A large U.S. agricultural lending cooperative with over 1,000 employees and more than 100,000 customers needed to strengthen cybersecurity and meet Farm Credit Administration guidance aligned to FFIEC expectations, especially for third-party vendor risk, board oversight, and continuous threat awareness. Its earlier approach relied on vendor questionnaires that consumed engineer time, only reflected a single moment, and could be incomplete due to vendor bias. By adopting SecurityScorecard, the cooperative moved to continuous vendor monitoring, faster onboarding approvals, and clearer, ongoing reporting for internal governance and regulators. The platform also supports remediation workflows, monitoring of its own attack surface, and alert-driven policies when vendor scores drop.

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