Investment Return of Autonomous Third-Party Risk Management from SAFE

An independent overview and commentary on the investment return associated with use of SAFE for autonomous third-party risk management (TPRM).

Learn why a 300% ROI in a payback period of less than six months is expected by using SAFE to drive autonomous support for TPRM using AI agents.

Investment Return of Autonomous Third-Party Risk Management from SAFE

Traditional TPRM methods are slow, manual, and fragmented, leaving organizations exposed to hidden vulnerabilities and costly breaches. SAFE addresses these challenges with an AI-driven, agentic approach that continuously discovers, monitors, and mitigates third-party and fourth-party risks.

This report is intended for CISOs and enterprise security leaders responsible for mitigating risks across vendors, suppliers, and partners.

Key Findings:

Rapid ROI: Enterprises that adopt SAFE can expect a 300% ROI in less than six months and sustained returns in the millions through cost savings, improved resilience, and stronger regulatory compliance.
Efficiency Gains: SAFE automates manual tasks like contract review, onboarding monitoring, and evidence collection.
Faster Vendor Engagement: Onboarding cycles that once took weeks can be reduced to minutes.
Reduced Risk Exposure: Continuous monitoring of vendors and fourth parties enables proactive detection of high-risk relationships.

Tool Consolidation: SAFE replaces fragmented TPRM tools with an integrated, AI-driven platform.

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TAG concludes that SAFE not only reduces cost and complexity in TPRM, but also transforms it into a proactive, scalable, and business-aligned capability. For CISOs, SAFE represents a strategic shift from reactive compliance to measurable, ROI-driven risk optimization.