GRC & Third-Party Risk
Governance, risk and compliance, vendor risk assessment and third-party due diligence.
16 articles
- AI Vendor Risk Assessment: How to Review Third-Party Evidence at Scale in 2026 Third-party breaches reached 48% in Verizon's 2026 DBIR. Learn how AI vendor risk assessment reviews SOC 2 and ISO evidence, not just questionnaires.
- Vendor Risk Assessment Checklist: A Third-Party Risk Template with Scoring Only 36% of third parties get assessed. Use this vendor risk assessment checklist, built on the interagency guidance and NIST CSF 2.0, with a scoring model.
- What Is GRC? Governance, Risk and Compliance Explained What GRC means, how governance, risk and compliance fit together, the frameworks behind it, the 2026 drivers and how to build an evidence-based program.
- GRC Software and Compliance Management Software: What It Does and How to Choose What GRC and compliance management software does, which modules matter, what GRC automation can and cannot do, and what to ask before you buy in 2026.
- Enterprise Risk Management: Frameworks, Process and Software What enterprise risk management is, how COSO ERM and ISO 31000 compare, the ERM process step by step, rising 2026 risks and what ERM software should do.
- Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM): Lifecycle, Regulations and Assessments What third-party risk management is, the TPRM lifecycle in US banking guidance, what DORA, the SEC and DOJ expect, and how to assess third parties.
- Vendor Risk Assessment: Questionnaires, Evidence and Scoring How to run a vendor risk assessment that holds up: tiering, CAIQ questionnaires, reviewing SOC 2 reports, verifying answers against evidence and scoring.
- Vendor and Third-Party Due Diligence: What to Collect and Verify What vendor and third-party due diligence covers, the 14 factors in US interagency guidance, sanctions screening and how to verify vendor documents.
- TPRM Software and Third-Party Risk Automation: What to Automate and How to Choose What TPRM software does, which parts of third-party risk can be automated, where AI helps review vendor documents and what to ask before buying.
- AI Risk Assessment and AI GRC: Frameworks, Laws and Controls for 2026 How to run an AI risk assessment with NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001, what the EU AI Act delay, Colorado's law and DOJ expect in 2026, and AI in GRC.
- How to Review a Vendor SOC 2 Report: A 10-Point Checklist for 2026 Over half of SOC reports in one benchmark had exceptions. Use this 10-point checklist to review vendor SOC 2 reports: opinion, scope, CUECs, carve-outs and more.
- ISO 27001 Gap Analysis: Checklist and Software Guide for 2026 ISO 27001:2013 certificates expired Oct 31, 2025. Run an ISO 27001:2022 gap analysis with this clause and Annex A checklist and pick the right software.
- NIST CSF 2.0 Gap Assessment Template: Current vs Target Profiles Run a NIST CSF 2.0 gap assessment with Current and Target Profiles across all six functions, including Govern. Template, steps and 2026 updates.
- Supplier Risk Assessment: Methods, Criteria and Software for Life Sciences How to assess supplier risk in pharma and devices: risk factors, scoring, EU excipient guidelines, FDA's DEG/EG expectations and supplier risk software.
- Cybersecurity Risk Assessment: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026 How to run a cybersecurity risk assessment with NIST SP 800-30 and CSF 2.0: scope, assets, threats, likelihood and impact, control evidence and 2026 data.
- Vendor Security Assessment: Process, Evidence and Software How to run a vendor security assessment in 2026: what to ask, which evidence to verify (SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC), assessing AI vendors and what to automate.
Subjects covered
- GRC
- GRC software
- governance risk and compliance
- risk management software
- compliance management software
- enterprise risk management
- third party risk management
- TPRM
- TPRM software
- third party risk assessment
- vendor risk assessment
- vendor risk management