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Browser-local readiness check

How resilient is your third-party risk management?

20 questions cover governance, inventory, criticality, due diligence, contracts, monitoring, incidents, subcontractors and exit. Everything stays local.

  1. 01

    Governance

    Has top management defined TPRM objectives, scope and risk criteria?

    Expected evidence: TPRM policy or governance resolution

  2. 02

    Governance

    Are the responsibilities of business units, vendor owners, procurement, security, privacy and BCM clarified?

    Expected evidence: RACI or role matrix

  3. 03

    Governance

    Are there binding checkpoints before engagement and before substantial changes?

    Expected evidence: Sourcing and change gates

  4. 04

    Governance

    Are accepted residual risks documented with owner, duration and review?

    Expected evidence: Risk acceptances

  5. 05

    Inventory & tiering

    Does a complete inventory of external services with an internal owner exist?

    Expected evidence: Vendor and service inventory

  6. 06

    Inventory & tiering

    Are relationships classified rather than just vendor names?

    Expected evidence: Criticality per service relationship

  7. 07

    Inventory & tiering

    Does the classification consider data, access, time criticality and substitutability?

    Expected evidence: Tiering criteria and result

  8. 08

    Inventory & tiering

    Are relevant subcontractors, regions and concentrations visible?

    Expected evidence: Fourth-party and concentration overview

  9. 09

    Due diligence & contract

    Does due diligence follow criticality and concrete risk scenarios?

    Expected evidence: Risk-based assessment catalogue

  10. 10

    Due diligence & contract

    Are answers validated by service-specific, current evidence?

    Expected evidence: Evidence assessment

  11. 11

    Due diligence & contract

    Are findings treated, accepted or time-boxed before approval?

    Expected evidence: Approval decision and measures

  12. 12

    Due diligence & contract

    Do agreements contain verifiable security, reporting, BCM, audit and exit requirements?

    Expected evidence: Contractual requirements

  13. 13

    Monitoring & incidents

    Are evidence, SLAs, incidents, changes and measures monitored continuously?

    Expected evidence: Monitoring plan or dashboard

  14. 14

    Monitoring & incidents

    Do defined changes trigger an unscheduled reassessment?

    Expected evidence: Review triggers and cases

  15. 15

    Monitoring & incidents

    Are operational 24/7 reporting paths tested with critical providers?

    Expected evidence: Alerting test

  16. 16

    Monitoring & incidents

    Are vendor incidents carried over into your own reporting, risk and BCM processes?

    Expected evidence: Incident interfaces and case records

  17. 17

    Supply chain & exit

    Must critical subcontractors be notified, assessed or approved?

    Expected evidence: Fourth-party rules

  18. 18

    Supply chain & exit

    Are concentration risks evaluated across several relationships?

    Expected evidence: Portfolio analysis

  19. 19

    Supply chain & exit

    Do realistic orderly and unplanned exit scenarios exist for critical services?

    Expected evidence: Exit plan and substitution options

  20. 20

    Supply chain & exit

    Are data, access, keys, deletion and remaining obligations evidenced during offboarding?

    Expected evidence: Closure and deletion record

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