The TPRM Efficiency Index.
Research across 93 enterprises, 607,803 evidence items and 630,563 hours of TPRM work.
Find the gaps before pressure exposes them
Vendor risk teams spend thousands of hours collecting evidence, reviewing vendor documents, mapping controls and coordinating follow-up. As vendor populations grow, this repeated work creates backlogs, slows onboarding and leaves specialists with less time to examine material risks.
The TPRM Efficiency Index examines 36,856 vendor assessments across 93 enterprises, covering 607,803 evidence items and 630,563 hours of TPRM work. It quantifies the hidden workload in vendor assessment and evidence review, showing how AI-assisted workflows can release capacity for higher-value risk work.
In this report you'll learn how to:
- Understand the hidden workload behind vendor assessments and evidence review
- Compare conventional and AI-assisted workflows by workload and volume
- See the distinct 66% reductions in total TPRM work and evidence-review time
- Estimate potential capacity and cost gains based on your assessment volume
- Identify how reclaimed time cuts backlogs, expands coverage and deepens analysis
- See how Protecht and VISO TRUST connect assurance, decisions and reporting
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This report examines 36,856 vendor assessments across 93 enterprises, 607,803 evidence items and 630,563 hours of TPRM work, helping you identify the workload behind conventional vendor assessment and evidence review.
“There’s no way to sustain it long term as a manual questionnaire and process. Think about the entire process, that could be a five, six, seven-week process.” – Jeff Deakins, CISO, James Hardie
The numbers tell a compelling story:
630,563
estimated TPRM work hours saved across the research dataset.
$847,500 USD
in estimated cost saved per enterprise, on average.
6,780
hours saved per enterprise and 17.1 hours saved per assessment, on average.
66%
reduction in total TPRM work and 66% reduction in evidence-review time.
Source: The TPRM Efficiency Index.
Estimated figures based on 36,856 assessments across 93 enterprises, 607,803 evidence items and a stated rate of US$125 an hour. These are not audited financial results.
KEY AUDIENCES
Who should read this?
| Audience | What you will learn |
|---|---|
| Third-party and vendor risk managers | See how much of your team’s time goes on collecting and reviewing evidence, and where AI-assisted workflows can clear the backlog. |
| CISOs and security leaders | Free specialists from first-pass document review so they can focus on the vendors and gaps that matter most. |
| CROs and heads of risk | Understand how assessment capacity limits vendor coverage, and how released time extends oversight across the portfolio. |
| Procurement and vendor management leaders | Shorten onboarding by applying the right depth of due diligence to each vendor, without lowering the bar. |
| Compliance and audit leaders | Build a consistent, evidence-based record of vendor oversight that stands up to regulators and auditors. |
| Executives building a business case | Use the hours and cost estimates to size the efficiency gain for your own assessment volume. |
How Protecht helps
Act faster and make better decisions.
Move faster on vendor risk with VISO TRUST’s AI-powered vendor assurance and Protecht’s connected risk management platform:
- AI-assisted evidence collection and review reduce repeated work and help specialists focus on gaps, context and decisions
- Risk-based intake and tiering apply the right level of due diligence to each vendor
- Connected approvals, findings and actions maintain clear ownership from assessment to remediation
- Monitoring and reassessment help teams keep vendor oversight current
- Connected enterprise risk context links vendors with relevant risks, controls, cyber, compliance, incidents and resilience
