Geopolitical events no longer impact only global enterprises—they can disrupt organizations of every size through third-party, fourth-party, and extended supplier ecosystems. From regional conflicts and trade restrictions to sanctions, cyber threats, and supply chain disruptions, today's geopolitical landscape requires organizations to move beyond reactive monitoring toward proactive risk management.

This session explores how Third-Party Risk Management, Enterprise Risk, Procurement, Security, Business Continuity, and executive leadership can work together to identify, assess, and respond to geopolitical risks before they affect critical operations.

Attendees will gain practical approaches for integrating geopolitical intelligence into vendor oversight, concentration risk analysis, and operational resilience planning.

Key Takeaways

• Understand how geopolitical events create operational, financial, cyber, and supply chain risks through third-party relationships.

• Learn how to incorporate geopolitical risk into vendor due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and criticality assessments.

• Explore methods for identifying concentration risks across countries, regions, critical suppliers, and fourth parties.

• Discover how TPRM, ERM, Business Continuity, Security, and Procurement can coordinate response planning during geopolitical disruptions.

• Leave with practical strategies for improving organizational resilience without overreacting to every global event.