Escalated prioritisation is assigned to suppliers and other third parties whose compromise or disruption could cause significant consequences (for example, single-source suppliers, suppliers with privileged access)
Context and Guidance: When establishing prioritisation criteria, the organisation should consider situations where reliance upon a third party could be a single point of failure or the disruption of a third-party service could have significant impact on service delivery. For example, if the organisation relies upon a single source for wide area network connectivity at a critical site, this would be a high-priority dependency because disruption of that supply would have the potential to cause significant organisational consequences.
Related Practices • Progression: This practice is part of a practice progression. Practice progressions are groups of related practices that represent increasingly complete or more advanced implementations of an activity. The practices in this progression include: THIRD-PARTIES-1a, THIRD-PARTIES-1b, THIRD-PARTIES-1c, THIRD-PARTIES-1d, THIRD-PARTIES-1e, THIRD-PARTIES-1f.