ProcessUnity recognized as a Leader in 2026 Third-Party Risk Management Platforms report. Leading research firm provides the company with the highest scores in the Current Offering and Strategy categories. CONCORD, Mass.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-ProcessUnity, provider of comprehensive end-to-end third-party risk management and cybersecurity solutions to leading enterprises, today announced it has been positioned by Forrester as a Leader in The Forrester Wave(TM): Third-Party Risk Management Platforms, Q1 2026 (TPRM). The report notes that ProcessUnity "differentiates in risk identification with features such as dynamic scoping of questionnaire depth and cadence, risk response with preconfigured AI workflows, and powerful visualization that can map aggregated issues by headquarters or facility location." Leading research firm provides the company with the highest scores in the Current Offering and Strategy categories. Share Access a complimentary copy of The Forrester Wave(TM) for Third-Party Risk Management Platforms report and learn how ProcessUnity was evaluated among top platforms. "We're proud that ProcessUnity is being recognized as a leader in TPRM platforms by Forrester. We are committed to continuous innovation to ensure our technology can adapt and scale with organizations as their third-party ecosystems grow and evolve," said Sean Cronin, CEO at ProcessUnity. "We value customer success and are viewed as a trusted ally and partner for organizations, wherever they are on their risk management journeys. Our ability to alleviate challenges for both the enterprise and its third parties is what makes us unique, and we will continue to equip these organizations with advanced tools to mature their TPRM programs." This edition of The Forrester Wave is based on a 27-criterion evaluation of the 12 most significant third-party risk management platforms. ProcessUnity received the highest scores possible in 13 criteria: * Risk identification * Risk assessment and scoring * Risk mitigation and corrective action * Due diligence and onboarding * Third-party resilience * Third-party inventory * Reusable evidence library * Interoperability * Configurability * Product security * Innovation * Roadmap * Vision ProcessUnity is actively providing the foundation for organizations and third parties around the world to shift from managing assessments to effectively mitigating risk. Its all-in-one platform for third-party risk combines the power of: * TPRM Automation: Manage the increasing complexity of supply chains and third-party relationships with tools to identify and assess the risks associated with each external party, monitor third-party performance, and ensure external control effectiveness * Global Risk Exchange: Provide a robust library of over 18,000 standardized, attested risk assessments, including assessments of large, hard-to-assess third parties that typically don't respond to assessment requests, as well as cyber risk data on nearly 370,000 third parties. * AI-powered TPRM Teams: Elevate human performance and ensure uniformity in risk assessments via a suite of data-backed AI tools, including Evidence Evaluator, Assessment Autofill, and Predictive Risk Profiles. To learn more about ProcessUnity's industry-recognized Third-Party Risk Management solution, visit https://www.processunity.com/. Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester's objectivity here. About ProcessUnity ProcessUnity is The Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) company. Our software platforms and data services protect customers from cybersecurity threats, breaches, and outages that originate from their ever-growing ecosystem of business partners. By combining the world's largest third-party risk data exchange, the leading TPRM workflow platform, and powerful artificial intelligence, ProcessUnity extends third-party risk, procurement, and cybersecurity teams so they can cover their entire vendor portfolio. With ProcessUnity, organizations of all sizes reduce assessment work while improving quality, securing intellectual property and customer data so business operations continue uninterrupted.

