Thirty years ago, as a new business continuity coordinator, I discovered that preventing bad things from happening was not always possible. Not only was it not possible from a financial perspective, it wasn’t possible because there were vendors upon whom I depended. This was in an era where vendor management simply did not exist. Most of the vendors didn’t care about safety, security, or staying operational the way I did. It was deeply troubling, to the point where I was unable to accept the risks created by the vendors with which my company contracted. The C-suite was willing to assume…