Third-party risk is the most underinvested security problem in state and local government. We intend to fix that.
State and local governments manage billions of dollars in vendor contracts across hundreds of relationships — payroll providers, cloud platforms, IT service firms, data processors. Every one of them is a potential entry point for a breach.
The tools to manage that risk exist for Fortune 500 companies. They are expensive, complex, and designed for large enterprise security teams. Government agencies — often stretched thin on budget and staff — get nothing that fits their reality.
Corvenium exists to close that gap. We build purpose-built, affordable TPRM tools that work the way government agencies actually work — without requiring a full-time security analyst or a six-figure implementation budget.
Clarity over complexity. Risk management doesn't need to be confusing. If a procurement officer can't use it, it doesn't work.
Transparency in everything. Pricing, security architecture, compliance alignment — no black boxes.
Built for operators, not analysts. Government teams manage dozens of priorities. Birtu has to work without a security expert in the room.
Compliance as a byproduct, not a project. Using Birtu daily should produce audit evidence automatically — not require a separate documentation sprint.
The word birtu comes from Aramaic — one of the world's oldest written languages. It means fortress.
We chose it deliberately. Not because it sounds technical or modern, but because it describes exactly what we are building: a fortress around your vendor relationships. A structure that keeps risk visible, contained, and managed — so that no single third-party failure becomes your agency's breach headline.
Every agency we work with gets that fortress. Not a compliance checkbox. Not a spreadsheet with a new colour scheme. A real, operational system built to hold.
"Birtu. Derived from the Aramaic word for fortress. That is what we build around your vendor relationships."
— Corvenium
We did not pick government because it was easy. We picked it because the gap is real, the pain is serious, and no one has built the right tool for this buyer.
State agencies were targeted in over 60% of ransomware attacks on US government entities in 2024. The majority of those attacks entered through a third-party vendor. The threat is documented. The tooling to address it is not.
NIST 800-53, CMMC, StateRAMP, and state-level cybersecurity executive orders all require documented vendor risk management. Agencies without a system are non-compliant. They know it. They need a solution.
Enterprise TPRM platforms — Archer, ProcessUnity, Prevalent — are built for Fortune 500 security teams. Six-figure contracts. Six-month implementations. State agencies with small IT teams cannot operate at that level. We built for their reality.
If you manage vendor relationships at a state or local government agency, we want to work with you directly. Your feedback shapes the product.