The Vendor Tiering Series: Why Tier Your Vendors | UpGuard

This article advocates vendor tiering as a risk-based approach to third-party cyber risk management, describing how classifying vendors by inherent risk improves oversight, resource allocation, business resilience, continuous assurance, and brand protection. It positions tiering as Part 1 of a three-part series aimed at helping organizations replace a blanket vendor-assessment approach with a scalable, defensible program.