Domain · TPRM

Vendor Security Risk Assessment

Vendor security risk assessment (TPRM) measures the cyber risk each third party brings into your operation. Berghem assesses the whole supply chain at scale — criticality tiering, pentest and external exposure, AI-assisted curation with the AI-VRM framework, and continuous monitoring between annual audits.

What is vendor security risk assessment?

Vendor security risk assessment — TPRM, Third-Party Risk Management — is the discipline of measuring and treating the cyber risk introduced by third parties. Berghem's program covers the full cycle: from criticality-based tiering to high-volume technical assessment, with AI-assisted curation from the AI-VRM framework and continuous monitoring between annual audits.

We don't work with generic checklists or self-reported questionnaires. Each vendor follows a risk-proportional track — interviews, documentary evidence, external technical scans, and specialized analytical review — and is kept under dynamic monitoring with degradation alerts and automated reassessment.

Everything included

•Vendor tiering by criticality

•High-volume technical assessment — pentest and external exposure

•AI-VRM — AI-assisted curation

•Specialized human review

•Dynamic scoring and degradation alerts

•Automated periodic reassessment

Module 01 · Structure

TPRM Program

Focus where it matters: each vendor receives a track proportional to risk — from initial tiering to auditable technical assessment. Without drowning operations in generic questionnaires.

Criticality · Data · Risk

Vendor Tiering

Classification by criticality, data handled, and residual risk — focus where it matters. Track proportional to tier, without drowning the operation in generic questionnaires.

Pentest · Exposure

Third-Party Technical Assessment

Security tests at volume — pentest, external configuration, and direct exposure. Not just self-reported questionnaires, but auditable and replicable technical evidence.

Module 02 · Scale & Continuity

AI and Continuity

Our proprietary AI-VRM framework scales assessment without losing analytical depth; continuous monitoring ensures risk doesn't stop between annual audits.

AI-VRM · Proprietary

AI-VRM — Vendor Risk with AI

Proprietary framework combining intelligent automation with specialized human review — assessment scale across hundreds of vendors without losing the analytical depth that distinguishes real risk from noise.

24/7 · Dynamic score

Continuous Monitoring

Dynamic scoring of the vendor portfolio, real-time degradation alerts, and automated periodic reassessment — risk doesn't stop between annual audits, your program shouldn't either.

FAQ

Vendor security risk assessment — questions

Are TPRM and vendor security risk assessment the same thing?

Yes. TPRM (Third-Party Risk Management) is the technical term for vendor security risk assessment: the process of measuring, treating and monitoring the cyber risk each third party introduces. Berghem covers the whole cycle, from initial tiering to continuous monitoring.

How does Berghem assess vendors at scale without losing depth?

Each vendor gets a track proportional to its criticality tier. The proprietary AI-VRM framework combines intelligent automation with specialised human review, letting us assess hundreds of third parties — with pentest and auditable technical evidence — instead of reducing everything to self-reported questionnaires.

What sets a technical assessment apart from a vendor questionnaire?

A questionnaire relies on the vendor's self-declaration; a technical assessment produces evidence. Berghem runs pentest, external configuration analysis and direct-exposure mapping, generating auditable, replicable results that show real risk — not just what the third party claims to control.

Is third-party risk reassessed between annual audits?

Yes. Continuous monitoring keeps a dynamic score across the whole vendor portfolio, with real-time degradation alerts and automated periodic reassessment. Risk isn't frozen for twelve months: changes in a third party's exposure are detected as they happen.

Ready to get started?

In a 30-minute conversation, we'll design the ideal TPRM scope for your context — from initial diagnosis to a continuous program with AI-VRM.