UpGuard Vendor Risk

Factual Product Summary

UpGuard Vendor Risk from UpGuard focuses on third-party cyber risk assessment. It is external cyber risk assessment technology used for reviewing security risk associated with organizations and suppliers. Capabilities - External security assessment: Assesses observable indicators associated with an organization's external security posture. - Third-party risk monitoring: Supports reviewing and monitoring the security risk associated with suppliers or business partners. - Risk scoring: Summarizes assessed signals in the scoring or rating model documented by the provider. - Security findings visibility: Provides supporting observations that help teams understand an assessed risk result. - Supplier assessment workflows: Coordinates the assessment activities used to review third-party security risk. - Portfolio reporting: Shows the risk state of the organizations included in a monitored portfolio. - Remediation collaboration: Helps organize discussion and follow-up around identified third-party security issues. Use and operational context Vendor Risk addresses assessment and monitoring of suppliers or other external organizations. Review portfolio scope, assessment evidence and supplier communications, including how the organization records a decision about a vendor's security posture and follows up on identified issues. Deployment and evaluation Before adoption, review assessment scope, asset attribution, evidence behind ratings and the process for discussing findings with a supplier. Assign an owner for administration, document required permissions and identify how the product or service will fit the existing operating process. Buyer questions - What is the main purpose? UpGuard Vendor Risk focuses on reviewing security risk associated with organizations and suppliers. - What should a proof of concept establish? Test the listed capabilities against representative assets and workflows, record useful results and unresolved gaps, and confirm who handles follow-up work. - What should be confirmed before purchase? Ask the vendor which edition or service scope includes the required features, which dependencies must be configured and what licensing or contract terms apply. Pricing has not been verified for this catalog.