UpGuard Vendor Risk is an AI-powered third-party cyber risk management (TPCRM) solution that empowers security teams to eliminate the response gap and take control of their vendor ecosystem. As part of the UpGuard Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform, it integrates seamlessly with Breach Risk and User Risk to provide a unified defense against modern cyber threats. As organizations scale, their reliance on third-party vendors expands, creating dangerous blind spots across their supply chain. Traditional assessment methods often rely on point-in-time questionnaires, leaving teams vulnerable to hidden control gaps and unmonitored shifts in a vendor's security posture. Vendor Risk solves this by combining continuous monitoring, AI-powered document analysis, and security questionnaire automation into a single, scalable platform. Key Capabilities: • Continuous Monitoring & Security Ratings: Get a complete picture of your vendor ecosystem. Vendor Risk proactively monitors all your vendors with daily scanning and objective, industry-leading security ratings. Continuous monitoring ensures you are instantly alerted to critical shifts in a vendor's security posture, even between assessments. • AI-Powered Vendor Assessments: Double your assessment speed. UpGuard AI instantly analyzes vendor documentation to uncover control gaps and risks in minutes. It gives you a clear view of which controls are met or failed, the exact risks present, and the actionable remediation steps required—meaning far less evidence chasing. • Security Questionnaire Automation: Move beyond manual spreadsheets. Leverage automation and a complete library of pre-configured questionnaires—including NIST, ISO, SIG, and regional regulations like DORA—to quickly fill any information gaps. Centralized intelligence consolidates vendor communications, cutting manual assessment work by up to 90%. • Reporting & Program Oversight: Scale without limits. Generate accurate, point-in-time risk assessment reports in under a minute using UpGuard AI. With intuitive, one-click reporting, security teams can easily communicate current risks and compliance status to stakeholders like the board or C-Suite. By translating complex third-party risks into objective, quantifiable Security Ratings, UpGuard Vendor Risk enables security leaders to benchmark vendor performance, accelerate onboarding workflows, and confidently prove supply chain risk reduction to the board.