Before you assess a single supplier, understand where your business actually depends on them. Map the risk before you measure it.
Drag any node to explore the network. One cloud provider supports three critical business services touching 4.2M customer records.
The Three Executive Questions
One platform, built to answer them - with a map, not a spreadsheet.
Evidence-backed assurance mapped to DORA, NIS2, SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PRA SS2/21 - board-ready, on demand.
See which vendors touch customer records, where the data flows, and which controls are actually in place.
Dependency mapping, impact analysis and tested continuity plans - so Monday morning has an answer.
The Problem
Most third-party programmes start with a questionnaire. They end with a spreadsheet nobody reads.
Meanwhile the business runs on dependencies no one has mapped - services, systems, data flows, quiet vendors buried three layers deep.
When the outage happens, the board asks one question: where?
Your supplier's supplier can take the business down. You have never met them.
SOC 2 doesn't tell you whether payroll stops on Monday morning.
A score means nothing until you know what service it protects.
The Methodology
Not another questionnaire engine. A dependency-first methodology that gives executives a map before it gives auditors a report.
Start with business services. Trace every process, system, vendor and data flow that keeps them running.
Criticality is a function of impact, not questionnaire length. We weight by revenue, customer and regulator.
Send the right questions to the right suppliers - the ones that touch your critical paths.
One page. One map. Executive-ready. No jargon, no 90-slide deck.
The Platform
Our platform brings together every stage of Third-Party Risk Management into a single, integrated solution.
From understanding business dependencies and assessing supplier risk to managing incidents, improving supplier performance and strengthening business continuity, every capability works together to provide complete visibility and assurance.
Rather than treating every supplier equally, our platform helps you focus your effort where it matters most.
Platform Journey
Platform Integration
Information flows naturally between modules, eliminating duplicate effort and providing a single view of supplier risk and business impact.
A supplier assessment may identify a risk.
The risk is automatically added to the Risk Register.
Mitigation actions are assigned.
Notifications keep everyone informed.
A supplier incident can automatically create a new risk.
Business Impact Analysis shows what the incident affects.
Performance trends help determine whether additional oversight is needed.
Executive dashboards provide complete visibility.
Platform Overview
Explore how information moves through the platform. Select any capability to see how it plugs into the wider assurance story.
Step 01
Start with the business, not the supplier.
Capture the business services, processes, systems and data that keep the organisation running. This becomes the map every downstream capability plugs into.
Inside this capability
Business outcome
One shared picture of what actually matters.
Executive Dashboard
Leaders can answer three questions at any time drawing on every capability across the platform.
SOC 2 · ISO 27001 · DORA
12 tier-one
3 mitigating
of critical services
Every capability contributes to answering these questions, delivering executive assurance rather than simply managing supplier risk.
Our Story
Drawing on our experience in cybersecurity and third-party risk management, we saw first-hand how small and medium-sized enterprises often lack the resources, expertise and tools needed to manage third-party risk effectively. We developed our solution to make enterprise-grade third-party risk management capabilities more accessible to SMEs, without the complexity and resources traditionally required to implement them.
Our platform helps organisations understand where they depend on third parties, identify and mitigate risks arising from those relationships, and strengthen their resilience against vendor-related disruptions. Designed to scale as businesses grow, it provides the visibility, structure and oversight needed to manage third-party risk with confidence.
See where your business actually depends on third parties.
Surface and reduce the risks arising from those relationships.
Build lasting resilience against vendor-related disruptions.
We believe effective third-party risk management should not be reserved for large enterprises. By making these capabilities more accessible, we help growing organisations protect their operations, strengthen critical third-party relationships and build lasting resilience.
Built for the frameworks executives are held to
Contact
Have a question about VenDefend, dependency mapping, or an upcoming assurance review? Send us a note and we'll get back to you.
A 45-minute executive review. We map one critical service with you and show you what your current programme is missing.
