Case Study

How a Marketing Agency Improved Vendor Risk with SubRosa

A UK-based global agency needed an end-to-end vendor risk management program that kept up with creative delivery. See how SubRosa operationalized assessments, remediation, and executive reporting.

Industry nuances of vendor due diligence for agencies and production partners
How SubRosa stood up intake workflows, scoring, and remediation sprints
Lessons learned for maintaining velocity while tightening third-party risk
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What's inside

This case study explores how SubRosa implemented and managed a vendor risk management program for a UK-based, global marketing agency.

The report covers the fundamentals of an effective vendor risk program plus the agency-specific nuances the client faced.

  • Our approach to cataloging hundreds of boutique vendors without slowing campaigns.
  • Playbooks for scoring, remediation, and executive-ready dashboards.
  • Communication rhythms that kept procurement, creative, and security aligned.

Why marketing teams trust SubRosa

We embed with creative, procurement, and legal teams to translate security controls into vendor expectations.

Tiered assessment frameworks tuned for agencies and production partners
Augmented staffing to run intake, analysis, and remediation standups
Executive briefings that tie risk posture to client deliverables