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The fragmented GRC landscape facing today’s general counsel

Legal leaders are accountable for governance, risk and compliance — but the data they need is rarely in one place. These are the risks that keep general counsels awake at night — and that Diligent was built to address.

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Siloed governance, risk & compliance systems

Board packs, entities, policies, and risk live in separate tools, making it impossible to see cross-cutting exposure or provide board-ready insight

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Limited visibility into enterprise risk

Emerging risks are only noticed reactively. Without a live, connected view across legal, operational, cyber, and third-party domains, proactive advising is impossible.

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Entity and subsidiary risk hiding in spreadsheets

Corporate changes tracked in spreadsheets lead to missed filings, outdated ownership data, and higher risk of liability and disclosure errors.

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Ethics, hotline and investigations managed by inbox

Allegations arrive through uncoordinated channels. Without governed case workflows, protecting whistleblowers, demonstrating independence, and documenting responses is difficult.

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Compliance programs built on manual effort

Policies, attestations, third-party due diligence, and regulatory updates managed manually waste hours that could focus on higher-risk issues.

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Too many responsibilities, not enough time

Hours spent on board packs, entity lookups, and policy tracking reduce strategic advising on AI oversight, M&A, and business-critical decisions.

One AI-powered GRC platform for the modern general counsel

From public companies and financial institutions to high-growth private and multinational groups, Diligent helps general counsels centralize governance, risk and compliance on one secure, AI-powered platform — so you can reduce complexity, prove compliance and lead with confidence.

Board management

AI-powered board and committee materials Generate board and committee pack drafts in hours. AI synthesizes finance, risk, compliance and legal inputs into structured, decision-ready materials.

Secure, privileged communications Keep sensitive conversations out of email with encrypted, role-based access across boards, subsidiaries and committees, with full audit trails for every decision.

End-to-end meeting workflow Standardize agendas, circulate materials, capture decisions and track follow-ups in one system with AI-assisted minutes and reliable action tracking.

Governance-ready data room Share transaction and diligence materials securely with watermarking, NDAs, engagement analytics and immutable logs supporting M&A, financings and strategic deals.

See unified GRC in action

Explore how Diligent brings governance, risk, compliance and entities together in one secure platform built for general counsels.

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PROVEN BY YOUR PEERS

How governance teams improved board operations with Diligent

“By partnering with Diligent, I make my directors’ lives easier — giving them the information they need at their fingertips to make decisions quickly, confidently and in the best interests of the company."

Suzanne VanSligtenhorst Assistant Corporate Secretary Dentalcorp (DNTL.TO)

1M+

Users

75%

of Fortune 500 use Diligent

25K+

Organizations governed on our platform

130+

Countries where we operate

“I used to spend a day or two preparing for board meetings with the old system. Now, with Diligent, it’s maybe an hour or two.”

Eric Myers, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

ELCO Mutual

“It’s a solution that was properly priced, quick to deploy and simple to learn — enhancing our enterprise risk management program and delivering immediate value to all stakeholders.”

Melanie McGrath, General Counsel

CBCL Limited

How Diligent transforms the work of general counsels

	Before Diligent	With Diligent
Board Preparation	cancel Drafting board and committee packs manually, pulling from spreadsheets and siloed emails, taking days or weeks	AI-powered drafts of board packs, synthesizing finance, legal, risk, and compliance inputs into decision-ready materials
Secure Communications	cancel Sensitive emails and attachments scattered across inboxes; no centralized control or audit trail	Encrypted, role-based access to board, subsidiary, and committee communications with full audit trails for every decision
Meeting Workflow & Minutes	cancel Agendas, materials, and follow-ups tracked manually; minutes often inconsistent or incomplete	Standardized agendas, circulated materials, AI-assisted minutes, and tracked follow-ups; regulator-ready record always maintained
Entity Management	cancel Spreadsheets and disconnected tools; limited visibility into subsidiaries, officers, and ownership structures	Single source of truth with global visibility of subsidiaries, officers, ownership stakes, and dependencies for transactions and disclosures
Compliance & Filings	cancelManual reminders for statutory obligations; risk of missed deadlines or errors	Automated compliance alerts and filing reminders across jurisdictions, protecting good standing and avoiding expensive remediation
Enterprise Risk	cancelIdentifying risks manually from public disclosures; difficulty benchmarking and prioritizing threats	AI-powered benchmarking of 180,000+ public company disclosures, interactive heatmaps, and prioritization for ERM maturity alignment

How Diligent transforms the work of general counsels

Board Preparation

Before Diligent

cancel Drafting board and committee packs manually, pulling from spreadsheets and siloed emails, taking days or weeks

With Diligent

AI-powered drafts of board packs, synthesizing finance, legal, risk, and compliance inputs into decision-ready materials

Secure Communications

Before Diligent

cancel Sensitive emails and attachments scattered across inboxes; no centralized control or audit trail

With Diligent

Encrypted, role-based access to board, subsidiary, and committee communications with full audit trails for every decision

Meeting Workflow & Minutes

Before Diligent

cancel Agendas, materials, and follow-ups tracked manually; minutes often inconsistent or incomplete

With Diligent

Standardized agendas, circulated materials, AI-assisted minutes, and tracked follow-ups; regulator-ready record always maintained

Entity Management

Before Diligent

cancel Spreadsheets and disconnected tools; limited visibility into subsidiaries, officers, and ownership structures

With Diligent

Single source of truth with global visibility of subsidiaries, officers, ownership stakes, and dependencies for transactions and disclosures

Compliance & Filings

Before Diligent

cancelManual reminders for statutory obligations; risk of missed deadlines or errors

With Diligent

Automated compliance alerts and filing reminders across jurisdictions, protecting good standing and avoiding expensive remediation

Enterprise Risk

Before Diligent

cancelIdentifying risks manually from public disclosures; difficulty benchmarking and prioritizing threats

With Diligent

AI-powered benchmarking of 180,000+ public company disclosures, interactive heatmaps, and prioritization for ERM maturity alignment

Validated by analysts.
Loved by customers.

See why Diligent is the only GRC SaaS company to be named a ‘Leader’ by the top 5 independent analyst firms (Chartis, Forrester, Gartner, IDC and Verdantix) — and why customers consistently award us top ratings for innovation, ease of use and real results.