SecurityScorecard Blog: Questionnaires

Third-party vendors have become an essential part of many organizations’ business operations. While working with vendors can help you deliver value to customers, they also pose a significant cyber risk. Vendors tend to have access... Keep Reading

Vendor risk management becomes more important every year. Increasingly, enterprise IT incorporates a complex, interconnected system of cloud-based storage and application resources. Leveraging the cloud’s speed and volume to reduc... Keep Reading

If your organization relies on third-party vendors to conduct business affairs, then you must monitor their cybersecurity. Organizations can do this by leveraging questionnaires designed to evaluate the strength of a vendor’s cybe... Keep Reading

The impact of COVID-19 has been felt all over the world and in every aspect of our lives - our families, communities, and how we work. Over the past two weeks, at SecurityScorecard we have also been navigating the quickly shifting... Keep Reading

Trust is essential in every good business partnership, but knowing whether your vendors merit that trust can be difficult. With the recent boost in information technology (IT) services, the avenues for which trust can be broken, e... Keep Reading

When third parties are involved in data breaches, the cost of those breaches rises by more than $370,000, according to Ponemon’s 2019 Cost of a Data Breach Report. It stands to reason that most companies want to do their due dilig... Keep Reading

Organizations are increasingly relying on third-parties to assist them with business operations. Many times, a partnership with a third-party vendor can cut costs and increase productivity, helping an organization gain a competiti... Keep Reading

The process of assessing a third party's security risk, including a risk assessment questionnaire and evidence collection, is not easy. Often an already complicated process is muddled with day to day activities like getting your t... Keep Reading

Using cumbersome, time-consuming questionnaires to vet vendors has become the industry standard, but they lack actionable metrics. Questionnaires offer insight into policies and procedures, acting as a first step to due diligence.... Keep Reading