Suppliers Hold Your Data
Cloud apps, payroll providers and IT contractors hold or reach your data. If they are breached, the breach is still yours to explain to customers and regulators.
NEW SUPPLIER & PRODUCT RISK ASSESSMENT
New software, a new supplier, an outsourced build or an AI tool: each one gets access to your data, your systems or your money. Find out how exposed you would be and what to fix first, in plain English, before you commit.
WHY IT MATTERS
Cloud apps, payroll providers and IT contractors hold or reach your data. If they are breached, the breach is still yours to explain to customers and regulators.
Breach notice, data return, liability and exit terms are easiest to get before you sign. After go-live, you take what you are given.
Cyber insurers, auditors and larger customers increasingly ask how you assess suppliers. A written assessment is the answer they are looking for.
HOW IT WORKS
Answer 17 plain-English questions about how it will work in your business. See your exposure tier and top three risks straight away.
The full questionnaire adds the supplier, the product and how it connects to your systems. Only the areas that apply to you are asked.
Every “Not sure” becomes a specific request: the contract, a certificate, a test report. Upload them in your client portal.
A senior practitioner reviews it all and delivers a risk assessment report with a clear recommendation and the conditions to put in place.
WHAT'S ASSESSED
A simple software subscription gets far fewer questions than a custom build connected to your payroll. Small businesses without their own IT team get plain wording and skip the enterprise-only questions.
Every assessment
What is actually signed, what was only promised, who owns it once it is running, and what happens when it ends.
When data or logins are involved
Where your data goes and stays, overseas transfers, breach notification, logins, MFA and whether you can cut off access yourself.
When it is built, hosted or relied on
Secure development and testing, who patches and monitors it, backups that have been restored, and a way out if the supplier fails.
PRICING
$0
As many as you like
Fixed price by tier
From $690 + GST
Your free check tells you the tier, and the price, before you start.
Penetration testing or code review by a testing firm is not included. Where your tier needs it, we review the results.
QUESTIONS
Anything you are about to rely on: a cloud or SaaS product, a payroll or finance system, an IT or managed service provider, a developer or agency building something for you, a contractor working inside your team, or a tool that uses AI on your data.
So you can check something before it is public, and so the result is about how it will work in your business, which is where most of the risk sits. The full assessment does name the supplier and product.
It counts. Every “Not sure” is treated as a risk until the supplier gives you evidence, which can push your tier up. Your result lists exactly what to ask them for.
From how critical it is to your business and ten key facts: who delivers it, whether software is built for you, whether your data leaves your systems, connections, outside access, where it runs, personal information, dependency, changes to core records and AI.
No. It is general guidance based only on your answers, designed to show whether a proper assessment is worth doing. The full assessment reviews the evidence and is written by a senior practitioner.
See your exposure tier and top risks before you sign. Free, no credit card, no supplier names needed.
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