Understand the dependency
Identify which third parties support your important business services, systems, processes and data.
Managed Third-Party Risk Management
Take control of third-party risk without the complexity.
We handle the complexity of vendor risk and compliance, so you can focus on running your business.
ICS CyberSec helps you understand where your business depends on third parties, identify the risks that matter and keep action moving. Choose a managed service delivered by our team, or manage your programme with VenDefend and our support.
Understand your dependencies. Prioritise your risks. Strengthen your resilience.
VenDefend / Third-party estate
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Your business depends on third parties. How well do you understand that dependency?
Your suppliers and service providers help keep your business running. But when one experiences a disruption, security incident or service failure, the consequences can reach your customers, operations and reputation.
Knowing who your suppliers are is only the beginning. You also need to understand what depends on them, what could be affected and how your business would respond.
That is where ICS CyberSec starts.
Start With Where
Know where your business depends on others.
Our Start With Where methodology begins with your business: the services you deliver, the processes that support them and the third parties those processes rely on.
We use that context to focus assessments, prioritise risks and guide continuity planning. You gain a clearer view of where a supplier problem could become a business problem—and where action matters most.
Understand the impact
Explore what could happen if a provider becomes unavailable, underperforms or experiences an incident.
Focus the response
Use that understanding to direct assessments, risk treatment and continuity preparation.
The expertise to run your programme. The platform to keep it connected.
Managed Third-Party Risk Management
Give your third-party risk programme the attention it needs without adding the full operational workload to your team. We coordinate assessments, review findings, follow up on outstanding actions and provide clear reporting within an agreed service scope.
Your team stays informed and retains control over business decisions, while we manage the day-to-day process.
Explore Managed ServicesVenDefend Platform
Bring third-party assessments, risks, incidents and supporting evidence into one structured workspace. VenDefend helps your team understand exposure, assign actions and report on progress, with ICS CyberSec supporting implementation and ongoing use.
Explore VenDefendClearer visibility. Less chasing.
Better-informed decisions.
Focus attention where it matters
Understand which third-party relationships are most important to your business and prioritise them accordingly.
Reduce the administrative burden
Bring structure to supplier engagement, assessments and follow-ups so your internal team spends less time coordinating the process.
Keep risk treatment moving
Make outstanding actions, responsibilities and decisions visible so findings receive ongoing attention.
Prepare for disruption
Connect third-party dependencies with incident and continuity planning to support a more coordinated response.
Demonstrate oversight
Maintain accessible evidence of assessments, findings, actions and decisions for management, audit and compliance reviews.
Start with a conversation about your business.
Tell us how you manage third-party risk today and where you need support. We will help you identify a practical starting point, whether that means establishing a programme, strengthening an existing process or equipping your team with VenDefend.