Third-Party AI Vendor Risk Assessment
Know what you're buying into — beyond the vendor's trust centre.
A structured assessment of the security posture, data handling practices, and regulatory compliance of AI vendors your organisation is evaluating or already using — going beyond marketing claims to assess actual risk.
What you gain
Organisations are integrating AI vendor tools at pace — often without the same security rigour applied to traditional software procurement. AI vendors present a distinct risk profile: they typically receive organisational data as inputs, their data handling practices affect both privacy compliance and competitive confidentiality, and the AI-specific risks (model training on customer data, output data leakage, prompt injection through shared infrastructure) are not addressed by standard vendor security questionnaires. The trust centres and security documentation that AI vendors publish are rarely sufficient for regulated organisations or those handling sensitive data. CYVOXAI's Third-Party AI Vendor Risk Assessment applies a structured evaluation framework to AI vendors — assessing their technical security controls, data handling and retention practices, model training policies, sub-processor chain, regulatory compliance posture, and contractual data protection commitments. Whether you are evaluating a new AI vendor, conducting due diligence on an existing relationship, or building a repeatable process for AI vendor assessment across your procurement function, we provide the depth and structure that standard vendor questionnaires cannot deliver.
- Risk-rated assessment of each AI vendor's security posture and data handling practices
- Identification of contractual gaps in data processing agreements that require negotiation
- Model training policy analysis — understanding whether your data trains future models
- Repeatable vendor assessment framework your procurement team can apply to future AI vendor evaluations
How it works
A structured 4-step engagement designed to deliver clear, measurable outcomes — not just activity.
Vendor Scoping & Documentation Request
We identify the vendors in scope, define the assessment depth required for each based on data sensitivity and integration level, and issue structured documentation requests covering security, privacy, and AI-specific controls.
Security Posture Evaluation
Review of vendor security certifications (ISO 27001, SOC 2, etc.), penetration testing history, vulnerability disclosure programmes, incident history, and infrastructure security architecture where disclosed.
AI-Specific Risk Assessment
Assessment of AI-specific risks: model training data policies, inference-time data retention, data isolation in multi-tenant architectures, prompt injection mitigations, and output filtering — using CYVOXAI's AI vendor risk framework.
Contractual & Compliance Review
Review of Data Processing Agreements, Terms of Service, and sub-processor documentation — identifying gaps against UAE PDPL, GDPR, and sector-specific requirements, and providing negotiation guidance.
What you receive
Every engagement produces tangible outputs your organisation can use — not just a workshop and a verbal debrief.
- AI Vendor Risk Assessment Report — risk-rated findings per vendor with supporting evidence
- Contractual Gap Analysis — DPA and ToS gaps with specific negotiation recommendations
- AI-Specific Risk Register — model training, data handling, and infrastructure risks per vendor
- Vendor Risk Scorecard — executive-ready comparison across assessed vendors
- AI Vendor Assessment Template — reusable questionnaire and evaluation framework for future use
Ideal for
This engagement is specifically designed for the following types of organisations.
Procurement and IT teams evaluating AI vendor shortlists requiring independent security due diligence
Regulated organisations needing evidence of AI vendor security assessment for regulatory compliance
Security teams building repeatable AI vendor risk assessment processes for ongoing programme management
Related AI capabilities
Other AI security services that complement this engagement.
Ready to implement Third-Party AI Vendor Risk Assessment?
Start with a conversation — no commitment, no lengthy forms. Our AI security advisors will assess your current position and explain what this engagement would involve for your specific context.