Implementing a risk-based approach to third-party due diligence offers several advantages: It frees up compliance resources to be deployed efficiently and helps organizations meet the expectations of regulators.

To an audience of risk and compliance practitioners, this argument is an easy sell. The why is clear. The how, less so.

Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported...