APPROACHES TO CREATING, MANAGING, AND APPLYING A FEDERATED DATABASE TO ESTABLISH RISK POSED BY THIRD PARTIES

摘要

Introduced here are computer programs and computer-implemented techniques for generating and then managing a federated database that can be used to ascertain the risk in interacting with vendors. At a high level, the federated database allows knowledge regarding the reputation of vendors to be shared amongst different enterprises with which those vendors may interact. A threat detection platform may utilize the federated database when determining how to handle incoming emails from vendors.