Respond to an internal assessment

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
  • 1 minute to read

    • Respond to an Inherent Risk Questionnaire (IRQ) or internal assessment that has been assigned to your queue. Your responses to the questionnaire help determine if the process moves forward and can affect which questionnaires are sent to the third party or engagement.

    Before you begin

    Role required: snc_internal

    About this task

    When someone in your organization creates a due diligence request, the owner of the overall due diligence process specifies who should respond to that initial IRQ. Internal assessments can also be created on demand and the owner assigns questionnaires to IRQ assessors or respondents. As an IRQ assessor or respondent, you receive an email that contains the links to the assigned questionnaires, the name of the related assessment, and the deadline. This information is also provided as part of the questionnaire in Employee Center. For more information, see Assessing your third-party risk, Create an internal assessment, Requesting third-party risk due diligence, and Due diligence workflow.
    Note:
    When a request is created, the system alerts the initial due diligence requester and all users in the Due diligence request assignment group. A member of the group can assign a Third-party risk (TPR) manager or TPR assessor to act as the owner of the request.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Self-Service > Employee Center to open your Employee Center.
    2. Respond to an internal assessment by performing one of the following.
      OptionDescription
      Respond to an IRQ or Internal questionnaire using the Classic engine In the My active items pane, select Surveys and In the My Assessments and Surveys section, select the assessment you want to respond to.
      Respond to an IRQ or internal questionnaire using the Smart Assessment Engine
      1. In the My active items pane, select GRC tasks and In the My to-dos section, select any number to open the list of assessments with that state.
      2. Select the TPRM assessment that you want to respond to.
      Note:
      You can reassign a questionnaire to another team member by selecting the more actions menu icon and selecting Reassign. After reassigning the questionnaire, you lose access to the questionnaire.
    3. Answer all relevant questions in the questionnaire and then select Submit.