Vendor Risk

Vendor risk assessment checklist

A practical checklist for teams standardizing vendor due diligence across procurement, compliance and security.

June 28, 2026 · 8 min read

Vendor risk assessment checklist

Intake

Capture the vendor, the service, the data involved and the internal owner before any document review begins.

  • Vendor profile and business owner
  • Data categories processed
  • Criticality tier
  • Required document set

Evidence collection

Collect the documents that carry commitments, not marketing material.

  • SOC 2 report
  • ISO 27001 documentation
  • Privacy policy and DPA
  • Master agreement and annexes

Analysis and review

Compare evidence against the frameworks relevant to the engagement, then review findings by severity rather than reading every page.

Decision and remediation

Record the decision, route validated findings to owners and set a reassessment trigger.

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