Strategic Focus: Innovations In Third-Party Risk Management
Katelyn Johnson
21 Jan, 2026
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Executive Summary
In recent years, third-party risk management (TPRM) vendors have continued to expand their solutions to address cyber, ESG, financial, regulatory, geopolitical and reputational risks within single unified frameworks. From the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) to the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), the state and pace of regulatory change in Europe and beyond is pushing buyers towards deeper, multi-tier visibility and faster incident reporting platforms. With innovations across the TPRM toolkit reaching into new territories, this report examines the regulatory and market forces shaping these developments and the leading innovations emerging across the space.Third-party risk management (TPRM) vendors are innovating across a variety of risk domains
New regulations are forcing the market to look deeper into the cyber risk surfaces of their third parties
Global volatility is prompting TPRM vendors to expand their analysis vertically and horizontally
Supply chain fragility is pushing business continuity plans to centre stage in TPRM
Figure 1. TPRM innovations are expanding mechanisms for analysis
About the Authors

Tom Murphy
Analyst
Tom is an analyst at Verdantix, specializing in third-party, GRC, reputational and geopolitical risk. His current research agenda focuses on how organizations can insulate the...
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Katelyn Johnson
Senior Manager
Katelyn is a Senior Manager at Verdantix, specializing in enterprise risk management and external risk and resilience. She helps executives navigate today’s evolving ris...





