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Third Party Risk Manager

Monitoring

Continuous monitoring of vendor security posture

Monitoring

Enable continuous monitoring of your vendors' security posture with automated alerts and periodic re-assessment.

Continuous Monitoring

What's Monitored

  • New vulnerabilities affecting vendor SBOMs
  • Vulnerability severity changes
  • Exploit availability updates
  • CISA KEV additions
  • Component health changes

Alert Configuration

Configure alerts in SettingsMonitoring:

Alert TypeTrigger
Critical VulnNew critical CVE discovered
ExploitedCVE added to CISA KEV
Risk ChangeScore drops below threshold
SBOM ExpirySBOM older than threshold

Scheduled Re-assessment

Automatic Re-scans

Configure periodic SBOM re-analysis:

  • Daily (for critical vendors)
  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Quarterly

Re-assessment Triggers

Trigger re-assessment on:

  • New vulnerability disclosures
  • Major version updates
  • Contract renewals
  • Security incidents

Vendor Dashboard

Monitor all vendors at a glance:

  • Aggregate risk metrics
  • Vendors requiring attention
  • Recent score changes
  • Upcoming SBOM expirations

Trend Analysis

Track vendor risk over time:

  • Risk score trends
  • Vulnerability count trends
  • Remediation velocity
  • Compliance improvements

Reporting

Scheduled Reports

Automatic reports delivered:

  • Weekly summary
  • Monthly vendor review
  • Quarterly risk assessment
  • Annual vendor audit

Ad-hoc Reports

Generate reports on demand:

  1. Select date range and vendors
  2. Choose report type
  3. Export as PDF or Excel

Integration Alerts

Send alerts to:

  • Email
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • PagerDuty
  • Webhook (custom)

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