What are the Third-party risk management and the cloud?
Risk is inevitable when you work with outside companies, especially where a sensitive company or customer data is concerned. As the cloud becomes more and more of a target for malicious attacks, third-party risk management will become a more mission-critical security practice in the coming years. Let’s look at problems and solutions that companies might face. Third-Party Risk A cookie where you’ve kept your passwords is like an open door into the enterprise that was otherwise well-protected. A third party who handles your data processing has fallen prey to a simple phishing attack via email. Your partners may have other partners, and even though you do not necessarily control all of them, nevertheless this does not mean that those relationships should be neglected. As a security manager, you need to conduct third-party risk assessments prior to providing access to sensitive data or outsourcing critical business processes with third-party vendors. Continually assess every vendor