THIRD-PARTY RISK/VENDOR MANAGEMENT
SECURITY. PRIVACY. RISK MANAGEMENT
The NIST Risk Management Framework, which provides a process that integrates security, privacy, and cyber supply chain risk management activities into the system development life cycle, requires an in-depth look into an organization’s third-party vendor management/third-party risk management (TPRM) activities.
Therefore, when a supply chain is compromised, its security can no longer be trusted, whether it involves a chip, laptop, server, other technology, a non-electronic product, or a service.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is responsible for developing reliable and practical standards, guidelines, tests, and metrics to help manufacturers, retailers, government agencies, and other organizations with their Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (CSCRM)
Our Scope and Approach to Risk Management
For any organization - regardless of industry, size, or location - effectively managing cybersecurity supply chain risk requires ensuring the integrity, security, quality, and resilience of the supply chain and its products and services. With Metis Defense, we assess your risks using the following NIST approved measures:
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Foundational Practices: When sound policies, procedures, and practices are core to building a truly effective TPRM program for any organization. With Metis Defense, we’ll assess your current control framework in terms of security and third-party policies, procedures, and processes, along with beginning the process of identifying all external suppliers, the services they offer, and more.
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Enterprise-wide Practices: Looking past the foundational practices and then broadening the scope to include the enterprise as a whole is an essential element to building a strong TPRM. Therefore, all departments within an organization must be thoroughly assessed in terms of their impact to TPRM.
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Risk Management Processes: Building a true TPRM program should be one based on risk, specifically, ranking external suppliers in terms of impact to the organizations if adverse situations arise. A well-developed TPRM must consider risk in both a qualitative and quantitative manner, and that’s exactly what Metis Defense offers.
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Risks: Risks are everywhere - both internal and external - thus, the key to mitigating risks is understanding what they are, where they originate from, how to assess their impact, and much more. With Metis Defense, we work hard to ensure full coverage of all known - and unknown - risk factors that could adversely impact your organization.
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Threats and Vulnerabilities: Today’s threat landscape for almost any organization is deep, wide, and porous. That’s the world we live in as organizations rely heavily on external suppliers for any number of critical services. With Metis Defense, we’ll identify all known - and unknown - threats and vulnerabilities within your third-party supply chain.
TRUSTED
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RESPECTED
Well-known and Respected Throughout the Federal Agency Apparatus
UNIQUE
A Unique Combination of Knowledge, Expertise, and Capable Manpower
