Reputation Risk
Assessment

Key Benefits

A thorough review of the vendor’s operations

You’ll receive a holistic, expert review om several areas of your vendor’s operations and identification of alarming findings that may impact your reputation.

Get a fully customized assessment based on the vendor type

You won’t need to do the time-consuming back and forth with vendors to gather required data and you’ll receive documented concerns based on 5 vendor types and access levels.

Be confident in risk results

See both the big picture and quickly drill down to the topics and specific items you are most concerned with and identify action items.

What It Includes

Outsourcing Venminder's Reputation Risk Assessment to Venminder means:

• We'll gather the required data for you
• You'll receive reputation risk concerns based on 5 vendor types and access levels:
  • Critical Vendors
  • Critical Third and Fourth Parties Interacting with Non-Public Information (NPI)
  • Vendors with Direct Customer Communication
  • Non-Tech Vendors with NPI Access
  • Vendors with Indirect NPI Access
• Venminder will review the following areas on each vendor and provide a synopsis of findings as well as recommended next steps, making the Reputation Risk Assessment all-inclusive:
  • Policies and Procedures
  • Vendor Vetting
  • Financial Health
  • Information Security
  • Regulatory Compliance and Operations
  • SOC Report
• On the final pages of the assessment a table outlines which areas are looked at for each group of vendors with a quick snapshot of pass or fail. At a glance, you’ll know if there are key risks posed to your organization that may impact reputation. 

Why It's Important

Remember, a vendor’s operational failures could greatly impact your organization’s reputation if their systems are disrupted for a significant period of time. It’s critical to do your due diligence and know of faulty processes.

Download a Sample

Reputation Risk Assessment Sample

Reputation risk occurs when negative publicity regarding an organization's business practices leads to a loss of revenue or litigation. Organizations are responsible for risks associated with the activities of their third parties. See a sample of what our analysts review and report on that can help identify possible reputation risk weaknesses.