THIRD PARTIES
Third-party risk management software for structured, audit-ready compliance
Centralize third-party records, assessments, screening, approvals, and renewals in one auditable workflow.
As third-party programs grow, it becomes harder to collect the right information, apply the right level of due diligence, and keep decisions clear over time. EQS Third Parties is third-party risk management software that helps teams centralize records, assess risk proportionately, document outcomes, and maintain ongoing oversight with confidence.
Centralized records | Proportionate due diligence | Documented decisions | Ongoing monitoring
Trusted by 14,000+ customers around the globe
Security & compliance certifications
At EQS Group, protecting your data is a core part of how Third Parties supports a governed, auditable risk process. EQS Third Parties meets strict IT security standards and supports GDPR-aligned handling of sensitive third-party information.
Data Protection
- ISO/IEC 27001 certified infrastructure
- 2048-bit end-to-end encryption
- GDPR Article 25 compliant by design
- No metadata collection or IP tracking
Ongoing Security
- Annual penetration testing (OWASP standards)
- ISAE 3000 Type II audits by PwC
- Cloud Security Alliance certified and STAR registered
- 100% renewable energy hosting
Why compliance teams choose our third-party risk management software
As third-party networks grow, teams need one structured process to collect, assess, decide, and monitor with confidence. Information often lives across email, documents, and disconnected workflows, making it harder to see what was collected, reviewed, and still needs attention.
Third Parties gives you a connected process that keeps due diligence, approvals, and follow-up in one place.
Third-party risk management (TPRM) is the process of identifying, assessing, and documenting the risks posed by external vendors, suppliers, and business partners before and after engagement. For compliance teams operating under frameworks such as the FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and OECD Due Diligence Guidance, a structured and auditable approach to third-party due diligence is a core element of a defensible compliance program.
Unified third-party profiles for risk visibility
All data, assessments, risk indicators, screening results, mitigations, policy attestations, approvals, and renewal dates live in one organized record. Teams get a connected view of each relationship and the decisions that shaped it.
Policies and attestations within the third-party record
Upload a policy in the Policies module and capture attestations automatically. Every attestation is tied to the correct policy version with a time-stamped record that withstands internal reviews and external audits.
Ongoing oversight of third-party risk
Reviews, controls, and mitigations are tracked in real time. In-app notifications ensure risk or relationship owners see what needs attention immediately. This allows your team to stay ahead of obligations instead of reacting to them.
Comprehensive visibility and accountability
When responsibility for a third party is unclear, reviews stall and no one can say who signed off on what. Role-based permissions ensure only the right people can view, edit, assign, or export data. Every action is logged automatically, so the record shows who reviewed and who approved — not just what was decided.
Open API for connected third-party workflows
Third-party data often starts in ERP, procurement, CRM, or contract management systems. With the Open API, these systems can be connected to EQS Third Parties, so selected data flows in and key compliance outcomes, such as approval status, reviewer details, reassessment dates, and mitigation actions, can be retrieved in the systems.
What makes Third Parties the platform teams rely on
Third Parties is a module within the EQS Compliance Cockpit – a single environment for managing compliance and ethics programs, including case management, policy management, and whistleblowing.
Multiple and configurable questionnaires enable risk-based due diligence
Not every third party warrants the same scrutiny. Match the depth of each assessment to the risk a relationship actually carries, so your team spends effort where the exposure is instead of running every vendor through the same checklist. Send multiple questionnaires to the same third party, each tracked separately, for follow-up assessments, periodic reviews, or different stakeholders. Build from expert-curated templates or your own, and let counterparties complete them via a secure, login-free process with autosave and automated reminders — so responses come back faster, with less chasing.
Structured profiles deliver clean, consistent third-party data collection
When intake is inconsistent, every assessment starts from a different baseline and decisions rest on whatever happened to be collected. EQS Third Parties captures each relationship in the same structured profile — company details, contacts, financials, and risk indicators — with risk scoring applied the same way every time. Your team compares third parties on the same terms and decides with full context.
Integrated screening for faster risk validation
Run sanctions-only screening early in onboarding to identify sanctioned organizations and individuals before investing in deeper due diligence. Full screening is then available for broader risk assessment, while all results are stored in the third-party profile for easier classification, monitoring, and auditability.
