service provider
nounverified·updated Aug 28, 2026
A supplier (such as a service organization) engaged to provide services to the entity. Service providers include outsourced service providers as well as suppliers that provide services not associated with business functions, such as janitorial, legal, and audit services.
MWETSP Section 100
Senses
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017
A business that provides its customers with a service.
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
For purposes of the Information Security Standards, service provider means any person or entity that maintains, processes, or otherwise is permitted access to customer information or consumer information through its provision of services directly to a financial institution.
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 8 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Organization0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity
Regulated80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class
Pii75%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants
- plural
- service providers
- possessive
- service provider's
- pluralpossessive
- service providers'