Business Partner Security Assessment
Challenge
Most businesses thrive on partnerships as a part of their core business model, but partnerships can create security issues, compliance challenges and unknown risk. From a security perspective, we are only as secure as our weakest link and, unfortunately, business partners often create that weakness. Businesses must take action to ensure compliance in their dealings with partners, subsidiaries, business associates, service providers, affiliates from mergers or acquisitions, and remote affiliates. Many businesses are unsure where to start developing a Business Partner Assessment Program, and a lack of resources means they cannot maintain complete audit readiness.
Solution
FishNet Security's team of Governance, Risk and Compliance experts evaluate security risks from relationships with all business partners: service providers, subsidiaries and affiliations resulting from mergers or acquisitions. The resulting comprehensive security assessment is a product of a thorough understanding of the relationship with the partner, specifically as it relates to your regulatory and internal compliance requirements.
FishNet Security can operate in a joint capacity with an organization's existing business partner assurance team by performing ad hoc assessments based on fluctuating demand. Additionally, we can offer complete management and support for your business partner assurance needs, completing assessments based on a wide range of methodologies and approaches related to your specific needs.
Benefits
- Maximizes investments in existing partner assurance programs by leveraging FishNet Security's ability to execute assessments using your methodology and, at your discretion, to perform either partial or complete assessments
- Provides a comprehensive partner assurance program and understanding of third-party risks and knowledge of how to mitigate common issues
- Gains a greater understanding of your partner environment to properly categorize partners based on risk and to drive efficiency by consolidating where possible
- Completes partner assurance guidance at the planning, execution and remediation stages
- Offers advantages through FishNet Security's Membership in the Shared Assessments program to demonstrate our thought leadership and enable us to better assist our customers by ensuring alignment with best practices
FishNet Security's comprehensive Business Partner Security Assessment services include:
- Complete design of Partner Assurance programs
- Outsourcing of existing Partner Assurance programs
- Comprehensive onsite physical security assessments
- ISO 27002 or Shared Assessment gap analysis
- Wireless security assessments
- Industry-specific compliance assessments (e.g., PCI, SOX, HIPAA)
- Vulnerability assessments and penetration testing
- Web application and corporate databases risk assessments
- Ability to assist service providers to minimize the impact of "one-off" assessments conducted by their existing or potential customers (e.g., Shared Assessment/AUP)