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Third-party and vendor risk management

Vendors are assessed before onboarding, bound by security terms and monitored over the relationship.

Where it appears

SOC 2
CC9.2Assesses and manages risks associated with vendors and business partners
PCI DSS 4.0
12.8Risk to information assets associated with third-party service provider relationships is managed
12.9Third-party service providers support their customers' PCI DSS compliance
NIST CSF 2.0
GV.SCCybersecurity supply chain risk management
ISO 27001:2022
A.5.19Information security in supplier relationships
A.5.20Addressing information security within supplier agreements
A.5.21Managing information security in the ICT supply chain
A.5.22Monitoring, review and change management of supplier services
A.5.23Information security for use of cloud services
HIPAA Security Rule
164.308(b)(1)Business associate contracts and other arrangements
164.314(a)Business associate contracts or other arrangements
NIST 800-53 r5
SR-3Supply chain controls and processes
SR-6Supplier assessments and reviews
SA-9External system services

Evidence auditors usually ask for

A typical starting list. Your assessor's request list is the one that counts.

  • Vendor management policy and tiering criteria
  • Vendor inventory with data access and criticality
  • Completed due diligence for a sample of vendors (SOC reports, questionnaires, AOCs)
  • Contracts / DPAs / BAAs with security terms
  • Annual reassessment evidence; for PCI, TPSP responsibility matrix and AOC tracking

Crosswalks that include this