IDG Contributor Network: Third-party vendors — your weakest link?

By Robert C. Covington

Some of you may remember the TV game show The Weakest Link, during which a somewhat caustic Anne Robinson would declare one of the nine contestants the weakest link, and summarily kick them off the program.

Now, imagine Anne taking a job as an information security consultant, reviewing security and risk for a medium-sized corporation. I suspect that as she got to the portion of the review involving third-party suppliers, she would quickly yell out …read more

Source:: IT Management