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Solution 05 of 08 VDR

Vendor & Third-Party Risk Management

NDPA Section 29 · CRISC · CDPSE
The Problem SAC Solves

Organizations share personal data with dozens of vendors — cloud platforms, payroll processors, HR systems, marketing tools, logistics partners — without structured data processing agreements, documented due diligence, or transfer risk assessments. Under NDPA Section 29, the controller remains fully accountable for processor compliance.

01

What Regulators Expect

  • Data Processing Agreements for all material processors (NDPA Section 29)
  • Vendor due diligence records — privacy posture assessment
  • Sub-processor notification and approval records
  • Cross-border transfer risk assessments (NDPA Sections 43–44)
  • Annual vendor review cycle documentation
  • Data sharing register — all third-party relationships mapped
02

SAC Intervention

SAC audits the organization's vendor landscape, prioritises vendors by data risk, executes the DPA program for material processors, and installs a vendor risk management framework that maintains ongoing compliance as the vendor estate evolves.

03

What You Receive

  • Vendor data landscape map
  • Vendor risk prioritisation matrix
  • Data Processing Agreement template
  • DPAs executed for material processors
  • Vendor privacy assessment questionnaire
  • Sub-processor register
  • Cross-border transfer assessment (per jurisdiction)
  • Annual vendor review protocol
Expected Outcome

A compliant vendor estate — every material data sharing relationship governed by a DPA, every processor assessed, every transfer risk documented and managed.

CRISC · CDPSE

A compliant vendor estate — before scrutiny, not under it.

SAC is an NDPC-Licensed DPCO operating under NDPA 2023. Every engagement is conducted by a named principal — not delegated to a junior analyst. A 20-minute diagnostic conversation costs nothing and carries no obligation.

NDPC/DCP/01784 IIM ATO #d193ed82f32a4eb64 ISACA DTEF Certified Facilitator FCA · CISA · CDPSE · CRISC CAC RC 2638736