Risk Assessments
High value third‑party risk assessments
Evidence‑driven assessments that validate proof for your use case, surface material risks, and give leaders prioritized actions, built for fast decisions without disrupting work
Why Ventara?
Senior Partner Engagement
Hands-On Customization
Fixed-Fee
Flexibility
Rapid Pilot
Deployment
Core Pillars
Business Risk Alignment
Tie controls and decisions to material business impact, real usage, and context
Scalable Governance
Decision rights, owners, and oversight that scale with growth and complexity
Regulatory Foresight
Map requirements to controls to stay audit ready without over-scoping
Continuous Improvement
KRIs and reviews tune thresholds, depth, workflows, and reporting
Operational Efficiency
Consistent ratings, predictable throughput, and on time renewals
Technology & Ecosystem Resilience
Safeguards for SaaS & AI, access, data flows/location, sub-processors, and exit
When Focused
Assessments Matter
Scenarios where an evidence driven assessment clarifies risk and guides action quickly
Who is this for?
No unified TPRM strategy
Critical Third‑Party Clarity
Unresolved Third-Party Issues
Hidden Portfolio Risks
Material-Risk Blind Spots
Acquisitions & New Providers
Expanding Third-Party Footprint
Specialized Domain Depth
Clarify critical and changing third‑party risk
What We Deliver
Evidence-driven reviews that answer what matters, residual risk now, and what to do first
Material Risk Assessments
We assess data categories and volume, access pathways and privilege, and material changes in your use case. Verification is right-sized for critical providers, precontract approvals, and material change
Consistent Risk Ratings
We apply one criteria set tied to material risk drivers and record rationale for each rating. Comparable cases receive the same residual rating unless evidence or context changes
Traceable Findings
We state the basis for each conclusion, including attestation, sampling, or verified evidence. Critical reviews cite source and date while lower tiers record attestations and targeted samples
Decision‑Ready Actions
We convert outcomes into a set of actions with owners and dates. Remediation, compensating controls, monitoring items, or conditions precede approval, renewal, or go-live, and risk acceptance recorded
Engagement Options
Different ways you can work with us
Three engagement examples. Let us create one for you
Critical Third‑Party Assessments
Independent reviews of critical third parties
Define scope, criteria, evidence sources, and decision context to set a clear foundation
Review evidence and interviews, update residual ratings, and deliver concise briefs with requests and any preconditions for action
Portfolio Refresh Sprint
Targeted third-party refresh
Build a targeted inventory and apply triage rules to prioritize what matters most
Perform focused assessments, update ratings, and provide portfolio summaries with clear one-page owner briefs for quick decision making
Pre‑Contract & Material Change
Due-diligence before changes
Confirm use cases, data categories, integrations, sub-processors, and jurisdictions to ensure full visibility
Assess controls and supporting evidence, deliver residual risk ratings, explicit conditions, and go/no-go guidance
How We Work Together
Five clear steps from kickoff to steady state
1
Confirm scope and decisions
Identify in-scope third parties and decision timelines, confirm owners, evidence sources, requirements
2
Set criteria and evidence
Agree on criteria, rating scale, and requests, define dates, interviews, report formats
3
Assess and update ratings
Validate evidence, confirm key assertions, document residual risk with rationale, deliver concise briefs
4
Calibrate for comparability
Use trends and feedback to tune criteria and cadence, tighten application for comparability
5
Provide steady assessment capacity
Provide surge assessors, keep summaries current, preserve consistency, maintain continuity through staffing spikes
Business Outcomes
What changes for your business
Material Risk Clarity
Defensible Decisions
Faster Commitments
Better Third‑Party Decisions
Advanced Modules
Optional add‑ons when you need them
Cloud & SaaS Review
Evaluate isolation, identity, admin roles, keys, logging, response, and recovery
Data Residency & Transfer Review
Confirm locations, transfer mechanisms, jurisdictions, and deletion timelines, flag variances
AI & Sensitive Data Review
Assess AI data use, retention, training exposure, access controls, and logging
