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Third-party risk management vendors

We list 36 companies active in third-party risk and security ratings, and 15 of them have it as their main focus. 1 is public, 5 are owned by another company and 30 are private. Most are based in the United States (22). The oldest, Intertek, was founded in 1885.

By countryUnited States 22

Companies focused on third-party risk and security ratings

15 companies
CompanyBased inFoundedSizeOwnership
BitScore Cybertech LLP

BitScore Cybertech LLP is a delivery partner for Bitsight security ratings in India.

Ahmedabad, India2016Private
Bitsight

Bitsight provides a cyber risk intelligence platform.

Back Bay, United States2011Private
Black Kite

Black Kite provides an AI-native third-party cyber risk management platform for monitoring and assessing vendor risks.

Boston, United States2016Private
CyberVadis

CyberVadis provides a managed service and platform for third-party cyber risk management.

Paris, France2018Private
Ethixbase360

Ethixbase360 sells third-party risk management software and due diligence services.

London, United Kingdom2011Private
ProcessUnity

ProcessUnity provides a software platform for managing third-party and cybersecurity risk.

Concord, United StatesPrivate
RiskRecon by Mastercard

RiskRecon provides cybersecurity ratings and assessments to help organisations manage third-party and supply chain risk.

Murray, United StatesPrivate
UpGuard

UpGuard provides a platform for managing cyber risk across vendors, attack surface, and workforce.

Mountain View, United States2012Private
Venminder

Third-party risk management software with outsourced vendor control assessments, continuous vendor risk monitoring and managed services, now part of Ncontracts.

United StatesOwned by Ncontracts
Whistic

Whistic provides a platform for assessing, monitoring, and sharing vendor security and compliance information.

West Jordan, United StatesPrivate
Cortile

Cortile automates vendor security reviews for healthcare third-party risk teams.

Ann Arbor, United States2025Private
HackRisk

HackRisk monitors external cyber risks for UK SMEs and provides a security score.

Macclesfield, United KingdomPart of CyberLab
OneTrust

Third-party management and tech risk and compliance software, alongside privacy automation, consent management and AI governance tools.

Atlanta, United StatesPrivate
Panorays

Third-party cyber risk management platform with vendor security questionnaires, external attack surface ratings, continuous monitoring and remediation workflows for suppliers.

New York, United StatesPrivate
SecurityScorecard

SecurityScorecard provides a platform for managing third-party and supply chain cyber risk.

New York, United States2013Private

Also active in third-party risk and security ratings

21 companies
CompanyBased inFoundedSizeOwnership
Secarma

Manchester-based independent cybersecurity consultancy with over 20 years of experience delivering CREST and CHECK-accredited penetration testing, red teaming, and compliance certification services.

Manchester, United Kingdom200111-50 staffPrivate
Komodo Consulting

Israeli-headquartered global cybersecurity consultancy with a UK presence, specialising in penetration testing and TIBER-EU red team exercises for Fortune 500 companies.

London, United Kingdom20111-10 staffPrivate
Alvor

Alvor provides a security architecture management and compliance platform.

Melbourne, Australia2026Private
Archer

Integrated risk management software covering enterprise and operational risk, IT and security risk, compliance, audit, third-party governance and operational resilience.

Overland Park, United StatesOwned by Cinven
Babel Street

Risk intelligence platform that gathers multilingual online data and uses AI agents for threat, identity and vendor risk investigations by government and enterprise.

Reston, United StatesPrivate
CRACI

CRACI provides build-time software supply chain security and SBOM generation for developers.

Helsinki, Finland2025Private
CybelAngel

CybelAngel provides external threat intelligence and attack surface management services to protect enterprise data and assets.

Clichy, France2013Private
CyberSentien

CyberSentien provides a compliance assurance engine that assesses organisations against multiple security and AI governance frameworks.

Australia2025Private
Drata

Drata provides a platform that automates security compliance, risk management and trust assurance for companies.

