policies, standards, and governance structure.

  • Vendor Tiering Model: Inherent risk scoring based on data sensitivity and access.

  • Security Questionnaire Development: Based on SIG, NIST, ISO, or custom requirements.

  • Evidence Review: SOC reports, pen tests, certifications, risk assessments.

  • Contract & SLA Recommendations: Security clauses, breach notification, and oversight requirements.

  • Ongoing Monitoring Processes: Annual reviews, alerts, and exception workflows.

  • Vendor Risk Dashboard: Summary of high-risk vendors and outstanding issues.

Outcomes

  • Establishes clear governance, accountability, and consistency across your entire third-party risk ecosystem.

  • Uses a risk-based vendor tiering model to focus time, budget, and oversight on what matters most.

  • Strengthens your cybersecurity and technology risk posture through standardized, evidence-based vendor assessments.

  • Embeds strong security, privacy, and breach notification requirements into contracts and SLAs, protecting you legally and operationally.

  • Provides continuous visibility into vendor risk through ongoing monitoring, alerts, and structured issue management.

  • Delivers real-time executive and Board-level insight with clear dashboards, metrics, and risk trends.

  • Enhances regulatory readiness and audit defensibility across GLBA, NYDFS 500, FFIEC, OCC, HIPAA, PCI, and ISO expectations.

  • Improves operational resilience and business continuity by validating vendor disaster recovery and incident response capabilities.

Program Tier Options

Foundational

Program design + vendor tiering

Operational

Questionnaire review + contract recommendations

Enterprise

Full lifecycle program management