The Crest AICMSA Engine
Structured, Intelligence-Driven
Third-Party Risk Governance
Crest Intelligence embeds AI-powered screening, assessment, and monitoring at every stage of the third-party lifecycle — from onboarding to continuous risk surveillance, across 3,300+ global data sources.
Risk-Based Logic
Customised Workflows
Continuous Monitoring
System Intelligence
3,300+ Data Sources
Agentic AI
Enterprise Security
Smart Alerts
Flexible Integrations
Modular Architecture
Risk-Based Logic
Customised Workflows
Continuous Monitoring
System Intelligence
3,300+ Data Sources
Agentic AI
Enterprise Security
Smart Alerts
Flexible Integrations
Modular Architecture
Crest AICMSA Engine — Active
AI-powered · Continuous · Multi-source · Structured · Automated
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Automation
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Intelligence
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Compliance
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Monitoring
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Scalability
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AI Readiness
Enterprise-wide Discipline
Decentralised Risks Require Centralised Oversight
Risk distribution across your entire third-party ecosystem — nine critical domains, one unified intelligence platform.
■ Risk Distribution Across Vendor Ecosystem
Live scoring
Cybersecurity
Exposure78%
Data Privacy
Exposure61%
Compliance
Exposure44%
ESG
Exposure52%
Human Rights
Exposure38%
Financial
Exposure55%
Operational
Exposure67%
Reputational
Exposure49%
AI Governance
Exposure41%
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity & Infosec
Assess controls in vendor systems to prevent potential data leakage or loss. Evaluate security posture, access controls, and incident response readiness.
Privacy
Data Privacy
Evaluate PII protection measures to mitigate risks of data exposure and ensure regulatory compliance with DPDP, GDPR, and other privacy regimes.
Regulatory
Compliance
Verify that vendor compliance processes are robust and aligned with your organisation's regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
Sustainability
ESG
Ensure vendors follow ESG guidelines to avoid exposure to regulatory scrutiny, reputational harm, and supply chain vulnerabilities across 120+ countries.
Human Rights
Human Rights
Mitigate human rights risks through automated risk scoring and country-specific red flags — including Modern Slavery Index assessments across supply chains.
Finance
Financial
Evaluate vendor financial health through due diligence to ensure sustained compliance with financial and contractual commitments over the engagement lifecycle.
Operations
Operational
Establish a business continuity plan to reduce operational risk and maintain critical functions during vendor outages or service failures.
Brand
Reputational
Assess third-party conduct, data handling & regulatory compliance to prevent adverse public perception & brand impact through continuous media monitoring.
AI & Emerging
AI Governance
Expand traditional TPRM to address AI-specific challenges — data privacy, algorithmic bias, transparency, and evolving regulations like the EU AI Act.
Intelligence Across the Entire Third-Party Lifecycle
From Onboarding to Continuous Monitoring —
Intelligence at Every Stage.
Crest Intelligence embeds structured AI at every decision point across the vendor lifecycle, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.
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Stage One
Risk Discovery &
Screening
Automated multi-source screening and risk scoring — instantly summarise vendor risk, highlight red flags, and recommend actions. No manual analysis needed.
- Automated screening across 3,300+ global watchlists and data sources
- Continuous monitoring 365 days a year with live dashboard alerts
- Adverse media detection — financial signals and regulatory changes before they escalate
- Screen, score, and monitor vendors automatically with minimal human effort
"Identify emerging risks using adverse media trends, financial signals, and regulatory changes — before they escalate into crises."
See It in Action
Live Risk Detection Feed
Meridex Finance
Sanctions match — OFAC list
81
High
Veloris Cloud
Adverse media — 4 articles
56
Medium
Stratolink Infra
PEP relationship detected
44
Review
Nexora Systems
Compliance renewal due
22
Low
Praximum Analytics
Court record cleared
19
Clear
247 vendors monitored
Monitoring active 365d/yr
Dynamic Questionnaire Progress
Cybersecurity Controls
85%
SOC 2 Type II · ISO 27001 aligned
Data Privacy & DPDP
70%
DPDP · GDPR · Privacy Shield
Operational Resilience
92%
BCP · DR · RTO/RPO validated
Financial Health
60%
Audited financials · Credit signals
ESG Compliance
78%
GRI · TCFD · Modern Slavery
🧠 AI auto-parsed 238 responses • 14 gaps flagged • 3 critical
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Stage Two
Risk Assessment &
Questionnaires
Curated, regulator-aligned question library across cyber, financial, operational, ESG, privacy & compliance risks — dynamically tailored to each vendor's criticality tier.
- Risk-based dynamic questionnaires tailored to vendor criticality
- Structured evidence collection with document validation
- Curated library aligned with SOC2, ISO 27001, RBI, DPDP, and more
- Eliminate repetitive manual work across onboarding, screening, and follow-ups
"AI handles execution. Your team focuses on decisions — not chasing responses and formatting reports."
Explore Assessments
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Stage Three
Control & Contract
Intelligence
Map third-party controls against leading regulatory frameworks. Identify control gaps before they become audit observations, with structured evidence repositories maintained automatically.
- Map controls against SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, RBI, DPDP and more
- Identify control gaps before they become audit observations
- From reactive compliance to proactive risk intelligence
- More data doesn't matter — intelligence does
"From reactive compliance → proactive intelligence. Know your gaps before your auditor does."
See Control Mapping
Framework Control Mapping
SOC 2 Type II
94 / 98 controls mapped
ISO 27001
88 / 93 controls mapped
NIST CSF
72 / 108 — 3 gaps
RBI Guidelines
51 / 55 controls mapped
DPDP Act
38 / 46 — 2 gaps
EU AI Act
22 / 40 — 8 gaps
⚠ 13 control gaps identified across 3 frameworks — remediation plan generated
The Transformation
Manual Risk Management vs.
Intelligent AI-Ready TPRM
The difference between reacting to risk and anticipating it — at scale, across your entire vendor ecosystem.
Manual Risk Management
Spreadsheets, email chains, periodic reviews
Periodic assessments — risk blind spots between annual reviews leave you exposed for months
Fragmented spreadsheets — no single source of truth, version control issues, audit nightmares
Email-based questionnaires — weeks to send, chase, receive, and manually parse responses
Reactive risk detection — you hear about vendor issues from the news, not your system
Manual MIS and reporting — hours building PPTs for leadership that are outdated by the time they're read
Headcount-dependent — scaling your vendor program means hiring more people
Crest Intelligence — AI-Ready TPRM
Automated, continuous, intelligence-driven governance
365-day continuous monitoring — real-time alerts the moment a vendor's risk profile changes
Single source of truth — centralised risk data, audit trail, and evidence repository always current
AI-automated questionnaires — dispatch, parse, score, and flag gaps without manual effort
Proactive risk detection — AI signals from 8Bn+ articles, court records, and sanctions lists
Real-time CXO dashboards — board-ready summaries generated in seconds, always accurate
Scale without headcount — manage 5x more vendors with the same team through intelligent automation
70%
Faster vendor
diligence cycle
diligence cycle
50%
Reduction in
questionnaire effort
questionnaire effort
365
Days of continuous
monitoring, always-on
monitoring, always-on
Seconds
AI risk summaries
boardroom-ready
boardroom-ready
Start with Crest Intelligence
Intelligence That Works
While Your Team Sleeps.
Move from periodic, manual, spreadsheet-driven TPRM to a continuous, AI-powered intelligence engine — without adding headcount.
3,300+ Data Sources
9 Risk Domains
365-Day Monitoring
SOC2 Focused
Enterprise Ready
Built by GRC Experts