Finance refers to the products and services that support the planning, management, analysis, and optimization of financial operations across enterprises and financial institutions. This category includes markets that support core accounting, financial planning, treasury, tax, audit, compliance, investment management, and digital banking—enabling organizations to maintain financial integrity and ensure regulatory compliance.
Gartner defines IT vendor risk management (IT VRM) as the discipline of addressing the residual risk that businesses and governments face when working with external service providers, IT vendors and related third parties. The scope typically addresses risks related to data protection, business continuity, security and other risk domains as relevant to laws, regulation and industry practices.