Getting Started with Bitsight Vendor Risk Management

Welcome to Bitsight Vendor Risk Management (VRM). The free access to this platform gives you an easy way to review shared security information from your vendor(s).

Vendor risk management helps organizations evaluate and monitor third-party cybersecurity risk, making it easier to strengthen trust, improve transparency, and keep business moving. This quick guide will show you how to get started.

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Get Started

1. Check your Inbox
   Look for an email from support@bitsighttech.com with the subject line "Welcome to Bitsight Technologies"
   
   
    
2. Register
   Click on the link in the welcome email.
   
   Paste your account's email into the email field and set a password for your account.
   
   
    
3. Login
   Access the Bitsight Platform with your new credentials.
   
   Learn how to add new users here.
   
   
    
4. Accept the Invite
   Under Vendors, you will see Incoming Shares with a numeric indicator of pending share invitations.
   
   • "Accept" may require completion of sender's click-wrap NDA. If so, a copy will be emailed to both parties and stored in Vendor Profile > Internal Documents.
     
   • "Reject" will require comments to be returned to the sender.
      
5. Access Vendor List
   Vendor Lists will show all pending and accepted share sending companies.
    
6. Assurance Documents
   Vendor Profile > Security Profile will show all security artifacts that were shared.
   
   
   And this is just the beginning. WIth full access activated in Bitsight VRM, you can build your third-party inventory through automated invitations, consolidate document collection in one dashboard and continuously assess vendor security hygiene. Onboard your vendors in hours, not days. Accelerate productivity, not risk.