Run risk assessments without chasing vendors.
Start with what the sources can answer.
Reviewers spend their time where evidence is missing.
Most programs have far more third parties than they have capacity to assess. So teams cut corners: they review the obvious critical vendors, sample a few others, and leave the long tail unassessed. The risk you never had time to look at is still risk.
Zero-touch assessments cut the cost of each review. Coverbase runs a full, control-mapped assessment on every third party automatically, gathering evidence, validating it against your controls, and scoring risk at a fraction of the time, bandwidth, and cost of a manual review. Now you can assess your entire population instead of the critical few, then use those results to surface the highest-risk vendors and put your analysts where they count: deep, high-touch assessments on the population that warrants them.
How a zero-touch assessment runs.
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Evidence gathered automatically
Agents collect what an assessment needs without chasing anyone, pulling SOC 2 reports, ISO certifications, penetration test summaries, and DPAs from trust centers, prior submissions, and your document store.
- Public sources, security ratings, and regulatory databases are folded in automatically.
- No 300-question spreadsheet goes out to the vendor; the assessment runs on evidence Coverbase can already reach, and asks only for what is missing.
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Validated against your controls
Every piece of evidence is mapped and validated against your own control sets and frameworks, not a generic checklist.
- Agents read the underlying documents, confirm coverage, and flag where a control is unmet, expired, or contradicted.
- You get a provisional, control-mapped assessment in minutes, not weeks.
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Findings drafted, exceptions escalated
Agents draft findings with severity, rationale, and suggested follow-ups, then route only the genuine exceptions to a human.
- Low-risk, fully evidenced vendors can proceed under the policy you set.
- Your analysts spend their time on judgment calls, not data entry.
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Ongoing reassessment
Zero-touch isn't a one-time event.
- When a SOC 2 expires, a subprocessor changes, or Supplier Radar surfaces a new signal, the assessment re-runs itself.
- Posture stays current between formal reviews, with every step captured in the audit trail.
Real impact for risk and security teams.
Cleared under your policy
Fully evidenced, low-risk vendors can proceed under rules you set; your analysts see the gaps.
Minutes, not weeks
A provisional, control-mapped assessment is ready almost immediately.
Mapped to your program
Evidence validated against your control sets and frameworks, not a generic list.
Focus on exceptions
Analysts see the vendors and findings that need judgment.
Kept current
Assessments re-run themselves when evidence expires or risk signals change.
“Most of our vendors are now assessed before an analyst ever opens the file. The agent gathers the evidence, maps it to our controls, and only kicks the real exceptions to us, so the team finally works on risk instead of paperwork.”
Policy-based clearance
Low-risk vendors proceed under rules you set.
Assessments in minutes
Evidence gathered and control-mapped automatically.
Exceptions only
Humans review the judgment calls, not the busywork.
Current between reviews
Reassessment triggers on expiry and new risk signals.
When zero-touch needs a person.
When we proceed under your policy, and when we ask you.
Does every vendor fill out a questionnaire?
No. We start with trust-center files, prior submissions, internal records and public evidence. We ask for what is missing.
Is the first assessment final?
We prepare a control-mapped review. If evidence is missing or contradictory, we put the gap in front of an analyst.
When does an analyst step in?
Your team reviews higher-risk suppliers and the exceptions that need judgment. You set the rules for low-risk cases.
What triggers another review?
We reopen the assessment when a SOC 2 expires, a subprocessor changes, or Supplier Radar surfaces a relevant event.