Point-in-Time Vendor Cybersecurity Assessment (CSA)

Security Testing
Information Security Governance
Sensitive Data Security

Security Testing

We review your vendor or supplier’s Security Testing protocols, including insights into internal and third-party penetration testing, looking closely at the date, scope, and frequency. We evaluate their vulnerability scans and social engineering tests. We aim to provide you with insights into important data and key areas of security testing to help ensure your vendor or supplier is safeguarding against cyber threats.

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Information Security Governance

Our assessment looks at whether your vendors or supplier’s have documented and current formal programs, policies, and practices. We look at if there are plans for Information Security, Incident Management, and Change Management. We also review represented practices like employee and contractor security training. Our review ensures you are aware of their preparedness to handle cybersecurity incidents and maintain your data's integrity.

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Sensitive Data Security

We undertake a detailed evaluation of your vendor or supplier's Sensitive Data Security measures. This covers encryption methods both in transit and at rest, secure device baselining, and logical access management. Additionally, our assessment delves into their incident detection and response capabilities. Our focus is to provide you with the most important details on how they protect sensitive data so you can make better risk-based decisions.

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Key Cybersecurity Elements Are Risk-Rated

Our CSA dives into core aspects of cybersecurity, spanning Security Testing, Sensitive Data Security, comprehensive Employee and Vendor Management protocols, and proactive Incident Response practices.

Stay Ahead with a Proactive Defense

Proactively identify and address potential vulnerabilities, substantially reducing the risk of breaches and the associated regulatory and financial repercussions.

Improve vendor and supplier oversight by identifying gaps or weaknesses

Understanding your vendor's or supplier’s cybersecurity posture is critical. Without it, those third parties could become your organization's most vulnerable point for cyber breaches. A single lapse in their defense mechanisms can expose sensitive data, disrupt operations, and erode trust with both partners and customers.

With Venminder's Point-in-Time Cybersecurity Assessment, every document and response from your vendor or supplier undergoes meticulous analysis by our experienced and certified professionals, providing depth, precision, and a level of expertise that grants you solid confidence in the results.

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Ensure your vendors and suppliers are aligned with cybersecurity standards

Cybersecurity is a focal point for regulators. Failing to demonstrate proactive measures could result in hefty fines, loss of customer trust, and severe reputational damage. Regulatory bodies are intensifying their focus on third-party vendor and supplier relationships, ensuring that organizations not only protect their internal systems but also extend security protocols across their entire supply chain.

Venminder reviews multiple aspects of your vendor's or supplier’s cybersecurity stance. We check whether security testing is performed and how they are safeguarding sensitive data. We also evaluate employee training protocols and assess their incident response readiness. This review is meticulously mapped to key industry frameworks, regulations, and laws, ensuring your vendor or supplier meets cybersecurity regulatory expectations.

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Create a risk-based framework for assessing vendor and supplier cybersecurity readiness

Keeping up with reviewing your vendors’ or suppliers’ most current cybersecurity measures can be time-consuming and challenging, especially for organizations with a large volume of third-party vendors and suppliers. Without a structured process or system to capture and log due diligence documents and data, it can easily lead to potential oversights.

Our assessment offers a standardized and reliable way to compare and evaluate your vendor's or supplier's cybersecurity readiness. You gain an understanding into the adequacy of their cybersecurity measures, with easy to understand risk-based ratings that you can use to identify action items and priorities for follow-up due diligence.

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STEP 2

Cybersecurity measures assessed by professionals

Venminder’s experienced information security professionals thoroughly review the evidence to assess whether your vendor or supplier has implemented the most critical elements for cybersecurity readiness.

STEP 3

Streamlined Cybersecurity Evaluations

You receive an easy-to-understand risk assessment on your vendor or supplier's data protection controls that is available on the Venminder platform and as a downloadable PDF, our reports are easy to understand and are perfect for internal sharing, review, and decision-making.

STEP 4

Improve risk-based decisions with the right insights

You and your organization’s decision-makers can now make an informed choice about any risks presented by the vendor or supplier and whether you need to take action in addressing areas of cybersecurity weakness.

Technology Standards and Frameworks

AICPA Trust Services Criteria

ISO/IEC 27001:2022

NIST Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity version 1.1

NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations

NIST SP 800-63b Digital Identity Guidelines

Regulations, Statutes, and Laws

California Consumer Privacy Act

California Privacy Rights Act

Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act

China Personal Information Protection Law

Colorado Privacy Act

Connecticut Data Privacy Act

EU General Data Protection Regulation

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards

Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships

New York Department of Financial Services - 23 NYCRR 500

Industry Guidance

Center for Internet Security – Critical Security Controls v8

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook – Audit Booklet

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook – Business Continuity Booklet

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook – Management Booklet

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook – Operations Booklet

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook – Outsourcing Technology Services

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Wholesale Payment Systems Booklet

FINRA Report on Cybersecurity Practices

OCC 2021-36 Authentication and Access to Financial Institution Services and Systems

SEC Regulation SCI reference to NIST 800-53 Rev. 4

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Point-in-Time Cybersecurity Assessment

Get a downloadable sample of this cybersecurity readiness risk-based assessment to see exactly how Venminder can help you identify areas at your vendor or supplier requiring attention.

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