Articles on third-party and vendor risk: continuous vendor assessment, external risk signals, questionnaires that carry evidence, and the AI-Powered Third-Party Risk Management module.
You can assess a cloud vendor’s security posture in 30 minutes before you sign by reading its published CSA STAR answers in the right order. This timed review uses the DigitalXForce Security Posture Benchmark 2026 to show which answers matter most and what to ask the vendor.
How to Assess a Cloud Vendor’s Security Posture in 30 Minutes Read More »
Questionnaire-based third-party risk management (TPRM) judges a supplier by what it says about its own controls, and evidence-based TPRM judges it by what can be checked. This article compares the two, shows what US and EU regulators expect, and sets out how to combine questionnaire answers with outside telemetry and control evidence.
Questionnaire-Based vs Evidence-Based Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Read More »
This buyer’s guide sorts third-party risk management software into four kinds of product and gives six questions a regulated enterprise can put to any vendor in a demo.
How to choose third-party risk management software in 2026 Read More »
A third-party risk program built in 2015 runs on questionnaires and annual reviews. This article lists the signs it is out of date and the steps to a continuous, evidence-based program.
Is Your TPRM Program Still Stuck in 2015? Here’s How to Modernize It Read More »
Enterprise security posture management cannot stop at the company’s own perimeter. This article explains how DigitalXForce ESRPM brings third-party risk into the same posture view and score.
DigitalXForce ESRPM assesses vendor security with the same continuous evidence used for the enterprise itself. This article shows how the module tiers vendors, tests controls and reports the result.
DigitalXForce ESRPM: Enterprise Security Solution for Enhancing Vendor Security Read More »
Third-party risk management built on trust needs evidence, not questionnaires alone. This article sets out a strategy and the practices that make vendor risk continuous and verifiable.
Strategy and Best Practices for Trust-enabled Third-Party Risk Management Read More »
Third-party risk management needs redefining around continuous evidence rather than annual questionnaires. This article explains the shift and how AI-powered assessment supports it.
Problem Statement: A supply chain attack on enterprise phone company #3CX (VoIP/PBX software provider with more than 600,000 customers and 12 million daily users) may have compromised thousands of business networks. Many companies and end users are reporting that a vulnerability in the widely used 3CXDesktopApp is being exploited in a supply chain campaign. 3CX is a
Another Massive Supply Chain Attack Compromises Thousands of Business Networks Worldwide Read More »
Era of Automated Security Risk and Posture Management
Era of Automated Third Party Risk Management: Trust but Verify
Era of Automated Security Plans, Standards, Policies and Procedures
