Post by Black Kite

Most organizations have far more vendors than they think. Not slightly more. Dramatically more. And the gap between perceived vendor count and actual vendor count is exactly where attackers make their moves. In this episode of Third Party and our companion article, Jeffrey Wheatman, Bob Maley, and Ferhat Dikbiyik, Ph.D., CTIA break down why vendor sprawl has become one of the biggest blind spots in third-party risk management: → Why shadow IT is an old problem, but the AI version is far worse → How AI agents are quietly adding vendors to your ecosystem without anyone's approval → Why "fewer vendors = less risk" is more complicated than it sounds → What the best TPRM teams are actually doing to regain control Read the article and watch the episode to learn more.