Case Study: Encoded Therapeutics scales supply chain risk management and protects patient information with Black Kite

Encoded implements Black Kite to scale supply chain risk and protect patient information

Encoded Therapeutics, a developer of one-time, disease‑modifying gene therapies for pediatric CNS disorders, faced a critical supply‑chain security gap: as an early startup they had no third‑party risk strategy and lacked a way to tier and monitor vendors during onboarding. To scale vendor risk management and protect patient information, they selected the Black Kite platform as an automated, easy‑to‑use third‑party cyber risk monitoring solution.

Encoded implemented the Black Kite platform—leveraging OpenFAIR risk quantification and automated compliance correlation with Black Kite’s Unique Parser™—to gain a holistic view of vendor cyber posture, prioritized high‑risk partners, and drive vendor remediation. The Black Kite solution improved vendor conversations and decisioning, produced measurable outcomes (including saving the team roughly one month of work when vetting new partners), and enabled Encoded to make informed, risk‑based decisions about vendor relationships.

Encoded Therapeutics

Jay Sathe

Director of Information