San Francisco, United States2020Private
Fivecast

Open source intelligence software that collects and analyses online data to detect threats and hidden networks for national security, law enforcement and financial crime teams.

Adelaide, AustraliaPrivate
Intertek

Testing and certification group that helps vehicle makers and suppliers work towards ISO/SAE 21434 compliance.

United Kingdom1885Public, ITRK
LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Risk data and analytics provider whose ThreatMetrix, Emailage and InstantID products detect fraud and verify digital identities for banks, insurers and governments.

Alpharetta, United StatesPrivate
Lumu

Lumu provides network detection and response to identify and stop cyber threats in real time.

Doral, United StatesPrivate
MetricStream

GRC software covering IT and cyber risk, IT and cyber compliance, vendor and third-party risk, enterprise risk, regulatory compliance, internal audit and resilience.

San Jose, United StatesPrivate
NetRise

NetRise analyses compiled software to create an inventory of components and identify supply chain risks.

Austin, United States2020Part of Dragos
Optro

Audit, risk and compliance software, formerly AuditBoard, with controls management, cyber risk management, third-party risk, regulatory compliance and AI governance products.

United StatesPrivate
Protos AI

Protos AI provides managed adversary risk intelligence by collecting and analysing threat signals for organisations.

Singapore, SingaporeOwned by Protos Labs
Vanta

Vanta provides a platform for automating security compliance and risk management.

San Francisco, United States2018Private
vCISO Lite

vCISO Lite sells a subscription platform that helps growing companies handle security compliance and risk.

Atlanta, United States2026Private
ZeroRisk

ZeroRisk provides an agentic platform that automates compliance and vendor risk assessments.

Amsterdam, NetherlandsPrivate
ServiceNow

Integrated risk management software for policy, compliance, audit and third-party risk, sold as part of a wider IT and business workflow platform.

Santa Clara, United StatesPrivate

Recent deals in third-party risk and security ratings

All third-party risk and security ratings deals
DateDealAmountSource
September 2026Dragos acquired NetRiseSource for Dragos buying NetRise, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Dragos buying NetRise, opens in a new tab
June 2026Accenture acquired NetRiseSource for Accenture buying NetRise, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Accenture buying NetRise, opens in a new tab
May 2026SecurityScorecard acquired DriftnetSource for SecurityScorecard buying Driftnet, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for SecurityScorecard buying Driftnet, opens in a new tab
December 2025ServiceNow acquired ArmisSource for ServiceNow buying Armis, opens in a new tab$7.8bnSource for ServiceNow buying Armis, opens in a new tab
December 2025ServiceNow acquired VezaSource for ServiceNow buying Veza, opens in a new tab$1bnSource for ServiceNow buying Veza, opens in a new tab
September 2025SecurityScorecard acquired HyperComplySource for SecurityScorecard buying HyperComply, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for SecurityScorecard buying HyperComply, opens in a new tab
July 2025Vanta acquired RiskeySource for Vanta buying Riskey, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Vanta buying Riskey, opens in a new tab
March 2025Lumu acquired MaltiverseSource for Lumu buying Maltiverse, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for Lumu buying Maltiverse, opens in a new tab
February 2025Drata acquired SafeBaseSource for Drata buying SafeBase, opens in a new tab$250mSource for Drata buying SafeBase, opens in a new tab
February 2025LexisNexis Risk Solutions acquired IDVerseSource for LexisNexis Risk Solutions buying IDVerse, opens in a new tabUndisclosedSource for LexisNexis Risk Solutions buying IDVerse, opens in a new tab

Acquisitions come from SecurityWeek's monthly M&A round-ups from 2021 onwards, from Cybersecurity Ventures' quarterly M&A reports for 2020, and a few from Wikipedia lists. These are dated to the month. A few deals added from the news are dated to the day. Smaller deals may be missing. Amounts are in US dollars.

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