Five Essential Tools For Due Diligence Open-Source Research

Today's compliance professionals have abundant resources to make better decisions about their clients and supply chain partners faster and with greater confidence than ever before. However, accessing those resources online poses challenges: maintaining privacy, protecting computer networks from malware or intrusion, and just finding good sources among the plethora of paid and free services found online. Also, many compliance professionals are locked into a particular program or workflow, be it handed down by routine, mandated by management, or completely self-served, limiting the potential for expanding their knowledge base or confirming their conclusions. Here are five resources you may want to introduce to your open-source toolkit to enhance your security, shorten your search time, and improve your results if you are not currently using them in your due diligence workflow.