An independent review confirms substantial cost savings from our TPRM solution
By Resha Chheda
For years, CISOs have invested millions in third-party risk management, yet few can answer a simple question: is it actually working?
Most programs still rely on manual assessments, endless questionnaires, and quarterly audits that are outdated the moment they’re completed. The result is predictable: blind spots, lagging visibility, and rising costs.
TAG Infosphere’s new report, Investment Return of Autonomous Third-Party Risk Management from SAFE, finally quantifies that inefficiency. And the findings are hard to ignore.
TAG evaluated the financial and operational impact of SAFE’s autonomous TPRM platform, powered by agentic AI that runs continuous discovery, assessment, and monitoring without human drag. What they found reframes how enterprises should think about the economics of vendor risk.
The Cost of Standing Still
Traditional TPRM programs are caught in a paradox. The more vendors an enterprise adds, the slower and more expensive it becomes to manage them. Yet slowing down procurement or onboarding is equally costly to business growth.
This is where autonomy changes the equation. SAFE’s model uses over 25 specialized AI agents that go far beyond simple scoring. They read contracts, flag compliance gaps, pull breach data from public filings, map fourth-party connections, and even recommend remediation actions.
Instead of waiting for analysts to chase vendors or update spreadsheets, SAFE’s agents work continuously, learning and adapting as they go.
The result is a supply chain that no longer reacts to risk but predicts it.
ROI in Real Terms
SAFE’s AI agents automate workflows, streamlining vendor onboarding
TAG modeled SAFE’s ROI across different enterprise types and found consistent, measurable gains.
Personnel Efficiency: SAFE reduces analyst workloads by up to 12 hours per vendor. Across thousands of vendors, that translates into major cost savings.
Tool Consolidation: By replacing scattered rating systems, scanning platforms, and questionnaire tools, SAFE simplifies the stack and cuts annual software spend.
Risk Reduction: Continuous monitoring prevents the hidden financial and reputational costs of third-party breaches before they escalate.
Business Acceleration: Every week saved in onboarding is a week faster to revenue. Autonomy delivers both safety and speed.
When Your TPRM Solution Starts Paying You Back
TAG’s analysis showed that enterprises using SAFE TPRM can expect:
- 300% recurring ROI with a payback period under six months
- $480,000 in annual savings from reduced tools and labor costs
- $1.2 million saved each year by automating vendor reviews and assessments
- Weeks of onboarding time reduced to hours
- Millions more in avoided losses through early detection of high-risk and fourth-party exposures
That is not incremental efficiency. It is a complete rewrite of the TPRM cost model, shifting it from a compliance burden to a measurable return driver.
Vendor risk management on the SAFE TPRM platform
The Bigger Picture
The most important takeaway from TAG’s research is not just the ROI. It is what that ROI represents.
Autonomous TPRM is not about replacing humans. It is about removing friction. It gives security teams back their time to focus on decisions, strategy, and outcomes instead of repetitive tasks.
SAFE’s approach mirrors the larger evolution in cybersecurity: a move from manual oversight to agentic orchestration, from static compliance to continuous intelligence.
As TAG put it, SAFE is not only reducing costs. It is helping enterprises build lasting resilience.
The Takeaway
Third-party risk is no longer a compliance checkbox. It is a strategic function that, if managed autonomously, can deliver real financial and operational value.
SAFE TPRM proves that autonomy and accountability work best when they work together. It is not about doing more TPRM. It is about doing it smarter, faster, and with measurable business impact.
Because today, the real risk is not the vendor you do not trust.
It is the manual process you still do.
Download the Report: Investment Return of Autonomous Third-Party Risk Management from SAFE,
Learn more about how SAFE TPRM helps enterprises turn vendor risk into measurable ROI.
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