Third parties can play an essential role in your ability to grow your business and remain competitive. Of course, if you’re not careful, these trusted partnerships may introduce unwanted cyber risk into your organization. This is particularly true as more and more businesses are moving to mandated work-from-home models — because residential IPs account for more than 90% of all observed malware infections and compromised systems. With this widespread workforce shift, new vulnerabilities are being introduced both internally and within your third-party network, thereby increasing risk across your ecosystem as a whole.
Article Link: https://www.bitsight.com/blog/optimize-your-vendor-onboarding-process-with-security-ratings