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		<title>Concentration Risk Management: Vendor, Geographic, and Sector Concentration</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways: Concentration Risk Management When CrowdStrike pushed a faulty Falcon sensor update at 04:09 UTC on July 19, 2024, roughly 8.5 million Windows systems crashed simultaneously. Delta Air Lines, with 60% of its mission-critical systems dependent on a single vendor, lost $380 million in revenue and incurred $170 million in additional expenses in the ... <a title="Concentration Risk Management: Vendor, Geographic, and Sector Concentration" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/concentration-risk-management-vendors-guide/" aria-label="Read more about Concentration Risk Management: Vendor, Geographic, and Sector Concentration">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Third-Party Risk Management Framework: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways More than one in three data breaches in 2024 originated through a third-party vendor, up 6.5 percentage points from the prior year (SecurityScorecard 2025 Global Third-Party Breach Report). The average remediation cost per third-party breach now sits at $4.8 million. With the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) enforceable since January 2025 and ... <a title="Third-Party Risk Management Framework: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/third-party-risk-management-framework-for-2026/" aria-label="Read more about Third-Party Risk Management Framework: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2026">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Best Vendor Risk Management Platforms Compared</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 08:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Information security management system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supply chain risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third-Party Risk Management]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways The vendor risk management software market reached $12.3 billion in 2025 and is projected to exceed $39 billion by 2033, driven by DORA, OCC interagency guidance, and rising third-party breach costs. Third-party breaches doubled from 15% to 30% of all incidents between 2020 and 2025 (Verizon DBIR), with average costs reaching $4.91 million ... <a title="Best Vendor Risk Management Platforms Compared" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/best-vendor-risk-management-platforms-compared/" aria-label="Read more about Best Vendor Risk Management Platforms Compared">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DORA Third-Party Risk Register Template</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways DORA Article 28 requires every EU-regulated financial entity to maintain a Register of Information (RoI) covering all ICT third-party contractual arrangements, with mandatory annual reporting to competent authorities. The ESA template structures the RoI across 15 interlinked tables with over 60 mandatory data fields, covering provider identity, contract terms, criticality assessments, data locations, ... <a title="DORA Third-Party Risk Register Template" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/dora-third-party-risk-register-template/" aria-label="Read more about DORA Third-Party Risk Register Template">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Is a Vendor Agreement? Key Clauses, Risk Considerations, and Best Practices</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2023 06:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Supply chain risk management]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways # Takeaway 1 A vendor agreement is a legally binding contract that defines the terms, obligations, and risk allocation between an organization and an external supplier of goods or services. 2 Strong vendor agreements are the first line of defense in third-party risk management (TPRM). Vague contracts create regulatory, financial, and operational exposure. ... <a title="What Is a Vendor Agreement? Key Clauses, Risk Considerations, and Best Practices" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/what-is-a-vendor-agreement/" aria-label="Read more about What Is a Vendor Agreement? Key Clauses, Risk Considerations, and Best Practices">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Are Benefit and Risk Management Services (BRMS)? A Complete Guide to Third-Party Administration and Healthcare Cost Control</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In March 2026, Mercer published a number that rattled CFO offices across the US: health benefit costs per employee are on track to rise 6.7% in 2026 — the highest single-year increase in 15 years. That is the backdrop against which benefit and risk management services (BRMS) have moved from a specialist procurement line to ... <a title="What Are Benefit and Risk Management Services (BRMS)? A Complete Guide to Third-Party Administration and Healthcare Cost Control" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/benefit-and-risk-management-services-brms/" aria-label="Read more about What Are Benefit and Risk Management Services (BRMS)? A Complete Guide to Third-Party Administration and Healthcare Cost Control">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Supplier Performance Risk Management Software, Technology, and Platform</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The pressure to reduce costs while maintaining supplier performance is a challenge that all businesses face. Many companies have used supplier performance risk management software to meet this challenge. This software helps businesses identify potential risks and ensure that their suppliers meet the necessary standards. Supplier performance risk management software, supplier risk, performance management platforms, ... <a title="Supplier Performance Risk Management Software, Technology, and Platform" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/supplier-performance-risk-management-software/" aria-label="Read more about Supplier Performance Risk Management Software, Technology, and Platform">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Supplier Risk &#038; Performance Management Software: Tools Compared</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 08:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What Are Supplier Risk and Performance Management Solutions? Supplier risk and performance management (SRPM) solutions are integrated platforms and methods that let a company continuously identify, assess, and mitigate risk across its supplier base while measuring and improving how those suppliers perform. They merge two functions that were long run separately: supplier risk management and ... <a title="Supplier Risk &#038; Performance Management Software: Tools Compared" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/how-supplier-risk-and-performance-management-to/" aria-label="Read more about Supplier Risk &#038; Performance Management Software: Tools Compared">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Is Supplier Risk and Performance Management? A Complete Guide</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Supply chain risk management]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Key Takeaways Key Takeaways Supplier risk and performance management (SRPM) is the integrated discipline of identifying, assessing, monitoring, and mitigating risks from third-party suppliers while simultaneously tracking and improving their operational performance across the entire supplier lifecycle. 97% of organizations experienced at least one supply chain breach in 2025 — a 20% increase from 2024. ... <a title="What Is Supplier Risk and Performance Management? A Complete Guide" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/what-supplier-risk-and-performance-management/" aria-label="Read more about What Is Supplier Risk and Performance Management? A Complete Guide">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mitigating Risk Through Supplier Performance Risk Management</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ekai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2023 15:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Supplier performance management is an ongoing process that helps organizations identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risk. It involves evaluating supplier performance against pre-defined criteria, such as cost, quality, and delivery timelines. As a business grows, the number of suppliers and vendors also increases, creating an increased risk of potential disruption to the production process. ... <a title="Mitigating Risk Through Supplier Performance Risk Management" class="read-more" href="https://riskpublishing.com/mitigating-risk-through-supplier-performance-risk-management/" aria-label="Read more about Mitigating Risk Through Supplier Performance Risk Management">Read more</a>]]></description>
		
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