Overview
Third-party insider risk responsibilities need to be defined across governance, security operations, personnel security, and offboarding. The goal is direct: make partner and vendor work follow security best practices and insider risk standards.
The DTEX checklist is built for organizations that work with partners and vendors. It turns insider risk expectations into required responsibilities, including breach and confirmed insider threat SLAs, regulatory and privacy law requirements, recurring risk assessments, threat modeling participation, audit results, remediation plans, named insider risk contacts, and defined escalation paths.
For security operations, the checklist covers RBAC, MFA for privileged access, UEBA and UAM user activity monitoring, DLP measures, logging for critical assets and privileged accounts, insider incident response playbooks, forensic investigation procedures, and remediation of audit findings. It also covers vendor personnel checks, NDAs, security awareness training, contract termination handling, credential revocation, residual data and access token clearance, and a final security review.
What You'll Learn
- How to set governance requirements for third-party insider risk, including SLAs, regulations, risk assessments, threat modeling, audits, and reporting paths.
- Which security operations controls to require from vendors, including RBAC, MFA, UEBA or UAM monitoring, DLP, auditable logs, and investigation support.
- What personnel security requirements to record, including clearances, background checks, NDAs, non-compliance consequences, and security awareness training.
- How termination and offboarding should handle data disposal, access revocation, residual access tokens, final security review, and unresolved insider threat risks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What responsibilities should be defined for third-party insider risk management?
Third-party insider risk responsibilities should be defined across governance, security operations, personnel security, and offboarding. These responsibilities should make partner and vendor work follow security best practices and insider risk standards.
What governance requirements support third-party insider risk compliance?
Third-party insider risk compliance should include breach and confirmed insider threat SLAs, regulatory and privacy law requirements, recurring risk assessments, and threat modeling participation. Governance requirements should also cover audit results, remediation plans, named insider risk contacts, and defined escalation paths.
What security operations controls should vendors support for third-party risk oversight?
Vendors should support RBAC, MFA for privileged access, UEBA or UAM user activity monitoring, DLP measures, and logging for critical assets and privileged accounts. Third party oversight should also include insider incident response playbooks, forensic investigation procedures, and remediation of audit findings.
What personnel security requirements should be documented for third-party insider risk?
Personnel security requirements should document vendor personnel checks, NDAs, security awareness training, and consequences for non-compliance. These requirements establish responsible party information for third-party compliance and insider risk accountability.
How should termination and offboarding reduce third party risk?
Termination and offboarding should address contract termination handling, credential revocation, residual data and access token clearance, and a final security review. Offboarding should also account for unresolved insider threat risks before access and data responsibilities are closed.
What roles and escalation paths are needed for third-party insider risk accountability?
Third-party insider risk accountability should include named insider risk contacts and defined escalation paths. These roles support reporting, response coordination, remediation planning, and confirmed insider threat SLA management.
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