KPMG Third-Party Security Risk Management

Strengthen visibility, security, and compliance across your vendor ecosystem including AI-enabled services and integrated threat feeds.

The new realities of third-party security risk

Companies today rely on a growing pool of third parties to keep their business moving, from cloud platforms and technology providers to back-office services and critical supply chain partners. Their vendor ecosystems are expanding quickly—and so are the security and compliance risks that come with them. Consider:

Third-party security incidents have risen sharply, with breaches up nearly 50 percent in 2024.¹
Regulatory oversight is expanding across the globe, including SOCI, NERC CIP, HIPAA, and other global mandates.
Emerging technologies such as AI and cloud services are opening new risk domains that many cyber and compliance programs aren’t equipped to manage.
Attacks are becoming more sophisticated, with adversaries targeting suppliers, outsourcers, and critical service providers.

But for many organizations, their third-party security risk programs are facing assessment fatigue and unnecessary overhead. They still rely on manual workflows, point-in-time assessments, and disconnected tools. The result is slow onboarding, inconsistent controls, and limited visibility across an increasingly complex vendor matrix.

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1 Third-Party Risk Management Study, Prevalent, 2024

KPMG Third-Party Security Risk Management (TPSRM) services provide wide-ranging support for the full vendor risk lifecycle—from onboarding and security assessment through control testing, monitoring, and reporting. We modernize and extend clients’ existing programs with new tools, data sources, and automation to create a more connected, intelligence-driven approach.

Our multidisciplinary teams bring knowledge across industries and regulatory requirements, along with experience in the technologies that enable third-party management in essential areas like cybersecurity, procurement, and governance, risk and compliance (GRC). Our services focus on measurable outcomes—faster onboarding, more consistent assessments, and greater visibility into where third-party risk is concentrated—helping clients strengthen oversight and deliver greater confidence and efficiency.

Discover how KPMG can help you address regulatory compliance, cyber risk, and the growing complexity of third-party ecosystems—while leveraging AI and managed services to build resilience.

Over 80% of organizations use managed services, outsourcing, or both for core TPRM activities, but only 5% have adopted end-to-end managed service models.

Across each engagement, our KPMG Third Party Security Risk Management teams and services focus on four core areas:

Onboarding and criticality review

Categorize vendors by business impact and inherent risk to determine oversight and security requirements.

Detailed risk assessment

Evaluate vendor controls through questionnaires, evidence reviews, and testing to identify vulnerabilities and prioritize remediation.

Continuous monitoring

Leverage AI and threat intelligence to track vendor risk posture in real time, providing rapid alerts and proactive mitigation.

Reporting and analytics

Guide decision-making with dashboards and insights that capture risk exposure, control effectiveness, and program performance.

We support and manage leading services such as ServiceNow, OneTrust, Archer, Aravo, CyberGRX, KY3P, Coupa, and more—working with your technology stack to create a more connected and efficient KPMG Third Party Security Risk Management ecosystem.

KPMG Third-Party Security Risk Management services help clients achieve measurable, sustainable outcomes:

Reduced third-party onboarding cycle times and program costs through workflow automation and standardized processes.
Real-time visibility into vendor risk and performance enabled by dynamic dashboards and risk scorecards.
Continuous compliance confidence through ongoing monitoring aligned to regulatory requirements such as DORA and GDPR.
Stronger, data-driven decision-making via integrated reporting across procurement, GRC, and cyber functions.
Automated, AI-enabled lifecycle management that drives efficiency, accuracy, and resilience across the vendor ecosystem.

Stop threats before they disrupt business

We provide MDR support in your environment and provide access to our industry specialists who can help address the threats you experience today – and in the future – head on.

A leader in IAM optimization

With more than 15 years of experience, our cybersecurity team is at the forefront of IAM optimization. Forrester Research has named KPMG a leader among global cybersecurity consulting providers, giving us the highest possible scores in the categories of business acumen; security strategy consulting; and governance, risk, and compliance capabilities.*

Rapid deployment and response

With proactive and real-time threat hunting, you can have greater visibility on threats, better detection capabilities, and swifter ability to respond and make more confident security decisions.

Hyper care support

You get access to the wider KPMG Advisory team of over 2,000 specialists and a white glove concierge approach to customer experience and support, as well as named resources who develop relevant understanding of your unique business needs.

Complete data sovereignty

All work is carried out in your tenant and data is always kept in your environment. MDR is delivered in the cloud ensuring your multi-tenant, hybrid, on-prem, multi-cloud global footprint adheres to local data regulations.

Agnostic integration

You can realize more value from your current security controls, and secure greater protection across cloud, hybrid and on-premises and beyond with environments at scale across users, devices and applications.

30 day onboarding and offboarding

We offer dedicated and hands-on rapid onboarding, and our 100% cloud native service enables seamless integration into your existing environment.

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Managing Director, Cyber Security Services, KPMG US

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