Risk Management for Third Parties and Supply Chains - by James Crask & Catherine Cyphus

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Strengthen business resilience and make informed decisions across complex third-party and supply chain ecosystems.

Risk Management for Third Parties and Supply Chains gives senior leaders proven tools for governing risk, improving oversight and safeguarding operational continuity in a volatile global environment. With shifting regulations, geopolitical shocks and rising dependency on external partners, this book shows how to build a strategic, enterprise-wide approach that delivers measurable results.

Written by risk experts James Crask and Catherine Cyphus, the book examines the root causes of today's supply chain crisis and reveals how ineffective third-party management undermines performance, cost control and long-term stability. Through strategic models and real-world examples, it outlines how to establish governance structures, controls and decision frameworks that elevate resilience to an enterprise priority.

You'll learn how to:
- Apply proven tools for assessing, prioritizing and mitigating third-party and supply chain risks
- Engage senior stakeholders and align risk initiatives with financial and strategic outcomes
- Balance cost efficiency with resilience to support informed leadership decisions
- Implement roadmaps, toolkits and deep-dive assessments to deliver repeatable results

With clear guidance on systems, controls and leadership engagement, this book equips executives to deliver a resilient third-party and supply chain risk management strategy that protects value across the organization.

Themes include: third-party risk, supply chain risk, supply chain resilience, governance models, enterprise risk, data-led decision making, operational continuity

About the Author

James Crask is Managing Director of Strategic Risk Consulting for Marsh. He chairs the International Standards Committee responsible for all global Business Continuity and Organisational Resilience ISO Standards and is the author of Business Continuity Management published by Kogan Page. He lives in London, UK.

Catherine Cyphus is the Global Risk Advisory Lead at Sentrisk where she helps clients understand and mitigate their third-party and supply chain risks. She is a member of the Expert Advisory Panel for the UK's Government's Future of Global Supply Chains Project and a founding member of the UNDRR's Corporate Chief Resilience Officer initiative. She lives in London, UK.