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Ever feel like your supplier universe is expanding faster than one can say “Don’t Panic”? 🚀🧻 In the latest episode of Hitchhiker's Guide to the GRC Technology Galaxy Podcast, Michael Rasmussen — field researcher and galactic GRC hitchhiker — takes the improbability drive to London to sit down with Ross Garrigan from apexanalytix for an interstellar exploration of the galaxy of third-party, supplier, and extended enterprise risk. Instead of beginning with yet another risk score, apexanalytix takes a refreshingly different orbit: 👉 Starting with supplier governance, not just risk 👉 Building a golden record of supplier data instead of juggling spreadsheets 👉 Creating a single hub where cyber, fraud, sanctions, ESG, AP risk, and more converge In this episode, Michael and Ross unpack: 🛰️ Why understanding who suppliers are is the true foundation of third-party risk 📊 How to fight back against survey & questionnaire fatigue without Vogon-level cruelty 🧠 Where AI actually matters in supplier onboarding, monitoring, and incident response 🕳️ Why offboarding remains a black hole of unmanaged exposure — and how apexanalytix closes the loop For anyone whose third-party ecosystem feels like an improbability field of disconnected data, duplicate vendors, and runaway spreadsheets, this conversation offers clarity, structure, and a few laughs along the way. 🎙️ Read the episode notes below and listen to this engaging conversation . . . With towel in hand and Babel Fish firmly in ear, Michael charts yet another corner of the GRC universe — and asks whether apexanalytix may be one of the better contenders for “42” in the quest for third-party risk answers.