Vendor and Third-Party Risk Management Policy

Version: 1.6.0 Effective Date: 2025-01-01 Next Review: 2026-01-01 Approved By: Chief Compliance Officer ---

1. Purpose and Scope

Defines requirements for assessing, onboarding, monitoring, and offboarding third-party vendors who process or access Mesta data. Includes due diligence, contractual requirements, ongoing reviews, and vendor security assessments. This policy applies to all Mesta Technologies Inc. employees, contractors, vendors, and systems that process, store, or transmit company or customer data.

2. Roles and Responsibilities

Policy Owner: Chief Compliance Officer

Policy Author: Compliance Team

Enforcement: All managers and team leads

Compliance: All personnel with access to relevant systems

3. Policy Statements

[Detailed policy requirements would be listed here in the full document]

3.1 General Requirements

This section outlines the fundamental requirements that all stakeholders must follow.

3.2 Specific Controls

This section details specific technical and administrative controls implementing this policy.

3.3 Exceptions

Policy exceptions require written approval from Chief Compliance Officer and must be reviewed quarterly.

4. Enforcement

Violations of this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment or contract, and may result in legal action.

5. Related Documents

This policy supports the following security controls:

vendor-management-program-established

vendor-security-reviews-conducted

third-party-risk-register

data-processing-agreements-signed

6. Revision History

| Version | Date | Author | Changes | |---------|------|--------|---------| | 1.6.0 | 2024-12-10 | Compliance Team | Current version | --- *This document is confidential and proprietary to Mesta Technologies Inc.*