Inside ProcessUnity Risk Index: What Makes Up the Rating and How to Use It
ProcessUnity research conducted by our data science team recently found that third parties with weak ProcessUnity Risk Index scores are 47 times more likely to experience a breach. That finding raises a fair follow-up question for any risk team: What exactly goes into a ProcessUnity Risk Index score, and how much weight should you put […]
What is ProcessUnity Risk Index? A Plain-Language Guide to the New Era of Vendor Risk Ratings
Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) teams have never had more trouble collecting information about their vendors. On the surface, everything seems fine: Vendors return questionnaires and share evidence. The problem isn’t a shortage of raw material, it’s the time spent interpreting the data and applying it within your program. Scale this problem against hundreds of new […]
Take Control of Your Risk Reputation: How Third Parties Can Improve Their ProcessUnity Risk Index
For years, third parties had little control over how their cybersecurity posture was represented. External security ratings scan from the outside, often missing critical context and responses. Questionnaires are repetitive, time-consuming, and quickly outdated. In many cases, your customers make risk decisions about your business based on incomplete or misinterpreted data, without giving your team […]
The Data Problem in Third-Party Risk Management
Organizations experience an average of 12 third party-related security incidents per year—not because they lack data, but because the data they have doesn’t connect. Point-in-time assessments, lack of shared context, and misaligned timelines create a dangerous illusion: that third-party risk is understood, when in reality it’s only partially visible.