Business Associates
Understand what your customers have actually required of you.
For business associates, every customer agreement can introduce a different set of expectations around security, breach notification, subcontractors, audit rights, insurance, business continuity, evidence, and reporting.
As the customer base grows, those commitments become increasingly difficult to manage manually.
Common pain points
- Different customers negotiate different incident-notification windows.
- Security addenda may impose requirements beyond a standard BAA.
- Subprocessor and flow-down obligations can vary by customer.
- Customers may require specific certifications, reports, or evidence.
- Contractual requirements may exceed your internal standard.
- Sales, Legal, Security, and Compliance may each maintain different records.
How DownStream helps
DownStream gives business associates a centralized way to identify customer-specific commitments, compare them against organizational standards, track supporting evidence, and answer assurance questions with greater confidence.