Seven Reasons to Perform a Risk Assessment:

1. Meets regulatory requirement for a third party risk assessment
   
   
2. Identifies potential risks that can impact your organization's bottom line and reputation
   
   
3. Provides a level of protection against loss of financial assets and customer information
   
   
4. Provides third party validation of network and organization security actions
   
   
5. Ensures consistent implementation and adherence to security policies and procedures
   
   
6. Provides security solutions to mitigate risk
   
   
7. Demonstrates due diligence by taking steps to identify and correct vulnerabilities