1. [Third Party Risk Management](/tprm)

   * Third Party Risk Management

   * [Vendor Discovery & Onboarding](/tprm/vendor-discovery-onboarding)

   * [Fourth-Party Risk Management](/tprm/fourth-party-risk-management)

   * [Third-Party Risk Assessments](/tprm/third-party-risk-assessments)

   * [Security Questionnaires](/tprm/security-questionnaires)

   * [Third-Party Risk Remediation](/tprm/third-party-risk-remediation)

   * [Vendor Security Monitoring](/tprm/vendor-security-monitoring)

   * [Vendor Offboarding](/tprm/vendor-offboarding)

   * [Third-Party Risk Reporting](/tprm/third-party-risk-reporting)

2. Vendor Discovery & Onboarding

# Vendor Discovery & Onboarding

Find every vendor you rely on before granting them access.

Program Areas

* [Vendor Discovery & Onboarding](/tprm/vendor-discovery-onboarding)
* [Fourth-Party Risk Management](/tprm/fourth-party-risk-management)
* [Third-Party Risk Assessments](/tprm/third-party-risk-assessments)
* [Security Questionnaires](/tprm/security-questionnaires)
* [Third-Party Risk Remediation](/tprm/third-party-risk-remediation)
* [Vendor Security Monitoring](/tprm/vendor-security-monitoring)
* [Vendor Offboarding](/tprm/vendor-offboarding)
* [Third-Party Risk Reporting](/tprm/third-party-risk-reporting)

## Content Library

Blog

How to Accelerate Vendor Approvals Without Skipping Risk Review

### How to Accelerate Vendor Approvals Without Skipping Risk Review

[Read article](/blog/accelerate-vendor-approvals)

Blog

How to Create a Vendor Onboarding Policy

### How to Create a Vendor Onboarding Policy

[Read article](/blog/create-vendor-onboarding-policy)

Blog

How Do You Determine Vendor Criticality?

### How Do You Determine Vendor Criticality?

[Read article](/blog/how-to-determine-vendor-criticality)

Blog

Reducing Supply Chain Security Risks with Vendor Segmentation

### Reducing Supply Chain Security Risks with Vendor Segmentation

[Read article](/blog/reducing-supply-chain-security-risks-with-vendor-segmentation)

Blog

Shadow IT: Usage-Based Tiering for Vendor Risk

### Shadow IT: Usage-Based Tiering for Vendor Risk

[Read article](/blog/shadow-it-tiering-vendor-risk)

Blog

What is Vendor Due Diligence?

### What is Vendor Due Diligence?

[Read article](/blog/vendor-due-diligence)

Blog

A Vendor Management Policy: What to Include and How to Create One

### A Vendor Management Policy: What to Include and How to Create One

[Read article](/blog/vendor-management-policy)

Blog

A Guide to Vendor Relationship Management

### A Guide to Vendor Relationship Management

[Read article](/blog/vendor-relationship-management)

Blog

Vendor Tiering Best Practices

### Vendor Tiering Best Practices

[Read article](/blog/vendor-tiering-best-practices)

Blog

How to Map Vendor Tiers to Inherent Risk

### How to Map Vendor Tiers to Inherent Risk

[Read article](/blog/vendor-tiering-mapping-to-inherent-risk)

Blog

Vendor Tiering That Scales: A Weighted-Model Implementation Guide

### Vendor Tiering That Scales: A Weighted-Model Implementation Guide

[Read article](/blog/vendor-tiering-that-scales)

Blog

What Is Vendor Tiering?

### What Is Vendor Tiering?

[Read article](/blog/what-is-vendor-tiering)

## Resources & Toolkits

Checklist

Vendor Due Diligence Checklist

### Vendor Due Diligence Checklist

[Download Checklist](/resources/vendor-due-diligence-checklist)

Blog

Third-Party Risk Management Policy Template (Free)

### Third-Party Risk Management Policy Template (Free)

[Read article](/blog/free-tprm-policy-template)

Template

Vendor Risk Management Policy Template

### Vendor Risk Management Policy Template

[Download Template](/templates/vendor-risk-management-policy)

See how UpGuard manages vendor discovery and onboarding

[Explore Vendor Discovery & Onboarding](/product/vendor-risk/vendor-discovery-onboarding)