What is compliance management software?
Compliance management software is a platform that helps organizations manage the policies, processes, investigations, and documentation required to demonstrate compliance with laws and regulations. For compliance and ethics teams, this typically includes whistleblowing channels, conflict‑of‑interest disclosures, third‑party due diligence, policy distribution, and audit reporting. When these functions run across separate tools, evidence gaps form. A single platform with a unified audit trail closes those gaps and gives compliance leaders a continuous, documented record of program effectiveness.
How does EQS Compliance Cockpit differ from point solutions?
Point solutions manage a single compliance function — a speak‑up channel, a policy library, or a due diligence questionnaire. EQS Compliance Cockpit connects Integrity Line, Conflicts of Interest Disclosures, Third Parties, Policies, and Insights on a single platform with a single audit trail. When a regulator or auditor requests evidence, the answer comes from one place — complete, current, and ready.
Can we configure EQS Compliance Cockpit to align to our own compliance program?
Yes. EQS Compliance Cockpit is fully self‑configurable to the way your program already runs. Your compliance team sets investigation workflows, disclosure routing logic, escalation thresholds, and access controls, and is empowered to adjust them as obligations or jurisdictions change — without waiting on your provider or signing costly SOWs.
What is Q by EQS?
Q is the AI layer that runs directly inside EQS Compliance Cockpit. It handles the time‑consuming parts of compliance work: assessing the severity of incoming cases, reviewing third‑party questionnaires, summarizing investigation files, and helping teams move from information to decision with the full audit trail built as they go. Every action Q takes is logged, every recommendation is explainable, and the compliance officer always has the final say. Q is built for regulated work — governed by default, with the compliance officer in control at every step.
Which US regulations does EQS Compliance Cockpit support?
EQS Compliance Cockpit supports compliance programs operating under the DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP), FCPA, SOX Section 301 and 806, and the SEC Whistleblower Program. For US companies with international operations, the platform covers UK Bribery Act and Sapin II obligations. As state‑level enforcement activity increases across California, Colorado, and Texas, the platform’s integrated infrastructure gives compliance teams the adaptability that point solutions built around a single regulatory requirement cannot provide.
How does EQS Compliance Cockpit help meet DOJ ECCP requirements?
The DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs evaluates whether a compliance program prevents misconduct and changes behavior, and whether the organization uses data to assess compliance risk. EQS Compliance Cockpit gives compliance leaders documented, timestamped evidence of how investigations are handled, how policies are distributed and attested to, and how third‑party risk is assessed. The Insights module delivers the data analytics capability the DOJ evaluates at program assessment.
How does EQS support SOX whistleblower requirements?
SOX Section 301 requires public companies to provide an audit committee whistleblower channel with specific protections for reporters. EQS Integrity Line provides an anonymous reporting channel, structured case management, and a complete audit trail for every report received and resolved. The channel is configurable to meet SOX requirements and produces the documentation required for audit committee review. A strong internal channel also keeps more cases resolved internally, reducing the risk of SEC escalation.
Is my data processed and stored in the United States?
EQS offers data residency options including both EU‑ and US‑based hosting. Whistleblower messaging is maintained on dedicated EQS infrastructure and is never routed through general delivery channels. [Insert: confirm current US hosting regions before publish.]
Can EQS Compliance Cockpit integrate with our existing HR and ERP systems?
EQS supports data integration with most enterprise HRM and ERP systems. HR data drives dynamic HRBP routing within the Conflicts of Interest Disclosure module. Case data can be pushed to external systems and consumed via bi‑directional API. Custom user attribute support ensures HR system changes propagate across the platform without manual batch uploads.
How long does implementation take?
Integrity Line can be live in days. Full multi‑module implementations for large enterprises typically run 8–16 weeks. Implementation is led by compliance specialists who understand how investigations run, how regulators audit, and how CCOs prepare for board review.
What happens when the DOJ or a regulator asks for evidence of our compliance program?
Every action in EQS Compliance Cockpit writes a timestamped entry to a centralized audit log. Case investigators can export complete investigation records. Policy compliance teams can produce signed attestation records. Approval managers can generate decision trails, including the reasoning and approver identity for each outcome. The platform is designed to produce that evidence continuously, so the record is complete before anyone asks for it.