Security News > 2023 > October > Tackling cyber risks head-on using security questionnaires
In this Help Net Security interview, Gaspard de Lacroix-Vaubois, CEO at Skypher, talks about the implementation of security questionnaires and how they facilitate assessments and accountability across all participants in the technology supply chain, fostering trust and safeguarding sensitive data.
Many organizations overlook the critical role of security questionnaires in risk assessment.
I think security questionnaires are an essential part of third-party cyber risk management in order to accurately assess the security of the whole technology supply chain.
Security questionnaires help holding every participant of the cyber supply chain accountable.
Finally, security questionnaires can cause important delays in the sales cycle as the security and compliance department become the bottleneck of the sales cycle as it can take up to a month to complete due to the numerous stakeholders.
Vendors have significant responsibilities when answering security questionnaires from their customers or partners.