Enhanced Due Diligence and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership reports
Some risks only surface when you can see who is really behind a company. Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and Ultimate Beneficial Ownership (UBO) reports bring in structured, analyst-led investigations for the relationships where ownership tracing or deeper validation matters most. Findings come back into the third-party record, where you assign a risk level, capture internal context, and keep a complete, automatically logged history — so the investigation stays attached to the decision it informed.
Network Mapping for relationship intelligence
A questionnaire only shows what a counterparty chooses to disclose, and the connections that carry real risk often sit outside it. Network Mapping surfaces the entities and individuals linked to a company, so teams can spot hidden affiliations or conflicts before they approve or escalate a relationship. The on-demand report uses AI analysis of publicly available sources to surface ownership signals, affiliations, and relationship patterns, then presents them in a company summary, visual graph, and source-backed relationship table.
AI-assisted decision-making in Approval Phase
AI summary that brings together all due diligence results — screening outcomes, EDD findings, and UBO data — into a concise view of the most important risk signals. This gives approvers a faster, clearer basis for their decision, without replacing the human judgment or the audit trail behind it. Every AI action is logged, attributable, and subject to human oversight. Built to hold up under regulatory scrutiny, not retro-certified.
Program visibility through operational dashboards
Without a live view of the program, managers find out what is overdue or stuck only once it becomes a problem. The Insights dashboard shows third-party operations in real time — approval backlogs, overdue approvals, cycle times, workflow bottlenecks, risk concentrations, and mitigation activity. Designed to help teams prioritize work, identify delays early, and manage day-to-day execution without hunting for status updates.
Built for the regulations your third-party program runs on
FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act)
Document third-party selection, due diligence steps, and approval decisions in a format that supports FCPA investigation readiness.
UK Bribery Act
Maintain records of proportionate due diligence procedures to support an adequate procedures defense.
OECD Due Diligence Guidance
Apply a risk-based approach to third-party assessment aligned with the OECD framework for responsible business conduct.
EU CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive)
Structure supply-chain due diligence workflows and document outcomes to support CSDDD obligations as they come into force.
GDPR
Manage third-party data processing agreements and access controls in line with GDPR requirements for data processor oversight.
From manual tasks to a connected third-party workflow
| Manual and fragmented process | EQS-guided, connected process |
|---|---|
| Data scattered across emails, spreadsheets, and disconnected systems — ERP, procurement, CRM, contracts | One clear profile per counterparty with Open API to connect existing systems and retrieve risk or approval outcomes |
| Questionnaires sent manually as Excel files with slow turnaround; policies shared by email with no reliable record | Assessments completed quickly via secure links; every policy attestation kept as a reliable, version-controlled record with a timestamp |
| Screening done manually or skipped; approval decisions made without a consolidated view of risk | Sanctions screening included from day one; AI summary in the Approval Phase brings together screening, EDD, and UBO into one clear view |
| Deadlines missed because reminders get lost in inboxes | In-app notifications that keep every review and mitigation on track |
| No visibility into program performance, bottlenecks, or ownership | The real-time Insights dashboard shows where the program stands — backlogs, bottlenecks, and cycle times — with role-based accountability for who owns each item |
Proven in practice
Across industries, we see the same pattern: once teams bring their third-party data, assessments, risks, and policy attestations into a single, structured process, the entire program becomes easier to manage and far more reliable.
Reviews move faster because information is consolidated.
Policy attestations are recorded with confidence, not stitched together from email trails.
Due diligence becomes more transparent because everything is in the same, connected picture.
Whether teams are strengthening their ABAC compliance for the UK Bribery Act and FCPA, or maturing supply-chain due diligence for the EU Supply Chain Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), EQS Third Parties provides the foundation built for clarity, visibility, and accountability.
The EQS difference
EQS Third Parties is built on more than a decade of European compliance infrastructure. It is designed around how regulators investigate — not just what they require. That means every decision, approval, and attestation is logged with the evidence structure an auditor would expect.
