--- title: "Third-Party Risk Is an Intelligence Operation. It's Time We Treated It Like One." url: https://daily.dev/posts/third-party-risk-is-an-intelligence-operation-it-s-time-we-treated-it-like-one--flzego6sn source_url: https://www.recordedfuture.com/blog/recorded-future-sees-its-inclusion-in-the-2026-forrester-wave type: article source: "Recorded Future Blog" published: 2026-05-31T07:44:40.730Z updated: 2026-05-31T09:25:47.125Z tags: ["security"] reading_time: 7 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Third-Party Risk Is an Intelligence Operation. It's Time We Treated It Like One. **[Recorded Future Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/recorded-future-blog)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Recorded Future argues that traditional third-party risk management — relying on periodic security ratings and compliance questionnaires — is no longer adequate in today's threat landscape. The company, recognized in the 2026 Forrester Wave for Cybersecurity Risk Ratings Platforms, advocates treating vendor risk as a continuous intelligence operation. Their approach combines RiskRecon's hygiene ratings (covering 40+ criteria across 9 security domains) with Recorded Future's threat intelligence from 1M+ sources, enabling real-time alerts on ransomware extortion activity, dark web credential leaks, and active vulnerability exploitation. Customers reportedly see a 33% increase in third-party risk visibility and save 7 hours per week on manual research. The roadmap includes deeper platform integration, AI-driven workflow automation, and predictive risk intelligence. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Recorded Future Launches 6 New Capabilities for Third-Party Risk](https://daily.dev/posts/recorded-future-launches-6-new-capabilities-for-third-party-risk-azjvzbgbr) · Recorded Future Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Why third-party risk management is broken, according to CISOs and analysts](https://daily.dev/posts/why-third-party-risk-management-is-broken-according-to-cisos-and-analysts-pxq5hlbye) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop depending on heroics and start operationalizing third-party risk](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-depending-on-heroics-and-start-operationalizing-third-party-risk-0kssa92ot) · CSO Online · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/third-party-risk-is-an-intelligence-operation-it-s-time-we-treated-it-like-one--flzego6sn)