ProcessUnity Risk Index delivers controls-driven vendor risk scoring for TPRM. ProcessUnity has introduced ProcessUnity Risk Index, a risk rating built specifically for third-party risk management programs, combining proprietary control intelligence with external threat and vulnerability data. ProcessUnity Risk Index rates vendors on a 100-point scale to drive faster, more confident risk prioritization. Built for how TPRM teams actually work, ProcessUnity Risk Index blends inside-out, vendor-attested control data with outside-in threat intelligence to produce a single, explainable (and dynamic) risk score that's consumable by executives and actionable by analysts against the greatest risk in TPRM, cybersecurity. ProcessUnity Risk Index combines two critical perspectives: the effectiveness of the controls a third party has in place internally, and how that posture is reflected externally, combining both into a dynamic, continuously refreshed view of risk. The result is faster vendor prioritization at onboarding, right-sized due diligence, and proactive continuous monitoring while reducing the assessment burden on third parties. ProcessUnity Risk Index eliminates the gap between growing ecosystems and static assessment budgets by delivering the first controls-driven risk rating. ProcessUnity actively engages third-party vendors in the risk assessment process, establishing expert associations between attested control-level data and external intelligence. This approach integrates vendor participation with advanced mapping to CWE ratings, threat intelligence, MITRE ATT&CK frameworks, and the individual technologies used by each third party. As the only risk rating provider with this level of direct third-party involvement and contextualized intelligence, ProcessUnity Risk Index delivers a truly differentiated, actionable, and simplified view of risk that reflects the real-world dynamics of vendor relationships. "Third-party risk teams don't need more assessment work. They need intelligent data that leads to action," said Todd Boehler, Chief Strategy Officer at ProcessUnity. "ProcessUnity Risk Index fundamentally changes how organizations understand third-party risk with controls-based data TPRM teams can act on. It replaces fragmented signals and manual interpretation with a clear, explainable score that is embedded directly into their workflow, so teams can prioritize the right vendors, focus on the right risks, and respond faster when risk changes." Fragmented signals and operational drag. TPRM teams are overwhelmed by disconnected risk inputs. Vendor questionnaires provide deep insight but are static, slow, and dependent on vendor responsiveness. External security ratings deliver fast signals, but lack context, transparency, and alignment with third-party controls. As a result, teams spend weeks reconciling conflicting data, chasing alerts with unclear relevance, and manually deciding what actions to take. This fragmentation leaves a real business impact. Onboarding cycles slow because every vendor is subject to the same assessment steps. Analysts waste time reviewing low-risk vendors while high-risk issues surface too late. Monitoring becomes reactive, with teams drowning in alerts that don't clearly map to mitigation steps or outcomes. ProcessUnity Risk Index solves these challenges by delivering a single, dynamic source of truth for third-party cyber risk. Explainable view of third-party risk. ProcessUnity Risk Index delivers a 100-point, explainable risk score built from two complementary perspectives: * Inside-out intelligence, based on proprietary control intelligence across ten risk domains, including data protection, incident response, access control, and vulnerability management. * Outside-in intelligence, sourced from leading threat intelligence and perimeter scanning providers, including external vulnerability exposure, breach signals, and emerging threats. This blended methodology ensures a more accurate, trustworthy view of risk than either approach alone. ProcessUnity Risk Index allows teams to drill down from the overall score into domain-level performance and individual controls, making it clear why a score changed and what actions are needed to address risks. ProcessUnity Risk Index is powered by the Global Risk Exchange, a dynamic, community-driven network containing millions of attested control responses from tens of thousands of third parties. As vendors update their controls or new external signals emerge, ProcessUnity Risk Index refreshes automatically, ensuring that risk decisions are always based on current data. From static scores to a signal-to-action. ProcessUnity Risk Index delivers risk intelligence to support every key cybersecurity decision point in the third-party lifecycle. * During onboarding, ProcessUnity Risk Index enables teams to quickly validate vendors against their risk tolerance and automatically route them into the appropriate level of due diligence. Low-risk vendors can move through faster, while high-risk vendors receive deeper scrutiny from the start. * During due diligence, domain-level analysis and control-level insight guide analysts to request targeted evidence only where gaps exist, reducing questionnaire fatigue and cycle time while maintaining rigor. * For continuous monitoring, meaningful changes, such as drops in domain scores or new threat intelligence, automatically triggers alerts to review impacted controls. Issues, mitigation plans, and remediation tasks can be managed in the ProcessUnity TPRM Platform. Every signal is tied to ownership, deadlines, and tracked outcomes. This signal-to-action engine transforms monitoring from passive observation into proactive risk management, reducing noise and ensuring that no critical risk change goes unanswered. More about

ProcessUnity has launched ProcessUnity Risk Index, described as the first controls-driven risk rating specifically designed for third-party risk management. The system rates vendors on a 100-point scale by combining proprietary control intelligence with external threat and vulnerability data. The tool blends inside-out vendor-attested control data with outside-in threat intelligence to produce a single, dynamic risk score. It integrates vendor participation with advanced mapping to CWE ratings, threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks. The system is powered by the Global Risk Exchange network, containing millions of attested control responses from thousands of third parties. ProcessUnity Risk Index is included in the company's data capabilities suite and is immediately available to customers. The platform aims to accelerate vendor onboarding, enable right-sized due diligence and provide proactive continuous monitoring.