Manually chasing vendors for questionnaires, tracking certificate expiry in a spreadsheet, and assembling evidence packs by hand. There is a better way. VendorAuditly automates the full vendor risk lifecycle — so your register is always current and your evidence is always ready.
Every company starts with a spreadsheet. It works for two or three vendors. Then the list grows, certificates expire unnoticed, questionnaires go unanswered, and the “last reviewed” column becomes meaningless.
You email a vendor a security questionnaire. They do not respond. Two weeks later, you are not sure if you sent it. Nobody is following up. The assessment never completes.
Avg response rate without automation: 34%You uploaded a vendor’s SOC2 report 18 months ago. It expired 6 months ago. Nobody noticed. A customer due diligence questionnaire just asked you to confirm all vendor certifications are current.
Vendor risk changes when a vendor is breached, when a certificate lapses, or when their financial situation changes. A spreadsheet with a “risk level” column set eighteen months ago reflects none of this.
A regulator or enterprise customer asks for evidence of your vendor risk programme. You spend two days hunting down PDFs, reassembling a narrative, and hoping nothing is missing. Under DORA, that two-day scramble is not compliant.
A critical vendor suffers a data breach. You learn about it from a news alert two days later. By that point, your incident response window has already narrowed significantly.
Not every part of vendor risk management requires human judgement. These five workflows are repetitive, time-consuming, and error-prone — exactly what software should handle.
VendorAuditly sends your security questionnaire to each vendor automatically and tracks who has responded, who is overdue, and who needs a reminder. Response rates improve because follow-ups are systematic, not forgotten.
Typical manual time saved: 3-4 hours per vendor per cycleUpload a vendor’s SOC2, ISO 27001, or insurance certificate once. VendorAuditly extracts the expiry date and alerts you at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days before it lapses. No more surprise gaps in coverage.
Common certificates to track: SOC2, ISO 27001, cyber liability, GDPR DPAAs vendors complete questionnaires and upload certificates, VendorAuditly automatically calculates a risk score based on their responses, document completeness, and certification status. Your risk register updates without anyone touching a spreadsheet.
Risk tiers: Critical, High, Medium, Low — updated in real timeVendorAuditly monitors your vendors for breach disclosures and sends an alert when a critical vendor is in the news. Early notification gives you time to assess impact, notify customers, and document your response — before regulators ask.
When a regulator or enterprise customer asks for vendor risk evidence, click export. VendorAuditly generates a complete evidence pack — vendor register, assessment summaries, certificates on file, risk ratings, and review dates — in minutes. No manual assembly required.
Evidence packs used for: DORA Article 28, ISO 27001 A.15, SOC2 vendor management, enterprise customer due diligenceThe difference between a manual and automated vendor risk programme is not just efficiency — it is the quality of evidence you can produce when someone actually asks.
No implementation consultant. No six-month rollout. No technical knowledge required. Here is how to go from spreadsheet to automated vendor risk programme in one afternoon.
Upload a CSV of your existing vendor register or add vendors manually. Include vendor name, category, data access level, and contract owner. Most SMBs complete this in under 20 minutes.
Classify vendors as Critical, High, Medium, or Low based on data access and operational importance. VendorAuditly uses this to determine assessment frequency and escalation thresholds automatically.
Select a pre-built questionnaire template (security, GDPR, DORA, or custom) and send to all vendors in one click. VendorAuditly handles delivery, tracking, and reminders without any further action from you.
Add any SOC2 reports, ISO 27001 certificates, or insurance documents you already hold. VendorAuditly extracts expiry dates and sets up alert schedules automatically.
Your vendor risk register is now live. Risk scores update as vendors respond. Alerts fire as certificates approach expiry. When an auditor or customer asks for evidence, export it in one click.
Import your vendor list, send your first questionnaire, and have a live risk register — in under an hour.
No credit card required. Set up in under an hour.