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Pharma companies misclassify third-party risks, executive says

A cyber and digital risk executive argues that pharmaceutical companies often misclassify third-party risk events. Instead of logging incidents under the function that absorbed the impact, such as cyber or regulatory, the root cause should be identified as a vendor governance failure. This reclassification would provide boards with a clearer understanding of underlying patterns across multiple incidents, rather than a fragmented view of unrelated risks. AI

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Pharma companies misclassify third-party risks, executive says

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  1. Forbes — Innovation TIER_1 English(EN) · Maman Ibrahim, Forbes Councils Member ·

    Why Pharma Risk Registers Misclassify Their Biggest Third-Party Exposures

    A vendor-driven pharmaceutical event should be classified by where governance failed, not by which function experiences the most visible impact.