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Your Vendors Are a Critical Source of Cyber Risk. We Help You Manage It with Confidence.

Third-party incidents now account for a significant share of serious cyber events. We help organizations assess, govern, and continuously monitor vendor risk across the full third-party ecosystem.

  • Scalable third-party risk assessment programs designed for large and complex vendor populations
  • Supply chain cyber risk identification across software dependencies, service providers, and critical partners
  • Vendor governance frameworks aligned to regulatory due diligence expectations
The Challenge

You Cannot Manage Supply Chain Risk Without Clear Visibility

Modern organizations rely on a broad network of third parties, each of which can introduce operational, regulatory, and cyber risk. Without a structured approach, these dependencies can become material points of exposure.

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Limited Visibility into Vendor Security Posture

Many organizations cannot quickly identify which vendors have access to sensitive data, business-critical systems, or core infrastructure, let alone evaluate the effectiveness of their security controls.

Point-in-Time Assessments Quickly Become Outdated

Annual questionnaires often provide only a temporary snapshot. A vendor's control environment can change materially within a short period, reducing the value of static assessments.

Software Supply Chain Exposure Is Often Overlooked

Open-source components, SaaS integrations, and development toolchains can introduce vulnerabilities that conventional vendor review processes do not fully address.

Regulatory Expectations Are Increasing Faster Than Program Maturity

Requirements under DORA, NIS2, and financial services regulations call for demonstrable third-party risk management capabilities that many organizations are still in the process of building.

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The Solution

Scalable Visibility, Governance, and Control Across Your Vendor Ecosystem

We design and implement third-party risk management programs that provide continuous, defensible visibility across your vendor landscape. From critical fourth-party dependencies to routine SaaS providers, we help establish the governance, processes, and tooling required to manage risk effectively at scale.

  • Risk-based vendor tiering to prioritize effort where exposure is highest
  • Scalable assessment methods that support efficiency across internal teams
  • Contractual control frameworks and service requirements by vendor tier
  • Continuous monitoring informed by threat intelligence and breach indicators
  • Documentation that supports regulatory review and evidences due diligence
Our Services

Third-Party & Supply Chain Risk Services

From enterprise program design to targeted high-risk vendor reviews, we provide advisory support for every stage of third-party risk management maturity.

01 TPRM Program Design

Third-Party Risk Management Program Design

We design end-to-end TPRM programs, including vendor inventory models, risk tiering methodologies, assessment workflows, governance structures, escalation procedures, and management reporting.

Deliverables A structured and scalable program that supports regulatory compliance and stronger operational control.
02 Vendor Risk Assessment

Critical Vendor Security Assessments

We perform detailed assessments of high-risk vendors across security controls, data handling, resilience, incident response, and subcontractor risk management.

Deliverables Clear vendor risk profiles with prioritized findings, risk ratings, and remediation requirements.
03 Software Supply Chain

Software Supply Chain Security Advisory

We assess software development and delivery supply chain risk, including open-source dependency exposure, SBOM strategy, CI/CD security, and code provenance controls.

Deliverables A software supply chain risk profile with practical hardening recommendations and an SBOM implementation roadmap.
04 Regulatory Alignment

DORA, NIS2 & Sector Compliance Advisory

We provide gap assessments and remediation support for supply chain risk obligations under DORA, NIS2, EBA outsourcing guidelines, and other sector-specific frameworks, including ICT third-party risk documentation.

Deliverables A compliance-ready documentation package that demonstrates proportionate due diligence.
05 Continuous Monitoring

Vendor Risk Monitoring & Intelligence Program

We help design continuous vendor monitoring capabilities using external threat intelligence, breach notifications, security ratings, and trigger-based reassessment workflows.

Deliverables Ongoing vendor risk visibility supported by alert thresholds and escalation processes.
06 Concentration Risk

Supply Chain Concentration & Resilience Analysis

We identify single points of failure, geographic concentration risk, and critical vendor dependencies, including fourth-party mapping and resilience improvement options.

Deliverables A concentration risk assessment with dependency insights and strategic mitigation recommendations.
Track Record

Why Organizations Trust Us

QMet in Numbers Est. 2005 Saudi Arabia Bahrain India
01 0+ Years of experience Advising since 2005
02 0+ Industries served Government, telecom, banking & energy
03 0 ISO standards delivered From ISO 9001 to ISO 42001
04 0 Countries Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, India & Singapore
How We Work

Our TPRM Engagement Model

Our approach takes you from current-state assessment to an operational, regulator-ready third-party risk program.

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  1. 01 Vendor Discovery and Tiering We establish a complete vendor inventory and apply risk-based tiering criteria.
  2. 02 Program Gap Analysis We benchmark current TPRM capabilities against regulatory expectations and recognized good practice.
  3. 03 Framework Design We build tiered assessment methods, questionnaires, governance workflows, and decision-making structures.
  4. 04 Critical Vendor Assessments We conduct detailed assessments of the vendors that present the greatest risk to your organization.
  5. 05 Operationalize and Monitor We embed monitoring processes and transfer knowledge so internal teams can sustain the program effectively.
Start Today

Understand Your Exposure Across the Vendor Ecosystem

Schedule a third-party risk scoping consultation to identify your highest-risk vendor relationships and define a practical path toward stronger TPRM maturity.

DORA and NIS2 enforcement is advancing. Now is the time to address control gaps before they become regulatory findings.

Confidential discussion. No obligation. Senior advisory engagement from the outset.