Implementation of a vendor management framework creates greater oversight early on in the vendor selection process in support of informed decision-making, determining an acceptable level risk, and reducing the likelihood of vulnerabilities being interjected into your environment.

The key is to identify your business associates, implement a framework to assess the business relationship, define an acceptable level of risk, and develop strategies to reduce the likelihood and impact of a potential breach – before the regulators come knocking at your door.

Dawn Polen-Morgenstern,  Senior Principal Consultant, Clearwater

Katie Sullivan, Consultant, Clearwater