The Third-Party Risk Explosion
Every digital transformation initiative increases your vendor count. Every SaaS adoption expands your attack surface. Every API integration creates a potential breach pathway. Indian regulated entities now average 45+ IT vendors with some form of data access or system connectivity — and that count grows annually.
Third-party exposure is a recurring theme in breach investigations: vendors frequently sit in the attack chain. This isn't surprising — attackers follow the path of least resistance, and a vendor's security posture is almost always weaker than a regulated entity's own controls.