Most third-party risk platforms promise visibility, assurance, and peace of mind. But scratch beneath the surface, and many of them offer something much simpler:
📊 A dashboard.
Not a scanner. Not a live data stream. Just a portal for collecting forms — or relabelling someone else’s results.
Here’s why that matters more than you think.
The Illusion of Insight
Platforms like RiskLedger and Intruder.io market themselves as third-party risk solutions — but most don’t own the actual scanning technology that drives true cyber risk understanding.
🔍 Intruder.io? They use Tenable under the hood.
📄 RiskLedger? Primarily a form submission workflow, not a security assessment tool.
📉 BitSight? Offers limited-scope scanning, restricted by cost and coverage trade-offs.
What you’re left with is often a dashboard of declarations, not a reflection of real exposure.
What You’re Actually Buying
When you sign up to most TPRM platforms, here’s what you really get:
✅ Compliance questionnaires
✅ A portal to manage supplier submissions
✅ Notifications when vendors respond
❌ Little to no real scanning
❌ No live threat intelligence
❌ No prioritisation by business risk
And when those supplier responses come in at <30% completion rates?
You’re paying for empty dashboards.
Why Dashboards Alone Don’t Cut It
Cyber risk doesn’t sit still.
🧨 A vulnerability can emerge between form submissions
🚫 A vendor might not even know they’re exposed
🛑 A critical issue can remain invisible to platforms that rely only on supplier input
Static, self-reported data creates false confidence.
Without scanning, you don’t know if what you see is real — or relevant.
The Cyber Tzar Approach: Scan First, Context Always
At Cyber Tzar, we believe in flipping the model:
🔁 Scan first — get real risk data even when suppliers are unresponsive
🧠 Correlate — match issues to threat intelligence and business impact
📊 Benchmark — see how each supplier compares to industry peers
📣 Engage — share remediation plans with suppliers, not just scores
We’re not a dashboard that hopes for supplier input.
We’re a scanner that delivers real insight — fast.
For CISOs, Procurement, and Risk Leaders
Ask yourself:
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Are you paying for insights or admin tools?
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Can your platform scan suppliers who won’t cooperate?
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Does your dashboard measure risk — or just display responses?
Because in 2025, regulators and insurers won’t accept “we asked but they didn’t answer” as a defence.
💡 If your TPRM tool looks good but sees nothing, it might be time for something real.
📡 Start your Cyber Tzar scan today and experience risk you can actually manage.
Request your assessment at cybertzar.com
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