Due diligence risk factors are areas of an organisation or project that need to be analyzed for potential risks to its goals or goals. They include the legal and financial aspects, as well as the IT and operational elements of a business.
Customer due diligence (CDD) is a good example of due diligence. Verifying a person’s identification and assessing their risk level is a component of this process. It helps ensure the compliance of anti-money laundering and counter financing of terrorism laws. CDD typically takes place prior to when the first customer is welcomed and continues to be conducted at regular intervals throughout their relationship with the firm. It is important to understand how often each risk category must be re-examined.
It’s unreasonable and disproportionate to expect an organisation to conduct CDD on all the countries, projects or business associates it has around the world, especially if some of them only have the risk of corruption at a minimal level. Therefore, an organisation should use its GIACC program to identify and classify countries as well as business associates and projects by the likelihood of them being corrupt, with appropriate due diligence undertaken on those that are considered to pose greater content than a low risk.
Another example of due diligence is IT due diligence, which includes an analysis of a prospective company’s infrastructure for information technology as well as cybersecurity and data management practices. This is a way to identify any potential issues or costs associated with the acquisition of a company, such as hardware or software that may need to be replaced. This could also help identify any vulnerabilities in the IT system that could allow for the leakage of sensitive or private information.