Third-Party & Vendor Integrity Due Diligence Toolkit

Five Professional Instruments for Third-Party Risk Assessment

Screen vendors before they become liabilities. This toolkit provides five integrated, fillable documents that follow the complete due diligence lifecycle — from initial screening through risk scoring, evidence grading, formal reporting, and final decision logging.

What's Inside

1. Vendor Screening Questionnaire — Structured form covering entity identification, ownership & control, financial standing, compliance posture, and operational capability. Issue to vendors or complete internally from OSINT and registry data.

2. Red-Flag Matrix — 20 weighted risk indicators scored 0–3 with automatic tier thresholds (Low / Medium / High / Critical). Flags PEP exposure, sanctions matches, shell company indicators, adverse media, and 16 more.

3. Source-Confidence Grading Sheet — Rate every piece of intelligence by reliability, corroboration, and recency (A through D). Prevents decisions based on single-source or outdated information.

4. Due Diligence Report Template — Executive summary, entity profile, risk findings, source assessment, and recommendation sections. Ready for senior decision-makers.

5. Decision Log — Audit-ready register of every vendor decision: approval, conditional approval, deferral, or rejection — with rationale, conditions, review dates, and sign-off.

Built For

Security directors, compliance officers, procurement teams, risk managers, and corporate investigators conducting third-party integrity due diligence — whether pre-contract screening, periodic reviews, or enhanced due diligence on flagged entities.

Format

Single .docx file (Microsoft Word). Fully editable. Adapt field labels, risk categories, and scoring thresholds to your organization's risk appetite and regulatory environment. Branded in the Resolute Risk & Resilience professional format.

From the author of Corporate Security Risk Assessment Mastery and Corporate Investigations & Fraud Mastery (Amazon).