Overview
CheckFirst offers a unified TPRM software platform that enables buyers to assess vendor security and vendors to prove their security posture. The platform supports 243 frameworks, covers 85% of CSA CCM controls, and provides features including vendor evidence collection, security scoring, and automated assessment workflows to streamline third-party risk programs.
In the news
- NIS2 Article 21 isn't "we have a security policy." It's ten specific measures, with documented evidence for each — and non-compliance runs up to €10M or 2% of global turnover. Most teams are solid on the obvious ones (incident handling, MFA, training). The one that consistently fails an audit is Measure 4: supply chain security. The recurring gaps we see: — Incomplete vendor inventories — the critical suppliers are tracked, but the long tail (marketing tools, HR SaaS, observability) gets missed. They all count if they touch your
- Your vendor uses a vendor. That vendor uses another vendor. By the time you count the cloud platforms, AI models, and processors behind a single supplier, your "third-party" risk is really fourth-party risk — and most programs never look that far. Our complete guide: how to map your fourth parties, the contract clauses to demand, and where continuous monitoring actually helps. https://lnkd.in/em4_6bAc
- Your vendors are becoming AI companies — most never told you. 15 questions that turn that blind spot into an assessment: AI disclosure, data handling, model governance, and the contract clauses most DPAs are still missing. Swipe through, save it, and use it in your next vendor review. Want it run against your real vendor portfolio? Our AI agents + experts delivers full assessments → checkfirst.io
- Most vendor questionnaires were written for a pre-AI supply chain. Our founder on the three places AI hides in your existing vendor base — and why most programs miss it.
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