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Supplier Assurance
Know who you’re relying on – and why it matters.
Most organisations rely on suppliers they don’t fully understand. IT providers, software vendors, payroll, hosting, accountants, consultants – all essential, all carrying risk.
Supplier Assurance in Protects helps you identify, assess and manage third-party risk in a way that’s proportionate, practical and defensible.
Why supplier risk is often overlooked
Third-party risk isn’t ignored because it doesn’t matter. It’s ignored because existing approaches don’t fit how organisations actually work.
It feels too heavy
Enterprise supplier frameworks are often skipped or replaced with informal judgement.
Evidence is scattered
Certificates and insurance arrive by email and disappear when you need them.
Risk isn’t tracked
Suppliers change, evidence expires, and assumptions quietly drift.
How Protects Supplier Assurance works
A structured approach that stays proportionate — and actually gets used.
Structured questionnaires
Centralised evidence
Risk integration
Ongoing oversight
Designed for real-world supplier relationships
Suppliers don’t need to buy Protects or learn a new system. They answer questions, upload evidence, and move on.
- Low friction for suppliers
- No platform lock-in
- Proportionate checks
- Defensible outcomes
Third-party risk, handled properly
Supplier risk doesn’t live in inboxes or gut feel. It becomes structured checks, current evidence, visible exposure, and confidence in the suppliers you rely on.
Built into your wider risk management
Supplier Assurance in Protects connects directly to the Risk Manager, supplier-related risks, documented controls, and reporting outputs – so third-party risk becomes visible, prioritised, and actively managed rather than assumed.
- Robust supplier assurance baselines
- Trust scores and recomendations
- Upload supposting evidence
- Assign compliance tasks to suppliers
Supplier Assurance that strengthens your supply chain – and reduces third-party risk.
Third-party risk, handled properly
Supplier risk doesn’t live in inboxes or gut feel. It becomes structured checks, current evidence, visible exposure, and confidence in the suppliers you rely on.