AdvanPath

Delivery & Governance

Third-Party Governance

Make suppliers and subcontractors visible, assess them in proportion to risk, flow down relevant obligations, monitor performance, and plan replacement or exit.

Discuss the delivery requirement

Why it matters

Know which third parties support the service and how they are governed.

A managed service may depend on cloud platforms, communications, local field resources, specialist providers, data sources, or other suppliers. Buyers need to know which dependencies are material, what information or systems they can access, and how changes or failures are handled.

AdvanPath governance is based on relevance and criticality rather than treating every supplier the same. The engagement determines which third parties must be disclosed, assessed, approved, monitored, contractually bound, or included in continuity and incident processes.

Principles

What buyers should expect to see.

01

Maintain visibility into material dependencies

Record the supplier, service, role, location, access, information, systems, criticality, and client impact relevant to the engagement.

02

Scale review to risk

Assessment depth reflects the service performed, information handled, system access, location, continuity impact, regulatory context, and ability to replace the supplier.

03

Flow down relevant obligations

Contracts or operating requirements address confidentiality, information handling, security, privacy, service, continuity, incidents, audit support, and offboarding as applicable.

04

Govern change and exit

Material supplier changes, performance concerns, incidents, access removal, return or deletion, transition, and replacement follow an approved process.

Operating method

A third-party lifecycle from identification through exit.

  1. 01

    Identify

    Record suppliers and subcontractors supporting the service, including their role, access, location, data, systems, and dependencies.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Evaluate capability, qualifications, conduct, security, privacy, continuity, financial or operational dependency, and jurisdictional requirements in proportion to risk.

  3. 03

    Contract

    Establish applicable flow-down obligations, permitted use, service expectations, incident reporting, oversight, and exit requirements.

  4. 04

    Monitor

    Review performance, access, incidents, changes, certifications where relevant, continuity, remediation, and material client concerns.

  5. 05

    Change or exit

    Manage notification, approval where required, transition, access removal, information return or deletion, and continuity when a supplier changes or leaves.

Evidence

Records that support supplier oversight

  • 01Supplier and subcontractor register
  • 02Role, location, access, information, and criticality record
  • 03Risk assessment and approval evidence
  • 04Relevant contractual or policy flow-down record
  • 05Performance, incident, change, and remediation history
  • 06Offboarding, access-removal, return, deletion, and transition confirmation

Responsibilities

Separate provider oversight, client approval rights, and supplier obligations.

AdvanPath responsibility

Identify and oversee third parties engaged by AdvanPath, apply relevant requirements, monitor material issues, and complete notification or approval steps defined in the engagement.

Client responsibility

Define supplier restrictions and approval rights, evaluate client-selected providers, maintain authority for regulated or enterprise risk decisions, and complete retained due diligence.

Dependencies

Cloud platforms, data sources, local providers, communications, client-selected vendors, regulators, and public infrastructure may create dependencies outside one party's direct control.

Related services

Services where third-party dependencies may be material

Common questions

Does AdvanPath use subcontractors or suppliers?

AdvanPath may use suppliers or subcontractors where appropriate to the service. The specific role, disclosure, approval, access, location, and oversight requirements are established for the engagement.

Can a client review a material subcontractor?

Review and audit rights depend on the contract, supplier relationship, confidentiality, available evidence, and applicable law. The engagement should define what information or assurance will be provided.

What happens if a supplier changes during the engagement?

Material changes follow the notification, approval, transition, continuity, access, information, and offboarding requirements agreed for the service.

Related insights

Guidance for governance and information protection

Define third-party visibility before the service depends on it.

Share the supplier disclosure, approval, audit, location, security, continuity, incident, and exit requirements your policy expects.

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