You're Drowning in Vendor Assessments. We Know.
Vendor onboarding cycles that take three to eight weeks. Annual reassessments that mean starting from scratch. Spreadsheets tracking remediation across hundreds of vendors. Your board asking for portfolio insights you can't produce without a weekend of manual work.
There's a better way.
Continuity Strength delivers SIG-style vendor assessment with AI-powered BCP generation. One questionnaire produces operational due diligence, resilience scoring, and portfolio reporting in a fraction of the time and cost.
Finally: TPRM That Scales to Your Entire Portfolio
One questionnaire. Complete vendor package. Easy monitoring.
- ASSESS: 45 minutes instead of 3-week cycles
- EMBED: Auto-generate BCPs and IRPs - eliminate consultant fees and multiple request rounds
- MONITOR: Track remediation with automated reminders - no more spreadsheet chaos
- IMPROVE: Year-over-year comparison - show vendor resilience is trending up
- REPORT: One-click dashboards for board meetings, regulatory exams, and audits
We Don't Just Score Vendors. We Build Their Resilience.
SIG-style assessment meets automated BCP generation
Traditional TPRM checks IF vendors have BCPs. Most don't. Gap identified. Nothing changes. We auto-generate BCPs and IRPs from the assessment itself.
From Weeks to Hours
Traditional approach: 3-8 weeks per assessment. Thousands in consulting fees for BCP creation. Manual year-over-year comparison. Custom spreadsheets for reporting.
With Continuity Strength: 45-minute questionnaire. Auto-generated BCP and IRP. Year-over-year tracking built in. One-click dashboards. Process 100+ vendors per year with the same team.
From Multiple Requests to Single Assessment
68.8% gap solved
Traditional TPRM: Multiple vendor request cycles. "Send us your BCP" then "Now your IRP" then "Now your DR plan." Vendor frustration. Delayed responses.
With Continuity Strength: One questionnaire generates everything. BCP, IRP, resilience score auto-created. Vendors complete once.
Portfolio Intelligence for Every Stakeholder
Your CRO: Real-time dashboard showing resilience score distribution.
Your auditor: Remediation tracking with owner assignments and due dates.
Your board: Year-over-year trends showing vendor improvement.
Risk-Based Assessment Programs Made Simple
SIG-style assessment methodology that meets regulatory expectations across industries. One comprehensive questionnaire feeds risk tiering, resilience scoring, ongoing monitoring, and portfolio reporting.
Onboard & Risk-Tier Vendors
Upload your vendor list or integrate via API. Platform automatically classifies by criticality: High-risk (quarterly reviews), Medium (annual), Low (biennial).
SIG-Style Assessment with AI
Vendors complete one comprehensive questionnaire in 30-45 minutes. AI automatically generates BCP, IRP, and resilience score from their responses.
Embed Continuity Plans
Auto-generate standardized BCPs and IRPs that vendors can actually use. Vendors get actionable plans, not just a scorecard. Solves the 68.8% BCP support gap.
Track Remediation Progress
Between scheduled assessments, track open findings, remediation status, and resilience score changes. Centralized dashboard with assigned owners, due dates, and automated escalation.
Drive Continuous Improvement
Year-over-year comparison shows which vendors improved, which closed remediation items, which are stagnating. Portfolio trends show percentage meeting minimum thresholds.
Portfolio Reporting
Export executive dashboards, audit evidence packages, and regulatory exam documentation. One-click reports for board meetings, audits, and regulatory reviews.
From Assessment to Audit-Ready Evidence
Detailed vendor evidence for analysts. Portfolio visibility for executives. Comprehensive compliance documentation for auditors and regulators. Small businesses can also use Continuity Strength directly to build their own plans.
BCP and IRP generation from single questionnaire. Standardized, actionable plans vendors can implement immediately. Audit-ready documentation.
Centralized view: responses, resilience scores, open findings, remediation tasks, review schedules. Track improvement between assessment cycles.
Executive dashboards with portfolio risk concentration, resilience score distributions, trending over time. Export for board reporting and regulatory reviews.
Regulatory Compliance Built In
Audit-ready evidence that meets regulatory expectations across industries. Maps to DORA, ISO 22301, SOC 2, NIST CSF, GDPR, and FFIEC requirements for third-party risk management and operational resilience.
DORA (EU Financial Services)
Digital Operational Resilience Act requiring ICT continuity and third-party risk assessments for EU financial services firms.
ISO 22301
Global business continuity management standard requiring documented strategies, tested plans, and regular reviews.
SOC 2 (TSC)
Security and availability attestation requiring vendor continuity and incident response controls with evidence.
NIST CSF
Cybersecurity Framework requiring incident response, recovery readiness, and supply chain continuity across vendors.
GDPR (Art. 32)
Security of processing requirements including continuity of services for third-party data processors.
