Your Vendor Ecosystem Is a Compliance Liability: A 2025 Assessment Framework for US Companies
The regulatory exposure created by third-party vendors is among the most underestimated risks in the current compliance environment. As 2025 brings intensified scrutiny from federal regulators and expanded liability frameworks, US companies that have not audited their contractor and vendor ecosystems face consequences that their own compliance programs were never designed to catch. This article outlines why the problem is accelerating—and delivers a practical assessment tool leaders can deploy i