In today’s cyber landscape, third-party security is a crucial function for all organizations; get it wrong, and business-critical operations can grind to a halt. Does your security team face difficulties in adapting to the ever-evolving, third-party risk landscape?

In the wake of escalating reliance on third parties, from cloud services to supply chain partnerships, organizations encounter multifaceted challenges. Your team may be facing a difficult regulatory environment, cybersecurity threats across the extended enterprise, and risks from business-critical third parties.

The KPMG difference

KPMG is recognized as a leader in risk advisory,* with deep experience supporting large-scale, regulated environments across program risk, regulatory response, and third-party risk management.

KPMG Third-Party Security (TPS) is designed to deliver measurable outcomes — reducing third-party risk exposure, improving assessment cycle times, and strengthening regulatory alignment — through an integrated business and technology-led operating model.

KPMG provides TPS transformation, embedding AI and automation into core processes to enhance risk identification, streamline assessments, and drive more proactive risk management. This enables clients to move from reactive compliance to intelligent, continuous risk oversight.

Unlike fragmented approaches, KPMG provides robust managed TPS service, combining domain experience, standardized processes, AI-enabled workflows, and enabling technology to drive consistency, scalability, and transparency across the third-party lifecycle.

KPMG operates as an extension of your organization, providing ownership across both business and technical TPS operations.

*IDC MarketScape named KPMG a Leader for Asia/Pacific Professional Security Services 2024, and Forrester Wave recognized KPMG as a Leader in Cybersecurity Consulting Services in Europe (Q1 2024).

Typical benefits of KPMG Third-Party Security

Skilled global resources

Our highly skilled, certified TPS team manages your third-party risk operations with any-shore delivery.

Reduced risk

By increasing the focus on third-party cyber risks, you can improve the reliability and upkeep of critical security systems. Our outcome-based SLAs/KPIs are aligned to risk reduction and operational performance.

Compliance enablement

Our experienced team helps design, build, and operate TPS programs designed to improve compliance and reporting.

Ongoing support

KPMG supports your team from day one, managing your TPS program throughout your risk management journey

Lower, predictable costs

Monthly subscription provides predictable operational costs, typically reduced by up to 30%.

Flexibility and scalability

Our modular operations and functions can flex with your changing needs. Our scalable delivery model leverages global delivery and standardized processes. We are experienced at supporting complex, multi-entity organizations at scale.

Skilled global resources Reduced risk Compliance enablement Ongoing support Lower, predictable costs Flexibility and scalability

Skilled global resources

Our highly skilled, certified TPS team manages your third-party risk operations with any-shore delivery.

Reduced risk

By increasing the focus on third-party cyber risks, you can improve the reliability and upkeep of critical security systems. Our outcome-based SLAs/KPIs are aligned to risk reduction and operational performance.

Compliance enablement

Our experienced team helps design, build, and operate TPS programs designed to improve compliance and reporting.

Ongoing support

KPMG supports your team from day one, managing your TPS program throughout your risk management journey

Lower, predictable costs

Monthly subscription provides predictable operational costs, typically reduced by up to 30%.

Flexibility and scalability

Our modular operations and functions can flex with your changing needs. Our scalable delivery model leverages global delivery and standardized processes. We are experienced at supporting complex, multi-entity organizations at scale.

How it works

KPMG Third-Party Security continuously monitors your environment and realizes the value of your TPS program by receiving technical strategic inputs.

We help you to understand, prioritize, and manage cyber risks arising from your third-party ecosystem, then leverage those risks to take proactive, preventive, and corrective measures at an enterprise level.

Tiering/inherent risk assessment

Identify risk associated with services planned to be obtained/being obtained from third parties, including periodic refresh.

Third-party security assessment

Perform onsite or remote assessments based on identified risk profile, while customizing the depth of testing to be done.

Issue management

Follow up with third-party stakeholders to validate issue closure.

Due diligence

Review third party's security posture using questionnaires to evaluate their risk prior to signing a contract.

Continuous third-party risk management

Review the outcomes/results from integrated external risk intelligence sources and monitor risk posture of third parties on a continuous basis.

Why KPMG

Global, multidisciplinary view of risk
Deep insight and learnings from extensive client projects
Consistent KPI reporting, communication, and visibility to stakeholders
Established, ongoing relationships with leading technology vendors

Priority on processes and SOPs beyond the technologies used
Clear focus on delivering outcomes, not just resources
Flexibility of service delivery
Deeply knowledgeable, multi-disciplinary resources at scale that can break down silos to get security working together

How will you manage your cyber third-party risk?

KPMG Third-Party Security helps you manage and mitigate the inherent cyber risks of today's enterprise environments.

Is your TPS implementation aligned with leading industry practices and updated with modern security controls? Do you face challenges scaling TPS teams to meet operational complexities, timelines, and budget constraints? Are you maximizing ROI from your TPS investments?

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