Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence, announced a strategic partnership with CGS CyberDefense, a leading provider of tailored cybersecurity solutions and advisory services, to deliver enhanced visibility and management of supply chain cyber risk for enterprises across industries.

This partnership brings together Black Kite’s powerful, standards-based cyber risk ratings platform, enabling organizations to uncover cyber ecosystem risks so they can improve business resilience, with CGS CyberDefense’s deep expertise in building and managing cybersecurity programs to help organizations safeguard digital assets and improve their cybersecurity posture. The collaboration will empower organizations to identify, assess, and remediate third-party risks faster and with greater accuracy—at scale.

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“Partnering with CGS CyberDefense enhances our mission to make cyber risk measurable, actionable, and shared,” said Paul Paget, CEO of Black Kite. “Their strategic advisory expertise, combined with our intelligence, will help clients confidently navigate third-party risk with precision and speed.”

Transforming third-party risk management (TPRM) with the industry’s most accurate, actionable, comprehensive cyber risk intelligence platform, Black Kite simplifies the process so that organizations can non-invasively quantify and monitor cyber risk across thousands of third parties. Providing intelligence from technical, financial and compliance perspectives, Black Kite eliminates false positives and ensures a holistic approach to vendor risk management. Additionally, Black Kite leverages over over 1,000 OSINT resources, delivers multidimensional insights aligned with industry standards like MITRE and FAIR, and assesses compliance with regulations, including CMMC, GDPR, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA, to ensure precise compliance ratings.

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CGS CyberDefense will integrate Black Kite’s risk intelligence into its Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) services, offering clients:

  • Continuous monitoring of vendor cyber posture
  • Compliance risk insights mapped to regulatory frameworks (NIST, ISO, GDPR, etc.)
  • Prioritized remediation recommendations
  • Scalable assessments without the friction of traditional questionnaires

“We are thrilled to partner with Black Kite to deliver a more complete, real-time view of third-party risk,” said Chris Correia, CEO of CGS CyberDefense. “In today’s interconnected landscape, organizations cannot afford blind spots in their supply chain. With Black Kite’s platform, we are providing our clients with the visibility and context they need to take decisive action.”

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Source: prnewswire