Vendor intake
Collect vendor details, classify the service, and route the right questionnaire path.
Security and third-party risk
Cybersecurity & TPRM
Make vendor intake, security reviews, and evidence collection more systematic without pretending the risk went away.
Structured risk review with evidence and escalation
Agents help security and procurement teams gather the facts, but humans still decide risk acceptance, remediation, and vendor go-live.
Operating layers
Govern · Prepare · Build · Validate · Scale
Decision rights
Human-owned, evidence-backed.
Concrete workflow example
Vendor questionnaire and evidence mapping
Faster vendor reviews with evidence gaps and risk decisions visible before sign-off.
Inputs
- • vendor intake
- • questionnaire
- • policy library
- • SOC/ISO evidence
- • prior assessments
- • contract/procurement data
Agent tasks
- • classify vendor/service
- • pre-fill known answers
- • map evidence to controls
- • flag gaps/expirations
- • draft review packet
Evidence output
- • evidence map
- • questionnaire provenance
- • exception log
- • approval history
Where agents fit
Useful work, not magical work.
These are the places where a governed agent saves time without taking over the decision.
Questionnaire prep
Pre-fill known answers from approved evidence and prior reviews.
Evidence mapping
Connect policies, certifications, and control statements to the question set.
Risk escalation
Highlight gaps, expirations, and high-risk findings for human decision.
Use cases
What the team can actually do.
Pre-populate vendor security questionnaires from trusted evidence.
Map policies and controls to third-party risk requirements.
Flag missing documents, expired attestations, and weak answers.
Prepare procurement and security review packets for sign-off.
Track remediation actions and follow-up due dates across vendors.
Human decision points
Humans own the regulated decisions.
risk acceptance
remediation requirement
vendor go-live
access approval
What agents cannot do
No hidden authority.
approve vendors
change access rights
accept risk
mark remediation complete
Controls and governance
The brakes are part of the design.
If the workflow touches regulated records or operational decisions, the controls need to be visible, testable, and boring.
Risk acceptance and approval stay with security, legal, and business owners.
Agents do not change vendor status or access rights by themselves.
Evidence sources are restricted to approved repositories and records.
Questionnaire outputs include provenance and a review log.
Human team role
Domain specialists stay accountable.
Cybersecurity, privacy, legal, and procurement own vendor decisions, control exceptions, and go-live readiness.
Common systems
TPRM toolsquestionnairespolicy librariessecurity evidence storesprocurement workflows
Next step
Pick the first workflow worth doing properly.
Start with one bounded use case, prove the controls, and then decide whether the pattern deserves to spread.
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