Third-party risk assessment, without the 80-question survey.
Most TPRM spreadsheets exist to prove TPRM exists. This one doesn't. Nine steps, three approvals, one documented decision. Built for risk teams that need to answer "what's our exposure to this vendor?" without opening three folders.
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Assessment #TPRM-0043
Acme Cloud Services · Critical tier · 4 dimensions in parallel
- Intake & risk tier100%Risk AnalystApproval gate
- Due-diligence packBLOQUEADARisk AnalystEvidence attached
- Operational riskBLOQUEADARisk EngineeringSLA 48h
- Reputational riskBLOQUEADAComplianceIn parallel
- Financial riskBLOQUEADAFinanceIn parallel
- Compliance riskBLOQUEADALegalIn parallel
- Aggregate risk ratingBLOQUEADACROApproval gateDep. pendente
- Decision & monitoring planBLOQUEADAProcurementApproval gateDep. pendente
- Executive sign-off (Critical)BLOQUEADACRO + VP ProcurementMandatory approvalDep. pendente
Opinion
What we cut. And what we kept.
This template is edited, not exhaustive. The exhaustive version already sits on your intranet, and it's part of the problem.
Cut
- The annual 80-question survey nobody reads.
- Parallel spreadsheets per risk dimension.
- Email-as-status and "check-in" meetings.
- Reassessment "when we get to it".
Kept
- Risk tiering before any heavy due diligence.
- Four dimensions assessed in parallel, not in series.
- Mandatory CRO approval on the aggregate rating.
- Monitoring plan with cadence and a trigger.
What this template includes
Process steps
- 1Intake the third party and assign a risk tier based on data access, business criticality, and exposure, Risk Analyst gate
- 2Collect the due-diligence pack: financials, certifications, incident history, references
- 3Operational risk assessment: SLAs, business continuity, single points of failure
- 4Reputational risk assessment: news flags, sanctions, ESG signals
- 5Financial risk assessment: solvency, concentration, dependency
- 6Compliance risk assessment: regulatory posture, contract terms, data handling
- 7Aggregate the four dimensions into a single risk rating, CRO approval gate
- 8Engagement decision and monitoring plan: cadence, reassessment triggers, Procurement gate
- 9Executive sign-off for Critical-risk third parties (CRO + VP Procurement co-signature)
Why teams use this template
Most TPRM programs collapse under their own paperwork. Risk teams send out questionnaires, vendors fill them in once a year, the answers sit in shared drives, and when a vendor incident happens, no one can quickly answer "what's our exposure?" The risk rating that drives the decision is often a vibe, not a number tied to evidence.
This template runs the full third-party risk cycle as one process: tier classification, due-diligence collection, four parallel risk dimensions (operational, reputational, financial, compliance), aggregate rating, engagement decision, and executive sign-off for Critical risk. Three checkpoint gates and the CRO approval ensure no third party is engaged without a documented rating and a monitoring plan.
Built for risk programs that handle hundreds of vendors: tier classification routes effort to where it matters, the four risk dimensions can be assigned in parallel, and the run history becomes the auditable third-party register that regulators and customers ask for.
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