

Third-Party & Vendor Risk: Build Your NIST CSF 2.0 Standard
A practical, non-technical working session to design a Third-Party / Vendor Risk Standard for how you onboard, assess, and monitor vendors, aligned to NIST CSF 2.0.
In this 2.5–3 hour live virtual workshop, you’ll build a clear, business-friendly Third-Party / Vendor Risk Standard that defines how you onboard, assess, approve, and monitor suppliers. We focus on process, roles, decision criteria, and escalation paths, not on technical configurations or tools.
You’ll leave with a first-draft standard you can socialize with Procurement, Legal, IT, and Security, plus practical checklists and a simple tiering model you can reuse across the business.
What We’ll Cover
Defining vendor scope and risk tiers (who counts as a “third party,” and what makes them high risk)
Standardized onboarding steps (due diligence, security questionnaires, data protection checks)
Clear approval and exception processes (who signs off, and when)
Ongoing monitoring and review cadence (what gets checked, how often, and by whom)
How to align this to your broader GRC and NIST CSF program, without drowning people in jargon