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Reco and Black Kite Partner to Close the Third-Party SaaS Security Gap

Andrea Bailiff-Gush
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Leading Dynamic SaaS Security Platform Joins Forces with Premier Third-Party Risk Intelligence Provider to Deliver Inside-Out and Outside-In Risk Assessment for Comprehensive SaaS Security Posture 

Miami, FL – August 19, 2025Reco, the pioneer in dynamic SaaS security, today announced a strategic partnership with Black Kite, the leader in third-party cyber risk intelligence. This collaboration addresses a critical blind spot in enterprise security: enterprise and vendor risks associated with SaaS applications. 

This partnership integrates the strengths of both companies to offer customers a holistic view of their SaaS security posture: 

  • Reco provides an inside-out review, assessing risks within an organization’s SaaS ecosystem
  • Black Kite offers an outside-in perspective, evaluating the risk profile of SaaS vendors

As organizations manage an average of 500+ SaaS applications with complex third-party integrations, traditional security approaches fall short. The partnership combines Reco's industry-leading dynamic SaaS security and AI governance platform with Black Kite's comprehensive third-party risk intelligence to provide organizations with complete visibility and protection across their entire SaaS ecosystem.

Dynamic Protection Meets Risk Intelligence

"SaaS sprawl isn't just about the apps your employees use directly, it's about the web of third-party connections, integrations, and dependencies that create exponential risk," said Ofer Klein, CEO of Reco. "A security incident at any vendor in your supply chain can cascade through your entire SaaS ecosystem. Traditional static security can't keep up with this dynamic threat landscape. That's the gap we're closing together with Black Kite's unmatched third-party intelligence."

Key benefits of this collaboration include:

  • Enhanced visibility: Reco now integrates Black Kite’s cyber ratings for each discovered SaaS app vendor, offering a 360-degree risk assessment within its platform
  • Comprehensive risk management - Customers can leverage both solutions to continuously monitor and manage risks posed by their SaaS applications 
  • Expanded reach: Both companies will feature in each other's marketplaces, increasing accessibility for customers

Immediate Business Impact

Early customer deployments show significant results:

  • Faster third-party SaaS risk identification
  • A reduction in supply chain security incidents
  • An improvement in vendor security posture visibility
  • Complete coverage of SaaS-to-SaaS connection risks

"Organizations today face an impossible choice: embrace SaaS agility or maintain security control," said Paul Paget, CEO of Black Kite. "This partnership eliminates that trade-off by providing dynamic security and AI governance that moves as fast as your business while maintaining comprehensive third-party risk intelligence. Together, we're not just monitoring the supply chain, we're making it resilient."

"What excites me most about this partnership is how we're solving the unsolvable," added Ofer Klein, CEO of Reco. "Enterprises told us they needed to secure not just their own SaaS stack, but their vendors' SaaS stacks too. By combining our dynamic SaaS security with Black Kite's deep third-party intelligence, we're giving security teams superpowers they never thought possible. This is security that thinks, adapts, and evolves, just like the threats we're fighting."

Transforming Third-Party SaaS Governance

The combined solution addresses critical use cases:

  • Shadow AI Discovery: Automatically identify unauthorized third-party tools and AI agents across the supply chain
  • Vendor Risk Scoring: Apply Black Kite's industry-leading cyber ratings to every SaaS connection
  • Supply Chain Incident Response: Rapid identification and containment of threats propagating through vendor networks
  • Compliance Automation: Streamlined third-party assessments across 20+ frameworks including NIST, CIS, and HIPAA

Availability and Next Steps

The Reco and Black Kite integration is available to existing customers of both platforms, with joint prospects able to deploy the combined solution in just a few days. 

Organizations interested in comprehensive SaaS supply chain security can schedule a joint demo to see their Ransomware Susceptibility Index (RSI) and Data Breach Index (DBI) score as well as what SaaS applications are missing. 

The integrated features resulting from this partnership are available to customers to utilize today. For more information about how this collaboration can benefit your organization, please visit Reco on the Black Kite marketplace.

About Reco

Reco is the leader in Dynamic SaaS Security, the only approach that eliminates the SaaS Security Gap. The platform secures SaaS at every stage of its lifecycle through app discovery, posture management, identity and AI governance, and threat detection. Powered by the proprietary SaaS App Factory™ and Knowledge Graph, Reco supports 200+ applications and protects over 2 million users worldwide across some of the most trusted brands in the Fortune 100 and S&P 500. Learn more at reco.ai.

About Black Kite

Black Kite gives organizations a comprehensive, real-time view into cyber ecosystem risk so they can make informed risk decisions and improve business resilience. The company's standards-based platform analyzes third-party cyber risk across technical, financial, and compliance dimensions, serving 3,000+ customers globally. Black Kite maintains the industry's largest continuously updated database of cyber intelligence with 34+ million companies monitored. Learn more at blackkite.com.

Media Contacts

Reco
Andrea Bailiff-Gush

Head of Marketing

andrea@reco.ai

Black Kite
Michelle Kearney

Hi-Touch PR

kearney@hi-touchpr.com 

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Andrea Bailiff-Gush

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrea is the Head of Marketing of Reco, responsible for driving demand and growth in SaaS security. Andrea is a cyber security veteran, having supported various security companies across various growth milestones, from Seed round to acquisition. She is passionate about growing businesses and teams to drive profitable outcomes and better well being for CISOs and security practitioners.

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Andrea Bailiff-Gush

Andrea is the Head of Marketing of Reco, responsible for driving demand and growth in SaaS security. Andrea is a cyber security veteran, having supported various security companies across various growth milestones, from Seed round to acquisition. She is passionate about growing businesses and teams to drive profitable outcomes and better well being for CISOs and security practitioners.

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