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Third-Party Risk Management

Replace spreadsheets, scan blindness, and email follow-up with one structured vendor risk operating model.

Vendor Risk Hub combines buyer-side structured assessments, continuous security monitoring, and reassessment workflows in one system. Track vendor posture with real security signals — not just questionnaire answers. Manage the full lifecycle from discovery through reassessment.

What this replaces

01Spreadsheet vendor trackers
02Email-driven questionnaire follow-up
03One-off DDQ responses that expire in a drawer
04Manual reassessment chasing
05Vendor risk blind spots between assessments
Proof points
Structured and versioned
Assessment model
NIS 2, DORA, ISO 27001
Regulatory frameworks
Connected security signals
Posture context
Enterprise security teams
Built for

How the workflow runs

The value comes from turning what is normally fragmented into one connected buyer-side operating flow for third-party risk teams.

01

Register the company

Start with a tracked vendor record or a new off-platform responder.

02

Choose the diligence path

Request shared assurance materials, send a questionnaire, or combine both depending on the relationship.

03

Collect structured responses

Use standard or custom templates, versioned at send time, with a dedicated response workspace.

04

Review what has already been shared

Use trust materials, prior responses, and existing assurance artifacts before asking the vendor to repeat work.

05

Monitor posture continuously

Track security rating changes, new exposures, and external signals between formal assessments.

06

Review evidence and coverage

Cross-reference questionnaire responses against external security signals and trust materials.

07

Track lifecycle and revalidation

Keep assessment state, reassessment triggers, and vendor lifecycle visible instead of buried in inbox threads.

Full module capabilities

The vendor record, the assessment flow, and the security signal should live in one place.

This is a buyer-side third-party risk operating model spanning discovery, continuous security monitoring, structured assessment, and full lifecycle management.

01

Vendor system of record

Vendor inventory
Criticality and ownership
Relationship state
Reassessment history
Vendor Portfolio
12 assessed 1 high-risk
B
Acme Cloud ServicesCritical
74
C
DataFlow AnalyticsHigh
58
A
SecureAuth ProCritical
91
02

Assessment operations

Standard templates
Custom questionnaires
Guest responder workspaces
Assessment version binding
Assessment workflow
Created
Sent
In progress
Reviewed
Revalidation
03

Assurance intake and review

Trust requests
Selective inbound sharing
Assessment-linked evidence review
Review traceability
04

Continuous security monitoring

Vendor security ratings (A-F)
External attack surface signals
Real-time monitoring events
Concentration risk analysis

Questionnaire model

Questionnaires are where most third-party programmes become repetitive. This product is built to make that work reusable without losing control.

01

Standard and custom templates

Run industry-standard questionnaires as the baseline, then duplicate and tailor them for your own programme without breaking version history.

Platform templates remain immutable
Company templates branch from approved versions
Assessments bind to the exact template version sent
02

Review once, preserve context

Keep structured response history, evidence references, and review notes attached to the assessment so buyer-side diligence improves over time instead of restarting from scratch.

Versioned response history
Evidence-linked review trail
Assessment-to-reassessment continuity

Built for regulatory compliance

Pre-built assessment templates aligned with the regulatory frameworks buyers actually need, not generic checklists.

01

NIS 2 Supply Chain Security

Article 21 aligned template covering supply chain governance, incident reporting obligations, and coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

02

DORA ICT Third-Party Risk

Articles 28-30 aligned template for financial entities covering ICT service provider oversight, subcontracting transparency, and exit strategy provisions.

03

ISO 27001 Supplier Security

Annex A controls A.5.19 through A.5.22 covering supplier relationships, agreements, ICT supply chain management, and service delivery monitoring.

04

SIG Questionnaire Baseline

Industry-standard SIG-aligned template as the platform baseline, with duplicate-to-customize workflow for company-specific extensions.

Security monitoring closes the blind spot

Questionnaires tell you what vendors claim. Security monitoring tells you what is actually happening between assessments.

01

Vendor security ratings

Every vendor gets a composite security grade (A through F) blending external attack surface signals, vulnerability data, cloud posture, and compliance status.

Letter-grade ratings updated continuously
Domain-level score breakdown
Trend tracking and historical comparison
02

Continuous monitoring events

Get alerted when a vendor's posture changes — new exposures, certificate issues, credential leaks, or breach detections — without waiting for the next scheduled assessment.

Real-time event feed per vendor
Severity-based prioritization
Acknowledge and track resolution

What makes it better than email and spreadsheets

01

Vendor state stays visible

Ownership, criticality, latest activity, guest responder state, and shared trust signals live in one place instead of multiple trackers.

02

Buyer and responder workflows meet cleanly

Trust sharing and assessments stay connected. Buyers can start from approved materials vendors have already shared instead of restarting the conversation in another tool.

03

Reassessment becomes operational

Versioned questionnaires and shared-response history make it practical to revalidate instead of rerunning the entire process manually.

04

It supports service-led delivery too

The operating model is compatible with managed follow-up, assessment coordination, and optional trust review support when teams want operational relief.

05

Dual-source risk intelligence

Cross-validate what vendors tell you in questionnaires against what external security monitoring actually shows. One-sided diligence is not diligence.

06

Regulatory-ready from day one

Pre-built NIS 2, DORA, and ISO 27001 assessment templates mean you start with the regulatory structure you need instead of building custom questionnaires from scratch.

Built for buyer-side third-party risk teams

Designed for real operating roles, not generic personas.

Buyers and third-party risk teams

Track suppliers, send assessments, review shared materials, and schedule reassessments without losing control of ownership or status.

Procurement and business owners

See which vendors are waiting, which reviews are overdue, and which suppliers have already shared enough posture to move faster.

Security and assurance reviewers

Cross-check supplier claims against continuous security monitoring and keep evidence review tied to vendor criticality and business context.

Platform fit

See how Third-Party Risk Management fits inside the wider platform.

The product stands on its own, but it becomes more valuable when it connects to governance, trust, audit readiness, and operational security in the same system.