7 Third-Party Risk Management Trends to be Aware of in 2025 | UpGuard

This article outlines key TPRM trends organizations should prepare for in 2023–2026, including expanding attack surfaces from IoT and complex supply chains; rising vendor risks and sophisticated supply-chain attacks; convergence of internal and third-party risk; increasing ESG considerations; greater automation/AI for VRM; ongoing zero-day threats and adoption of zero-trust with VPAM and lifecycle assessments; and tightening global data-privacy laws—while promoting UpGuard’s Vendor Risk and Breach Risk platforms for inventory, continuous monitoring, customizable questionnaires, remediation workflows, and compliance assessments.