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title: "Vendor Assurance vs Vendor Management"
description: "Track the metrics that keep deals moving, customers confident, and vendors continuously assessed."
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# Vendor Assurance vs Vendor Management

## Outcomes

Track the metrics that keep deals moving, customers confident, and vendors continuously assessed.

### Title

Measure assurance where it matters

### Deal

Route access requests to the right evidence so buyers self-serve without delays.

#### Title

Minimize Trust-Blocked Deals

#### Metric

% of deals slowed or lost due to assurance friction

#### Card Title

Access requests

#### Live Label

Live

#### Deal Label

Deal size

#### Docs Label

Requested docs

#### Requests

##### Item 1

###### Email

ava@northline.io

###### Company

Northline Mobility

###### Deal Size

$420k ARR

###### Docs

5 docs

###### Time

2m ago

##### Item 2

###### Email

sam@peridot.ai

###### Company

Peridot AI

###### Deal Size

$180k ARR

###### Docs

3 docs

###### Time

9m ago

##### Item 3

###### Email

kira@brightpath.co

###### Company

Brightpath Health

###### Deal Size

$640k ARR

###### Docs

7 docs

###### Time

14m ago

### Churn

Keep customers confident with clear, on-time incident updates.

#### Title

Reduce Security-Driven Churn Risk

#### Metric

On-time managed incidents and updates

#### Card Title

Status updates

#### Card Subtitle

United Kingdom

#### Card Cta

Subscribe to updates

#### Incident Title

We are currently experiencing issues

#### Incident Summary

Important upgrades to the network

#### Incident Body

We are currently experiencing a disruption that is impacting our online services.

#### Incident Meta

Investigating - Ongoing 1 day - Affects Website and API

#### Channels

- Website
- App

#### Systems Title

System status

#### Systems Subtitle

Sep 2025 - Dec 2025

#### Systems

##### Mission-Critical App

###### Name

Mission-Critical App

###### Uptime

99.99% uptime

###### State

operational

##### Customer API

###### Name

Customer API

###### Uptime

99.98% uptime

###### State

monitoring

##### IoT Gateway

###### Name

IoT Gateway

###### Uptime

99.95% uptime

###### State

maintenance

### Coverage

Compare continuous coverage against point-in-time snapshots.

#### Title

Maximize Vendor Assurance Coverage

#### Metric

% of critical vendors continuously assessed vs point-in-time

#### Card Title

Vendor assurance coverage

#### Card Subtitle

Critical vendors monitored

#### Trend

+12% this quarter

#### Summary

78

#### Summary Label

Continuous coverage

#### Legend

##### Continuous

###### Label

Continuous

###### Value

78

###### State

continuous

##### Point-in-time

###### Label

Point-in-time

###### Value

22

###### State

point-in-time

#### Vendors

##### Cloud infrastructure

###### Name

Cloud infrastructure

###### Coverage

100

###### State

continuous

##### Data processors

###### Name

Data processors

###### Coverage

82

###### State

continuous

##### Payments

###### Name

Payments

###### Coverage

55

###### State

point-in-time

##### Customer support

###### Name

Customer support

###### Coverage

68

###### State

point-in-time

## How It Works

Orbiq does not need to replace your ISMS. It makes it visible, consumable, and actionable for everyone who needs external proof — especially under NIS2.

### Title

One continuous evidence layer for auditors, buyers, and your CISO.

### Steps

#### Connect your ISMS

*Step 1*

##### Title

Connect your ISMS

##### Body

Sync controls, policies, and vendor registers from the tools you already use so Orbiq mirrors your ISMS automatically.

#### Curate access levels

*Step 2*

##### Title

Curate access levels

##### Body

Define what's public, customer-only, or NDA-gated. Publish policies, evidence, and security bulletins without oversharing.

#### Share, don't send

*Step 3*

##### Title

Share, don't send

##### Body

Sales and procurement share a single link. Orbiq automates NDAs, watermarking, expirations, and analytics for every viewer.

#### Continuous vendor assurance

*Step 4*

##### Title

Continuous vendor assurance

##### Body

Publish incidents, security bulletins, and track supplier proofs continuously for NIS2 and DORA compliance.

## CTA

Discover how Orbiq can help you streamline compliance, accelerate growth, and build lasting trust.

- Get in touch

### Title

Ready To Manage Your Trust At Scale?