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VENDOR EVALUATION USE CASE

Evaluate Vendor Risk Before It Enters Your Ecosystem

You can't afford blind spots when onboarding new vendors. One misstep can expose your organization to ransomware, data breaches, and compliance headaches. But today’s risk assessments are broken. They’re slow, generic, and out of sync with the pace of your business. It’s time for a better way to evaluate vendors.

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The Challenge with Traditional Cyber Risk Assessments 

Traditional cyber assessments take weeks to months. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Manual. Inconsistent. Inefficient.

Static questionnaires and spreadsheets don’t cut it anymore. They miss risks, frustrate vendors, and drain your team’s time.

One-Size-Fits-None.

Generic templates fail to capture real cyber risk. Every vendor is different. Your assessment should be too.

Yesterday’s Data.



Point-in-time evaluations give you a snapshot that’s already outdated. Threats evolve fast. Your assessments need to keep up.

Black Kite Makes Cyber Vendor
 Evaluation Smarter

Get fast, accurate risk insights that transform your vendor evaluation process.

Real-Time Risk Intelligence

Make smarter decisions, faster. With Black Kite, you see each vendor’s true cyber risk backed by live threat data, not outdated self-reports.

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Standards-Based Ratings You Can Trust

Ditch black-box scores. Black Kite uses open frameworks like NIST, MITRE, and CVSS to deliver ratings that are transparent, credible, and actionable.

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Quantify Risk in Business Terms

Translate cyber risk into probable financial impact using industry-standard Open FAIR™ modeling. Give execs the numbers they need to make smart decisions.

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Cut Time, Not Corners

AI-powered document parsing analyzes security policies, SOC reports, and trust center artifacts in minutes, not weeks. Automatically map evidence to over 20+ global frameworks.

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Built-In Vendor Collaboration

No more endless email threads. Use The Black Kite Bridge™ to share findings, assign actions, and track remediation all in one system.

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See Your Supply Chain from Day One

Build and maintain a clean vendor inventory. Store documentation, assessments, and compliance artifacts in one searchable workspace.

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Frequently Asked Questions When Evaluating Third-Party Cyber Risk

How Customers Achieve Vendor Evaluation Efficiency at Scale

“Currently, Black Kite is baked into our procurement process. When we get requests from the engagement owners for a new contract, it automatically kicks off an inherent Black Kite risk assessment.”

- Jennifer Blackburn, Sr. Cybersecurity Analyst, UoKHealth System

Vet Vendors With Speed and Confidence

Join companies that use Black Kite to evaluate cyber risk up front and onboard vendors with confidence.