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Intelligence Briefs

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Know What the Public Record Says — Before You Start the Review

Before you onboard a widely used vendor or renew its contract, you need to know what's publicly known about it: breaches, enforcement actions, litigation, financial stress, ownership changes. Intelligence Briefs are ready-made research reports on large, widely used companies. AI builds each one from the company's own website and trust center, news coverage, regulators, and public filings, and every finding links to its source. Use them alongside your own due diligence as a head start, not a replacement.

What a brief gives you

  1. A summary to start from

    Each brief opens with a summary of the company and a risk summary that gives every risk area a finding and a severity.
  2. The detail behind it

    Sections cover ownership, financial profile, regulatory and legal exposure, cybersecurity and data, and news and reputation.
  3. Sources you can check

    Numbered references point to the list of sources at the end, so you can read the original page before relying on a finding.
  4. Follow-up to take forward

    Each brief suggests follow-up actions to take up with the vendor, ready to carry into your diligence.

Start the review already knowing what is public

Read the brief before you send a questionnaire, then carry its suggested follow-up actions into your diligence.

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A dated, sourced brief you can save as a PDF

Each brief shows the date it was created, and any brief can be saved as a PDF for your vendor file.

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Intelligence Briefs: every feature

Ready-Made Research on Widely Used Vendors

Open one of ~100 briefs on large, widely used companies without doing the searching yourself. We add to the library regularly, and each brief shows the date it was created.

A Risk Summary with Severity

Each brief opens with a summary of the company and a risk summary that gives every risk area a finding and a severity, so you see where to focus first.

Recommended Follow-Up Actions

Each brief suggests follow-up actions to take up with the vendor, ready to carry into your diligence.

Company Overview and Ownership

See what the company does, its legal name and headquarters, parent and subsidiaries, and key executives at a glance.

Financial Profile

Review revenue, credit ratings, funding and acquisitions, and any signs of financial stress.

Regulatory and Legal Exposure

Surface enforcement actions and fines, material litigation, and export-control or sanctions issues.

Cybersecurity and Data

Find certifications, security incidents and outages, vulnerability disclosures, data hosting, and subprocessors.

News and Reputation

Catch adverse media, supply-chain concentration, governance, and geopolitical factors.

Every Finding Cited

Numbered references point to the list of sources at the end of each brief, so you can read the original page before relying on anything important.

Clear About What Isn't Known

When public sources say nothing about a topic, the brief says so explicitly instead of guessing.

Your Data Is Never Involved

Briefs are built only from public sources. They never use your documents or questionnaire responses, and nothing about which vendors you work with is shown to anyone else.

Available to Your Whole Team

Everyone on your site can read the briefs, and any brief can be saved as a PDF for your vendor file.

Common questions

Can we get a brief on any vendor?
No. The library holds ~100 briefs on large, widely used companies, and we add to it regularly.
Do briefs use our documents or questionnaire responses?
No. Briefs are built only from public sources and never use your documents or questionnaire responses.
Can anyone else see which vendors we work with?
No. Nothing about which vendors you work with is shown to anyone else.
Do briefs replace our own due diligence?
No. They are a head start to use alongside your own due diligence, not a replacement.

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Start Every Review with the Research Already Done

Read AI-researched briefs on widely used vendors, covering risk findings, follow-up actions, and every source, ready before you start your review.