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Crest Intelligence — AICMSA Engine
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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A
Automation
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I
Intelligence
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C
Compliance
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M
Monitoring
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S
Scalability
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A
AI-Augmentation
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
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Cybersecurity
Exposure78%
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Data Privacy
Exposure61%
✅
Compliance
Exposure44%
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ESG
Exposure52%
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Human Rights
Exposure38%
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Financial
Exposure55%
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Operational
Exposure67%
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Reputational
Exposure49%
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AI Governance
Exposure41%
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity & Infosec
Assess controls in vendor systems to prevent potential data leakage or loss. Evaluate security posture, access controls, and incident response readiness.
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Privacy
Data Privacy
Evaluate PII protection measures to mitigate risks of data exposure and ensure regulatory compliance with DPDP, GDPR, and other privacy regimes.
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Regulatory
Compliance
Verify that vendor compliance processes are robust and aligned with your organisation's regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
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Sustainability
ESG
Ensure vendors follow ESG guidelines to avoid exposure to regulatory scrutiny, reputational harm, and supply chain vulnerabilities across 120+ countries.
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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.
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Finance
Financial
Evaluate vendor financial health through due diligence to ensure sustained compliance with financial and contractual commitments over the engagement lifecycle.
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Operations
Operational
Establish a business continuity plan to reduce operational risk and maintain critical functions during vendor outages or service failures.
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Brand
Reputational
Assess third-party conduct, data handling & regulatory compliance to prevent adverse public perception & brand impact through continuous media monitoring.
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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
2
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.

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Manual Risk Management
Spreadsheets, email chains, periodic reviews
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Periodic assessments — risk blind spots between annual reviews leave you exposed for months
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Fragmented spreadsheets — no single source of truth, version control issues, audit nightmares
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Email-based questionnaires — weeks to send, chase, receive, and manually parse responses
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Reactive risk detection — you hear about vendor issues from the news, not your system
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Manual MIS and reporting — hours building PPTs for leadership that are outdated by the time they're read
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Headcount-dependent — scaling your vendor program means hiring more people
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Crest Intelligence — AI-Ready TPRM
Automated, continuous, intelligence-driven governance
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365-day continuous monitoring — real-time alerts the moment a vendor's risk profile changes
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Single source of truth — centralised risk data, audit trail, and evidence repository always current
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AI-automated questionnaires — dispatch, parse, score, and flag gaps without manual effort
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Proactive risk detection — AI signals from 8Bn+ articles, court records, and sanctions lists
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Real-time CXO dashboards — board-ready summaries generated in seconds, always accurate
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Scale without headcount — manage 5x more vendors with the same team through intelligent automation
70%
Faster vendor
diligence cycle
50%
Reduction in
questionnaire effort
365
Days of continuous
monitoring, always-on
Seconds
AI risk summaries
boardroom-ready

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