FFIEC (Banking)
US banking guidance requiring institutions to assess vendor BCP and disaster recovery capabilities as part of oversight.
Detailed Framework Mapping
| Regulation / Standard | Requirement / Clause | How Continuity Strength helps | Evidence produced |
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| DORA (EU Financial Services) |
Art. 12: ICT business continuity and DR Art. 11: Third party risk assessments |
Vendors complete a resilience focused questionnaire covering continuity, recovery, and ICT dependencies. Gaps are flagged with remediation plans and tracked. |
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| ISO 22301 |
Clause 8: BC strategy and plans Clause 9.1: Performance evaluation |
Structured responses generate a standardized BCP aligned to ISO 22301 elements with review cycles and testing cadence monitored. |
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| SOC 2 |
CC7.3: Incident response CC9.2: Vendor management CC4.1: Continuity controls |
Vendor answers map to SOC 2 continuity and incident criteria so your evidence stays consistent across suppliers, with remediation tracked. |
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| NIST CSF |
PR.IP-9: Response and recovery plans RS.IM-1: Incident management ID.SC-4: Supply chain continuity |
Continuity questionnaire plus outside in cyber signal highlights gaps aligned to NIST categories, with progress visible in dashboards. |
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| GDPR | Art. 32: Security of processing including service continuity | Show continuity preparedness for processors handling personal data through generated plans, reviews, and monitoring. |
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| FFIEC (Banking) | BCP and DR expectations for third party service providers in banking | Provide consistent evidence of vendor continuity through standardized plan outputs and resilience dashboards for financial institutions. |
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DORA (EU Financial Services)
Requirement / Clause:
Art. 12: ICT business continuity and DR
Art. 11: Third party risk assessments
How Continuity Strength helps:
Vendors complete a resilience focused questionnaire covering continuity, recovery, and ICT dependencies. Gaps are flagged with remediation plans and tracked.
Evidence produced:
• Auto generated BCP
• Incident Response Plan
• Resilience Score
• Outside in cyber scan findings
ISO 22301
Requirement / Clause:
Clause 8: BC strategy and plans
Clause 9.1: Performance evaluation
How Continuity Strength helps:
Structured responses generate a standardized BCP aligned to ISO 22301 with review cycles and testing cadence monitored.
Evidence produced:
• ISO aligned BCP
• Review schedule in dashboard
SOC 2
Requirement / Clause:
CC7.3: Incident response
CC9.2: Vendor management
CC4.1: Continuity controls
How Continuity Strength helps:
Vendor answers map to SOC 2 continuity and incident criteria so evidence stays consistent across suppliers, with remediation tracked.
Evidence produced:
• BCP and IRP outputs
• Resilience Score mapped to criteria
NIST CSF
Requirement / Clause:
PR.IP-9: Response and recovery plans
RS.IM-1: Incident management
ID.SC-4: Supply chain continuity
How Continuity Strength helps:
Continuity questionnaire plus outside in cyber signal highlights gaps aligned to NIST categories, with progress visible in dashboards.
Evidence produced:
• Gap analysis report
• Cyber scan findings
• Remediation status dashboard
GDPR
Requirement / Clause:
Art. 32: Security of processing including service continuity
How Continuity Strength helps:
Show continuity preparedness for processors handling personal data through generated plans, reviews, and monitoring.
Evidence produced:
• BCP and IRP outputs
FFIEC (Banking)
Requirement / Clause:
BCP and DR expectations for third party service providers in banking
How Continuity Strength helps:
Provide consistent evidence of vendor continuity through standardized plan outputs and resilience dashboards.
Evidence produced:
• BCP and IRP deliverables
• Resilience Score dashboards
Ready to Solve the Vendor Assessment Problem?
Continuity Strength transforms vendor operational due diligence from weeks to hours. Auto-generate BCPs for your entire vendor portfolio. Get audit-ready evidence and portfolio reporting that satisfies regulators.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Continuity Strength is built for two groups: small and mid-sized risk teams that need an affordable way to assess and monitor vendors, and enterprise teams that need practical continuity evidence from smaller vendors their GRC systems cannot cover effectively.
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Continuity Strength focuses on the resilience piece of TPRM, generating Business Continuity Plans (BCP), Incident Response Plans (IRP), resilience scores, and cyber scan outputs for vendors. It integrates easily into existing vendor oversight processes.
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No. Many smaller companies use Continuity Strength as their only resilience solution. For enterprises, it complements existing platforms by filling the evidence gap with SMB vendors.
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Continuity Strength maps to DORA, ISO 22301, SOC 2, NIST CSF, GDPR, and FFIEC guidance. A compliance matrix shows which requirements are met and what evidence is generated. (Note: the platform does not certify compliance.)
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Track vendors under management, number of assessments, SLA adherence, and open issues by severity. Export one-page summaries highlighting the top exposure areas.