Enterprise Services • ES-10
AI KYB / Risk Intelligence
Know who you are actually contracting with, and what changed since onboarding.
Scope
What the engagement covers.
Counterparty risk is usually assessed once at onboarding and then assumed stable. This service builds continuous, evidence-backed intelligence on ownership, sanctions, litigation and adverse media.
Included capabilities
- Beneficial ownership resolution and corporate structure mapping
- Sanctions, watchlist and politically exposed person screening
- Litigation, insolvency and regulatory enforcement history
- Adverse media analysis with source grading and false-positive control
- Continuous monitoring with change alerting on the counterparty portfolio
Outputs and deliverables
- Counterparty risk file with sourcing and confidence
- Ownership structure map to ultimate beneficial owner
- Screening results with dispositioned false positives
- Continuous monitoring alerts and periodic portfolio review
Workflow
How it is delivered, step by step.
Each step has an owner, an entry condition and an artefact that has to exist before the next step begins.
01DefineRisk appetite, screening thresholds and escalation criteria.
02ResolveEntity resolution across registries, filings and open sources.
03ScreenSanctions, PEP, litigation and adverse media with human review.
04DecideRisk rating, mitigation conditions and approval or refusal.
05MonitorOngoing change detection with alerting to the relationship owner.
Use cases
Where this is typically applied.
Pre-transaction diligence on an acquisition target or joint venture
Periodic refresh of a large existing counterparty portfolio
Delivery model
The operating pattern for Enterprise Services.
The same delivery discipline applies across every capability in this line, so combined engagements stay coherent.
Assess
Current state, obligations, control coverage, gaps and material risks.
Design
Target architecture, control library, policy set, roles and evidence model.
Implement
Build controls into platforms, workflows and delivery pipelines.
Operate
Run the function, or coach the client team while they run it.
Assure
Independent testing, reporting to committee and continuous improvement.
Integration
- Existing GRC, ticketing and ITSM platforms for issue and action flow.
- SIEM, EDR and cloud posture tooling for control evidence.
- HR and identity systems for role, joiner-mover-leaver and access review data.
- Board and committee reporting cycles, so output lands in existing governance.
Engagement approach
Engagements start with a fixed-scope assessment so the client sees findings before committing to a build. Implementation runs in quarterly increments against an agreed roadmap, and any managed element carries a named lead, defined SLA and quarterly service review.
Related
Other capabilities in Enterprise Services.
ES-01
Cybersecurity Assessment & Assurance
Establish what the control environment actually does, not what the policy says it does.
ES-02Security Architecture & Transformation
Design the target state, then sequence the journey so each step is fundable and reversible.
ES-03Incident Readiness & Response
Decide how you will respond before the day you have to.
ES-04Privacy / PDP Programme
Turn personal data protection law into operating routine rather than an annual scramble.
ES-05DPO as a Service
A named, qualified data protection officer function without the cost of building one internally.
ES-06Privacy by Design
Put privacy requirements into the build, where they cost least to satisfy.
ES-07AI Governance
Give AI adoption an accountable structure before scale makes it ungovernable.
ES-08AI Security & Red Teaming
Test AI systems the way an adversary would, then prove the fix.
ES-09GRC Transformation
Replace duplicated spreadsheets with one control library and one evidence trail.
ES-11Tabletop & Executive Training
Rehearse the decisions, not just the technical steps.
ES-12Digital Trust Architecture
Make identity, cryptography, privacy and AI controls fit together as one system.