Getting started

First of all, welcome to 3rdRisk! This article will help you get up and running as fast as possible.

We never liked the lengthy and costly implementation projects of typical GRC/risk platforms, so that is why 3rdRisk comes with a best-practice blueprint which you can fully configure to your own needs. The possibilities are plenty, but first, we will start with the basics.

0. Technical setup
Before starting with 3rdRisk, it’s important to make sure the technical foundation is in place. This includes setting up your custom domain, configuring Single Sign-On (SSO) if needed, and assigning the first admin users. These steps are important for your team to access the platform.

Once the technical basics are covered, you’ll be ready to dive into configuring your organisation’s structure, roles, and workflows on the platform. Our 3rdRisk Customer Success team will get in contact with you to ensure all technicalities are covered.

1. Create your organisation profile
The first step in your new 3rdRisk account is to create an organisation profile. This profile provides an overview of your organisation and allows your third parties to search and connect with you.

This functionality will provide you with new types of network functionalities which will further mature and strengthen your third-party risk management capability:

• Easily add and maintain registered third-parties
• Initiate shared assessments (roadmap)
• Securely share risk and incident information (roadmap)
• Directly communicate with each other within the platform (roadmap)

Click Submit to save your organisation profile and go to the users (step 2).

More info:
Organisation profile

2. Add the first users
Likely, you are not the only person managing your third-party risks. We encourage you to invite some more involved colleagues to your 3rdRisk environment.

Within the user section, you can easily invite new users. Simply click the [+ Invite] button:

Enter the full name, email address, job title and job description of your new user. Select the relevant role(s) from the list to assign the correct permissions.

Click [Invite] to send them an email with instructions on how to set up their account.

More info:
User management (Roles & Rights)

Advice is to start with a small number of users as you can easily add more colleagues at a later stage. Especially if you are also planning to start using SSO (OKTA/Azure AD), we strongly suggest limiting the number of local user accounts in this configuration phase.

3. Configure your initial organisation model
It is now time to create your organisation structure. This structure provides a visual representation and hierarchy of how your organisation is shaped and organised. Having your organisation model in place will allow you to assign different data elements like third parties, contracts, requirements, risks, incidents and users within the platform.

More info:
Organisation model

Advice is to start with a simple organisation model as you can easily add more depth and complexity at a later stage.

If you encounter any issues during the configuration, hit the ask button or email support@3rdRisk.com, and one of our team members is more than happy to help you!