One defensible view of every vendor — documents, assessments and tasks linked
Your vendor evidence is scattered across five systems
When a supervisory authority or an auditor asks what you know about a processor, the answer is rarely in one place. The signed DPA sits in a shared drive, the SOC report in email, the security assessment in a separate tool, and the open remediation items in someone's spreadsheet.
That scatter is a control weakness, not just an inconvenience. Under GDPR Art. 28 you must evidence the safeguards behind every processor relationship, and under ISO 27001:2022 Annex A 5.19 you must show ongoing oversight of supplier security. When the evidence lives in five systems, the demonstration becomes a scramble — and gaps surface in front of the regulator.
The harder question is coverage: which assessments actually apply to which vendor, and which action items are still open against them?
What you can do with vendor linking
- Link DPA templates, SOC reports and certifications directly to each vendor record.
- Attach IT-security and data-protection assessments so every review sits beside the vendor it covers.
- Tie remediation tasks and action items to the vendor, tracked to closure.
- Connect vendors to the ROPAs and assets they process, exposing the real data footprint.
- Surface the assessment domains tied to each vendor in a single view.
- Bulk link and unlink records, with a full audit trail of every association change.
What it delivers to your program
- One vendor view answers the auditor's question — documents, assessments, tasks, ROPAs and assets in one place, no cross-system hunt.
- Open remediation stays visible — every action item remains tied to its vendor until it is closed.
- Coverage gaps become obvious — see which vendors lack a current assessment before an inspection does.
- Linking changes are defensible — the audit trail evidences who associated what, and when.
- Reporting is a few clicks — export linked-element lists for management and audit packs.
Built for compliance
DPMS helps you evidence the specific obligations that govern processor due diligence and oversight — mapped to the article and control, never to "the GDPR."
| What DPMS does | Maps to | How |
|---|---|---|
| Holds processor due-diligence evidence per vendor | GDPR Art. 28(1) | DPAs, SOC reports and certifications linked to the vendor record |
| Documents supplier security oversight | ISO 27001:2022 Annex A 5.19 | Security and data-protection assessments linked, with domains surfaced |
| Tracks supplier remediation to closure | ISO 27001:2022 Annex A 5.22 | Action items and tasks linked to the vendor and monitored |
| Helps you evidence control over linked records | GDPR Art. 5(2) | Audit-tracked bulk linking and unlinking |
| Maps vendors to the data they process | GDPR Art. 30(1)(d) | Vendors linked to the ROPAs and assets they touch |
Why Priverion
This isn't a document folder bolted onto a vendor list. Vendor linking lives inside one privacy and InfoSec platform, so the same processor connects to your ROPAs, DPIAs, risk register and assets without re-keying. Unlike general-purpose GRC tools that store files in isolation, the links here are live relationships — when an assessment or task changes, the vendor view reflects it. The result is a single, audit-tracked record of each supplier relationship that holds up when someone asks you to prove it.
Questions DPOs and ISOs ask before a demo
Does it connect vendors to my ROPAs and assets?
Can I link many records at once?
Does this replace my security assessment process?
Can I get the linked records out for reporting?
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