Organizations can substantially reduce vendor security assessment time from months to hours
Boston, MA – July 26, 2022 – SecurityScorecard, the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, announced at the AWS re:Inforce 2022 today it is making its vendor profile available to Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers to automate and simplify the software risk assessment process. SecurityScorecard’s security and compliance artifacts are now available as part of AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights.
The prevalence of malicious threats and third-party data breaches has spurred enterprises to increase the rigor of software risk assessments. To ensure supply chain security, organizations require visibility into the ongoing security posture of their vendors versus point-in-time attestation. SecurityScorecard facilitates the acceleration of procurement cycles by providing continuous cyber monitoring and a centralized repository for security and compliance artifacts.
“Transparency and collaboration are pillars of SecurityScorecard’s Vendor Risk Management strategy,” said Alex Rich, vice president of alliances at SecurityScorecard. “We believe that security is a shared responsibility and are proud to deliver up-to-date security posture metrics and artifacts to customers in AWS Marketplace. We look forward to working with AWS to further the value we can offer our joint customers to.”
“Security professionals are already burdened with risk assessment processes that are too time consuming and often based on data that is obsolete,” said Jon Oltsik, Senior Principal Analyst and ESG Fellow. “The ability to dramatically shorten the security risk assessment process, while adding up-to-date security data on-demand is critical in today’s evolving environment. This announcement aligns with that need.”
On-demand security and compliance information
Using AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights, AWS Marketplace customers will have access to the most current security and compliance information about SecurityScorecard that is automatically updated using AWS Audit Manager and ISO/SOC-2 reports. This will help to reduce the software risk assessment lead time from months to a few hours, streamlining the complex, third-party software risk assessment process.
“Organizations are looking for software vendors with a validated and strong security story,” said Jason Timmes, general manager, Seller Services, AWS Marketplace. “Vendor Insights helps customers reduce assessment lead time and removes the need for reassessments to drive efficiencies. Organizations like SecurityScorecard have demonstrated its commitment to trust and transparency for its customers in implementing Vendor Insights.”
“The addition of AWS Marketplace Vendor Insights provides us with an immediate green light during our vendor assessment process,” said Stephen Nemeth, Sr. Manager, Global Security Risk Management, Aflac. “We’re excited SecurityScorecard and AWS are working together, because, while point-in-time assessments are nice and necessary, we rely on continuous monitoring capabilities to ensure ongoing vendor security.”
Learn more at AWS re:Inforce 2022 (July 26-27)
During the AWS re:Inforce 2022, industry leaders share the latest advances in security, compliance, identity, and privacy. Attendees are encouraged to attend “Vendor Insights Streamlines 3rd Party SaaS Risk Assessments,” a speaking session that will highlight how shared assessment profiles make procurement faster and more accurate. The session takes place July 27th at 11am ET.
Additionally, demos will be available in AWS Marketplace booth #400.
Not attending AWS re:Inforce 2022? Try SecurityScorecard for free to experience how easy it is to rate the security posture of any organization quickly and securely.
About SecurityScorecard
Funded by world-class investors including Evolution Equity Partners, Silver Lake Waterman, Sequoia Capital, GV, Riverwood Capital, and others, SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings with more than 12 million companies continuously rated. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 30,000 organizations for enterprise risk management, third-party risk management, board reporting, due diligence, cyber insurance underwriting, and regulatory oversight. SecurityScorecard is the first cybersecurity ratings company to offer digital forensics and incident response services, providing a 360-degree approach to security prevention and response for its worldwide customer and partner base. SecurityScorecard continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees and vendors. Every organization has the universal right to their trusted and transparent Instant SecurityScorecard rating. For more information, visit securityscorecard.com or connect with us on LinkedIn.
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