Unlike point solutions, EQS Third Parties connects structured records, proportionate due diligence, documented decisions, screening, and ongoing monitoring in one process — alongside Integrity Line and the rest of the EQS Compliance Cockpit. These five actions reflect how a modern third-party risk management software supports the full risk lifecycle.
Classify
Group third parties into likely risk tiers so teams can prioritize resources and apply the right depth of due diligence.
Collect
Bring together business justification, internal knowledge, and existing risk signals, including screening results, in one place.
Discover
Use external questionnaires, UBO checks, and enhanced due diligence to uncover new or unknown risks.
Decide
Support clear yes, no, or conditional decisions with mitigations, policy attestations, and a structured approval phase that clarifies ownership, reduces delays, and records who approved what, and when.
Review
Perform renewals and repeat assessments at the right cadence to balance oversight with efficiency.
Third-party risk management: your questions answered
What is the security and data infrastructure that ensures the protection of our sensitive data?
EQS provides ISO-certified infrastructure, encryption in transit and at rest, configurable access controls, and complete activity logs. All data you store about your third parties is processed in line with GDPR and supports your internal governance, audit, and compliance requirements.
Can we tailor questionnaires to our risk framework and internal standards?
Yes. Choose from expert-curated templates, edit those to your terminology and preferred structure, or create your own questionnaires to match your precise requirements. You decide which questionnaires to use based on the risk level and type of third-party relationship, supporting a fully risk-based due diligence platform approach.
How easily can we adapt the module to our unique internal risk framework and terminology?
You can configure processes and tailor risk-scoring logic to match your internal requirements and risk appetite. This ensures your third-party risk management program isn't shoehorned into a rigid software model but reflects the reality of your business operations.
Can EQS Third Parties integrate with our ERP, procurement, CRM, or contract management systems?
Yes. EQS Third Parties offers an Open API that helps customers connect the module with existing business systems. External systems can send selected third-party data into the module and retrieve key compliance outcomes, such as approval status, risk level, reviewer information, reassessment dates, and mitigation actions. This allows vendor onboarding or relationship management to start in the systems business teams already use, while due diligence, screening, approvals, and audit trails remain structured in EQS Third Parties.
What tools are available to help us proactively monitor vendor risk and manage critical deadlines?
EQS Third Parties gives you a complete set of tools to stay ahead of vendor risk. Review cycles, policy commitments, assessments, screenings, and mitigation deadlines, all tracked within one platform. In-app notifications alert owners as soon as something needs attention, and dashboards highlight which third-parties require follow-up.
How does EQS ensure AI features meet compliance and governance standards?
AI features in EQS Third Parties are built to operate inside a governed, compliance-native environment. Every AI action is logged, attributable, and subject to human-in-the-loop oversight. EQS AI is aligned with EU AI Act principles by design. This means AI assistance accelerates your team's decisions without removing accountability or compromising your audit trail.
How does EQS Third Parties support a defensible ABAC compliance program?
An effective anti-bribery and corruption program requires more than a questionnaire. EQS Third Parties combines risk-based due diligence workflows, sanctions and media screening, enhanced due diligence reports, and policy attestation — all stored in a single, time-stamped audit trail. When a regulator or internal auditor asks what due diligence was conducted on a specific third party, your team can produce a complete, structured record in seconds rather than reassembling it from emails and spreadsheets.
How do we maintain a defensible audit trail across the full third-party lifecycle?
Every action taken within EQS Third Parties is logged automatically — questionnaire responses, screening results, risk level assignments, approval decisions, policy attestations, and renewal dates. This creates a continuous, time-stamped record that maps to the decision trail a compliance officer or external auditor would follow. Role-based permissions ensure the record reflects who reviewed and who approved, not just what was decided. There is no need to reconstruct the process after the fact.
Resources to help you go further
How to digitize your third-party risk management program
A practical guide for teams transitioning away from manual workflows.
Why a risk-based TPRM approach protects your business
Learn how to prioritize risk, reduce exposure, and improve audit readiness.
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Sabela Pérez Director of Compliance and Ethics Leads development of modern ethics and compliance solutions used across global organizations |
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Matthias Zastrow VP, Sales and Compliance Solutions Specialist Helps organizations build and defend third-party compliance programs across FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and CSDDD jurisdictions. |
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