Northdoor’s third-party cyber risk management solution enables the Salvation Army to reduce third-party cyber risk across its entire supply chain.
Leading international charity – The Salvation Army has recognised for some time the importance of managing not only direct organisational risk but also indirect risk, which their third-party supply chain can present.
The Challenge:
The Information Security team at The Salvation Army clearly understood that combating third-party cybersecurity risks and managing data protection is an ongoing process. They recognised that existing in-house practices and solutions must undergo regular reviews and constant evolution to ensure maximum protection at a minimum cost and effort. Although internal historic practices were still effective, they were consuming more time, incurring more effort, and increasing costs. The team also acknowledged the need for change in light of ensuring compliance with new legislation such as GDPR.
The Solution:
With that in mind, CEO Miguel Fallios turned to Northdoor for its third-party cyber risk solution.
Fallios recognised that Northdoor’s third-party cyber risk management platform offered a simple, automated, and centralised risk management solution. The solution would empower his organisation to improve its own cyber risk score and ensure that its suppliers and third-party partners fulfilled their GDPR requirements. A stand-out feature of the solution for the charity was its ability to automate the process of managing cyber security risks in the third-party supply chain.
The Result:
After a short and successful implementation, Northdoor reassures the Information Security team that it is minimising third-party cyber security risk through a continuous and automated assessment process rather than a traditional ‘point-in-time’ view. Additionally, the solution has streamlined the risk management process, saving valuable time and money that the organisation can reinvest in its core objective of helping people in need.
Miguel Fiallos, CIO of the Salvation Army, said:
“We are thrilled with the third-party cyber risk solution that has been provided to us by Northdoor. Ensuring that our third-party supply chain is secure is of paramount importance to us. Whereas it used to take weeks and in some cases months to complete lengthy third-party vendor assessments, it now takes us hours. Northdoor has helped us to streamline the process, saving valuable time and money, which we can reinvest into helping people in need. “The Automated Security Ratings and Assessments solution is integral to our vendor risk management program, aiding us in complex security analysis with suppliers.”
