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The Vendor You Cannot Name | Lens Four by Sean Martin | Read by TAPE9

Podcast: The ITSPmagazine Podcast
Published: May 11, 2026
Duration seconds: 744
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Two U.S. banks disclosed a breach at the same unnamed third-party vendor in April 2026, with six class action lawsuits in two weeks. A regulatory clock about to start at suspicion, an NYDFS letter telling covered entities exactly what to do, and an insurance underwriter asking the same questions — Lens Four works through what the disclosure language is leaving out and what carries a CISO through the moment a vendor they cannot control fails on their watch.