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Third-Party Intake

Find the Third Parties
Your Program Has Never Reviewed

SAFE TPRM continuously discovers third-party relationships in the procurement, contract, GRC and identity systems you already use, shows where each one came from, and routes it into governance or lets your team archive it.

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The Problem

You cannot assess a vendor you do not know about

  1. Vendors start work outside the process

    Teams sign contracts and adopt services without an intake request, so suppliers are in use before anyone reviews them.

  2. The inventory falls behind

    Contract, procurement and GRC systems list suppliers that the TPRM inventory does not.

  3. AI tools arrive through side doors

    New AI tools, and AI features added to existing services, can bypass intake and assessment entirely.

  4. Reconciliation is manual

    Comparing supplier lists across systems is spreadsheet work that rarely gets finished.

How It Works

From unknown supplier to governed relationship

SAFE connects to the systems where third-party relationships already show up, collects every supplier that is missing from your managed inventory, and gives your team a single place to decide what happens next.

Discovery is part of the Third-Party Intake stage of the SAFE TPRM lifecycle.

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System integrations feeding fourth party discovery

Discover third parties across your enterprise systems

SAFE connects with systems you already run, such as ServiceNow, OneTrust and Ironclad, and finds third parties outside your managed inventory.

  • Your contract system surfaces suppliers with agreements in place but no TPRM record.
  • Suppliers recorded in ServiceNow and OneTrust flow straight into the discovery queue.
  • Your identity provider, such as Microsoft Entra ID, reveals SaaS and AI tools people already sign in to.
  • Fourth-party discovery adds the providers your vendors depend on.
  • Discovery runs continuously, so new relationships appear as they are created.
Newly Discovered queue on the inventory page with source and discovery reason

Review every discovery in one queue, with its source

Every newly identified organization lands in one discovery queue in your inventory.

  • Each discovery shows its source and why it was flagged.
  • Analysts see which relationships matter and which to review first.
  • Every decision starts from the same queue, with no supplier lists to reconcile by hand.
Discovered third party being onboarded, with bulk archive for the rest

Onboard or archive in one motion

Review each discovered third party and decide whether it needs governance.

  • Route it into intake for onboarding, or archive it.
  • Bulk archive clears suppliers that do not need review in a single step.
  • Nothing needs manual reconciliation or duplicate data entry.
  • Routed suppliers go straight into intelligent intake and triage, which sets the right level of due diligence.
Why SAFE

Discovery that leads straight to governance

Context with every discovery

Each discovered third party includes its source and relationship context, so teams understand why it matters and act first where it counts.

Built on signals you already have

Discovery draws on the procurement, contract, GRC and other enterprise systems your organization already uses.

Discovery to governance in one motion

Discovered third parties move into governed TPRM workflows without manual reconciliation, duplicate entry or disconnected processes.

A queue that stays clean

Discovery reasons and bulk archive let teams clear suppliers that do not need review and focus on the ones that do.

Challenges this solves

Accelerate AI Adoption

AI tool risk is hard to see and govern

Traditional questionnaires miss AI-specific risks, and AI features added to existing services can bypass intake and assessment.
Accelerate AI Adoption

AI tool approvals take too long

Security, privacy, legal and procurement each gather evidence on their own, and business teams wait while the reviews run.
The Proof

Machine-Speed Defense. Measurable Results.

Instacart operationalizes enterprise-scale TPRM while reducing assessment effort.

Retail USA

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The Challenge

Instacart's TPRM team managed hundreds of vendors through manual processes that slowed assessments and limited visibility. They needed a more automated, risk-based approach to scale the program.

The Results

30+
hours
of analyst work eliminated per assessment
3
weeks
to operationalize TPRM with 600+ vendors
100%
vendors
assessed and monitored with zero added headcount
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