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CC9.2 CC9

Risk Mitigation / CC9.2

Managing the risk that comes with vendors and partners

Think of it likeChecking the references of the people you hand a key to.

In plain English

Vendors and business partners are assessed before engagement and monitored during it, with security commitments written into agreements and their performance against those commitments reviewed.

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