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Supply Chain Risk Management
Organizations of all sizes rely on third parties to provide products and services critical to their business functions. This reliance comes with risk: third parties often have access to your systems, networks, and sensitive data. Access Point Consulting helps mitigate these risks by combining comprehensive annual vendor assessments with continuous monitoring of your most critical vendors. We provide complete visibility into your supply chain, protecting your most valuable assets from potential breaches or disruptions.
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Vendors increase cyber risk
Organizations often struggle to assess and monitor the cybersecurity practices of third-party vendors due to the increasing number of external relationships and the difficulty in evaluating their associated risks. Without adequate visibility and continuous oversight, even trusted partners can become entry points for cyberattacks, potentially leading to ransomware attacks, data breaches, financial loss, and reputational damage.
Limited visibility into third-party vendors
Organizations find it challenging to effectively assess and monitor third-party security practices, lacking insight into how third and even fourth parties access or process information.
Emerging risks between assessments
New threats often emerge between periodic assessments, going undetected until the next scheduled evaluation, increasing exposure to cyber threats.
Dependence on vulnerable partners
Compromised vendors can provide attackers with direct access to your systems and data, exposing your organization to significant risks.
The benefits of proactive vendor risk management
Access Point Consulting addresses these challenges through a structured approach encompassing two key elements: comprehensive annual vendor assessments and continuous monitoring for your most critical vendors. Our tailored solutions ensure visibility, actionable insights, and effective risk reduction, protecting your business from vulnerabilities in vendor relationships.
Comprehensive vendor assessments
Our comprehensive vendor assessments provide a structured way to understand and manage third-party risks. Our security analysts translate these findings into a clear, quantifiable evaluation of each vendor’s risk profile. Finally, you receive actionable reports offering strategic insights and recommendations—enabling you to address risk proactively, improve compliance, and maintain a stronger, more resilient third-party ecosystem.
Continuous monitoring for critical vendors
Continuous monitoring for critical vendors ensures a constant, real-time understanding of your most important third parties’ risk profiles. By continuously scanning for new threats, vulnerabilities, and operational changes, you receive timely alerts whenever a significant shift occurs. This proactive approach allows you to address issues immediately rather than waiting for scheduled assessments, enabling ongoing, dynamic protection and more effective risk mitigation.
Tailored risk mitigation strategies
Our experts work with you to prioritize and implement effective mitigation strategies to minimize risk and protect your crucial information and assets. We provide actionable insights and customized recommendations, empowering your organization to manage vulnerabilities effectively and strengthen vendor relationships.
Transparent communication and reporting
We engage directly with vendors to collect information and share findings, promoting transparency and improvement. Detailed, customizable reports on individual vendors and overall portfolio risk enhance collaboration and support informed decision-making.
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What Our Clients Are Saying
Working with Access Point has been a game changer. Their expertise in cybersecurity, coupled with their strategic approach to risk management and ISO 27001 preparation was highly valuable. They provided actionable recommendations and aided our team in implementing measures appropriate to our needs, giving us confidence in our data protection.
The cyber risk to internet-connected organizations is real. Access Point has the knowledge, experience, and expert resources to support my cybersecurity, compliance, and audit needs. They know how to guide organizations through the minefield of cybersecurity, adeptly balancing and prioritizing compliance requirements and right-sized services ensuring the safety and resiliency of my data assets and applications. Access Point is my partner and CISO, and the reason I do not lay awake at night worrying about cybersecurity and compliance.
"Access Point is more than staff augmentation. We don't have someone that we're just assigning tickets to and they’re processing. We have someone who's helping leadership, helping to set strategy, and helping us answer our customers’ questions. When done right, it doesn't have to be an additional management headache.”
Access Point’s expertise in cybersecurity operations is remarkable. They helped establish our robust incident response team and implemented advanced monitoring and detection systems, tailoring solutions to our specific needs.
