“I'm going to pick one critical vendor this week. I'm going to review his access. I'm going to try to understand everything that lies in between the vendor tool and my client sites.”
Uncle Marv's IT Business Podcast (Products, stories, and tips for the MSP and IT Professional) · When Your Vendor Becomes Your Problem (EP 1092)
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pick one critical vendor each week, review its access, understand the integration points, ask about incident response, and create a plan
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