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

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Podcast: [The ITSPmagazine Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-itspmagazine-podcast-938250)
Published: 2026-05-11T15:15:40+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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