Vendor security questionnaires that vendors actually finish
Guided questionnaires, forwardable invitations, answers that carry over from the last round and a reviewer workflow that turns responses into findings.
Security questionnaires stall when they are long, sent to the wrong person or start from scratch every year. Pistos makes the vendor's side easy: a 14-day invitation link the contact can forward to whoever should answer, sign-in by emailed link, and each new round starting from the last answers so the vendor only confirms what changed. On your side you watch progress in real time, validate each answer and turn problems into findings.
What you get
Easy for vendors to answer
Forwardable invitations, sign-in by emailed link instead of a password and teammates on the same vendor account. Vendors always answer for free.
Answer once, share many
A vendor keeps one profile of its answers and reuses them across customers. Reused answers are marked, the vendor confirms them and your reviewer still validates every one.
Import answered questionnaires
Upload a vendor's completed spreadsheet, map its columns once and the mapping is remembered for next time.
Progress tracking
See which vendors have opened, started and submitted in a single assessment tracker.
Review and findings
Validate each answer and record findings with severity. Optional AI suggestions help with free-text answers; you review and save, nothing is written for you.
Evidence and expiry
Request the policies and certificates each vendor must provide, with expiry dates and reminders.
How it works
Send
Invite the vendor contact by email.
Forward
They can pass the link to the right colleague.
Answer
A guided portal, starting from last time's answers.
Validate
Your reviewer checks each answer.
Act
Record findings and track fixes.
Questions
Do vendors need a Pistos account?
They get one when invited, at no cost. They can sign in with an emailed one-time link instead of a password.
How long does an invitation last?
An invitation link stays valid for 14 days, so the contact who receives it can forward it to the colleague who will answer.
Can vendors reuse their answers for other customers?
Yes. A vendor can keep one profile and reuse it when another customer asks the same question. The customer's reviewer still validates each one.
Is AI used to score vendors?
No. AI-assisted review is optional, switched on per company and on the Growth plan and above. It suggests a severity and rationale for free-text answers; you review and save.
Related
Vendor risk assessment
Pistos scopes each vendor, sends a questionnaire sized to its risk, turns the answers into findings, tracks the fixes and records the approval. Every step stays linked to the answer that raised it.
Third-party risk management
Onboard vendors from a ticket, assess them, monitor them between reviews and keep the evidence, findings and decisions in one program.
Trust center software
A public trust center for your certifications and security documentation, with NDA and access requests handled in one place.
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