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Third Party Risk Must Move Beyond Vendors
Third-party risk management can no longer focus only on direct suppliers as financial institutions become increasingly dependent on interconnected digital ecosystems. A senior risk executive argues that firms must redesign their approach to resilience by mapping dependencies, embracing continuous monitoring and collaborating across organizational and industry boundaries.
Jul 10, 2026
Center for Financial Professionals ,
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Vendor and Third Party Risk
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- Third-party risk
management must evolve from managing vendors to managing ecosystems
- Hidden fourth-party
dependencies and cloud concentration create systemic operational risks
- Regulators are
increasingly supervising ecosystems rather than individual firms
- Continuous monitoring
and dynamic risk assessments are replacing point-in-time reviews
- Future resilience
depends on mapping dependencies and stress testing entire supply chains
- Cross-functional
collaboration is essential to managing increasingly interconnected risks
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