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Linking and unlinking controls for a vendor

Roles and permissions

The following roles can link controls to vendors:

  • Administrators who are members of the Vendor Register

  • Compliance managers who are members of the Vendor Register

  • Users who are members of the Vendor Register

You can link or unlink controls from vendors at any time. To link controls to a vendor:

Linking controls to a vendor

  1. From the left menu, select Vendors.

  2. Select the Vendors tab.

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  3. Select the vendor to link to one or more controls.

  4. On the vendor details, select the Controls tab.

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  5. Click the Add button.

    The Link controls window opens.

  6. Use the filters to find the control or controls to link to the vendor.

    Note

    Hyperproof only displays those controls where you are a member.

  7. Choose the controls to link by selecting one or more checkboxes.

    Note

    You can't link vendors to the individual scopes on a control, only to the control containing those scopes.

  8. Click the Link selected controls button.

    The controls are linked to the vendor.

Unlinking controls from a vendor

  1. From the left menu, select Vendors.

  2. Select the Vendors tab.

    vendors-tab-generic.png
  3. Select the vendor where you want to unlink controls.

  4. On the vendor details, select the Controls tab.

  5. Hover over the control you want to unlink, and then click the Unlink icon.

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  6. On the confirmation message, click Confirm to unlink the control.

    The control is unlinked from the vendor.