How to Conduct a Vendor Security Assessment to Identify High-Risk Vendors

This document is a guide and promotional piece from SecurityScorecard about vendor security assessments, explaining why assessing third- and fourth-party vendors is important, what a vendor security assessment includes, steps to evaluate and rate vendors (inventory, assign ratings, define KPIs, continuous monitoring), how to identify high-risk vendors, and a FAQ; it positions SecurityScorecard’s platform as a solution for managing vendor cyber risk.