What's the Most Efficient Way to Rate Third Party Vendors?

Defense in Depth · Jul 3, 2025 · 28m

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Check out this post for the discussion that is the basis of our conversation on this week's episode co-hosted by me, David Spark, the producer of CISO Series, and Geoff Belknap. Joining us is Steve Knight, former CISO, Hyundai Capital America.

In this episode:

Streamlining vendor evaluations

Moving beyond compliance theater

The scorecard skeptics

Finding the right balance

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