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Vendor Risk Management

Less chasing.Smarter vendor reviews.

Make vendor decisions with the right information in front of you. Controllo brings vendor details, certifications, and questionnaire responses into one workspace, helping your team assess risk consistently and understand where closer review is needed.

VendorsVendor portfolio
Overall vendor riskModerate40%
Vendor APayroll processing partnerActive
Overall riskModerate40%
LikelihoodImpact
Vendor BInfrastructure provider
Overall riskVery low0%
Mexico
Vendor CCustomer support provider
Overall riskHigh80%
India
Fictional vendor portfolio showing active vendor records, an overall moderate vendor risk of 40 percent, and vendor-level likelihood and impact context.

Fromvendorinformationtoinformeddecisions.

Give every vendor review a clear starting point. Controllo brings together the information you collect and the assessments you make, so your team can focus on understanding risk, not gathering scattered records.

Add vendors

Vendor profiles and certifications

Add vendors and maintain their business details, certifications, and supporting information. Give your team one place to understand each vendor and review the information behind the relationship.

Vendor record

Payroll processing partner

Profile current
Vendor APayroll processing partnerActive
Overall riskModerate40%
LikelihoodImpact
security@vendora.exampleGermanyvendora.example

Supporting record

CertificationISO/IEC 27001On file
Supporting informationAvailable for the selected review.
Send questionnaires

Direct vendor questionnaires

Send questionnaires directly to vendors from Controllo. Keep the review scope, vendor contact, and requested information visible from the start.

Questionnaire

Security and resilience review

Sent to vendor
RecipientVendor security contact
Security governanceSection 1
Access controlSection 2
Business continuitySection 3
Privacy and dataSection 4

Review scope

The questionnaire stays tied to the selected vendor record.

Vendor statusIn reviewResponse stateAwaiting response
Review responses

Responses return to the review

Vendors complete the questionnaire, and their submitted answers appear inside the platform, ready for your team to review without manually transferring responses.

Submitted answers

Review responses in context

Response received

How is privileged access reviewed?

Reviewed

Quarterly access review with accountable approval.

How is continuity testing recorded?

Closer review

Latest test record is not included with the response.

How are subprocessors reviewed?

Reviewed

Subprocessor list and review owner are supplied.

Responses remain linked to the vendor review.Ready to assess
Assess risk

NIST-informed vendor risk assessments

Evaluate vendor risks using a likelihood-and-impact approach informed by NIST 800-30. Use vendor information and questionnaire responses to understand which risks need closer attention.

Vendor assessment

Explain the risk decision

Closer review

Assessment criteria

LikelihoodPossible
ImpactHigh

Likelihood and impact informed by NIST 800-30.

Decision record

Closer review needed

Business-continuity support is incomplete. Keep the assessment owner and review rationale with the vendor record.

Accountable ownerVendor risk owner

Vendor record

Payroll processing partner

Profile current
Vendor APayroll processing partnerActive
Overall riskModerate40%
LikelihoodImpact
security@vendora.exampleGermanyvendora.example

Supporting record

CertificationISO/IEC 27001On file
Supporting informationAvailable for the selected review.

See the bigger risk picture.

Vendor relationships are one part of your risk program. Controllo also helps you assess asset and organizational risks, bringing risks across your vendors, systems, and business operations into one platform.

Explore Risk Management
Risk management workspaceVendor A review
Vendor risk assessmentContinuity-test evidenceVendor A · Payroll processing partner
Closer review
LikelihoodPossible
ImpactHigh
Review ownerVendor risk owner
Review noteLatest continuity-test record is not attached.
Asset riskPayroll data exchangeAsset record in scope
Organization riskThird-party resilienceAccountable owner shown
Why Controllo for Vendor Risk Management?

Spend less time gathering. Make better-informed decisions.

Keep the information behind each review visible, structured, and ready for a decision.

Response received
4 of 4
Security questionnaire
Stored with Vendor A
Less manual transfer

Less administrative work

Receive questionnaire responses directly in Controllo, reducing the time spent moving answers between emails, spreadsheets, and assessment records.

Vendor profile
Certification
Response
Review packetContext ready for review
More review context

More context for every review

Consider vendor details, certifications, and responses together, rather than piecing together information from different places.

AssessmentCloser review
LikelihoodPossible
ImpactHigh
Rationale kept with the record
Easier comparison

More consistent assessments

Apply a structured likelihood-and-impact approach so the reasoning behind vendor risk assessments is easier to explain and compare.

Review priorities
Customer support providerHighReview now
Payroll processing partnerModerateReview next
Infrastructure providerVery lowMonitor
Clearer priority

Clearer risk priorities

Use assessment results to focus review effort on the vendor risks that warrant greater attention.

Make your next vendor review easier.

Bring vendor records, questionnaire responses, and risk assessments together with Controllo's third-party risk management software.