Diligent updates board tools
Diligent rolled out updates to its Boards & Entities and Compliance platforms to streamline admin, board workflows, and screening signals—aiming to reduce manual follow‑ups and improve board governance efficiency. That’s the kind of tooling audit and nom/gov committees will increasingly use to evidence compliance and refreshment metrics. (x.com)
Diligent added an Entities Inbound API that lets HR, finance, legal and governance systems push company, people and appointment updates directly into Diligent Entities, with event history and audit trails to show what changed, when and by whom. (diligent.com/resources/blog/ai-innovations-entity-records-in-sync-board-prep-faster) The company began rolling out a modernized Entities experience in October 2025 that is currently in beta and includes an Entities AI Assistant, a dashboard for recently accessed items, and a consolidated Data Library view. (help.diligentoneplatform.com/…/modernized-entities/modernized-entities.htm) Entities release notes show governance-focused changes as recent as March 2, 2026, including a new "Access Modernised UI (read only)" user role and UK e‑filing adjustments tied to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA). (help.diligentoneplatform.com/…/release-notes-entities.htm) Diligent’s Boards Web Admin release notes list a GovernAI panel added March 13, 2026 that can be viewed side‑by‑side with the book and notes Smart Minutes, agenda builder and AI content deletion controls added in prior releases. (help.diligentoneplatform.com/…/release-notes-bwa.htm) On the compliance side, Diligent published a January 28, 2026 product update for Third‑Party Investigator — an AI engine that resolves company names across jurisdictions, maps ownership with proprietary Ownership & Affiliation (O&A) data, screens sanctions/PEPs/adverse media, and delivers a narrative, decision‑ready report with source citations and an audit trail. (diligent.com/resources/blog/diligent-ai-innovations-third-party-and-compliance-workflows) A March 16, 2026 compliance update added GDC email notifications that deliver new screening hits to inboxes and made Vault Advanced Analytics dashboards available to all customers at no extra cost. (diligent.com/resources/blog/ai-innovations-compliance-signals-to-decisions) Third‑Party Manager release notes dated March 12, 2026 show a new AI‑powered third‑party risk evaluation that consolidates insights into a single, easy‑to‑read report to speed assessments and reduce module switching. (help.diligentoneplatform.com/…/third_party_manager/release_notes_3pm.htm) Diligent also unveiled AuditAI publicly on March 10, 2026 at the IIA GAM conference, positioning a suite of agentic AI features that integrate with SmartPrep 360 for continuous, risk‑aligned assurance. (businesswire.com/news/home/20260310277035/en/Diligent-Debuts-AuditAI-at-IIA-GAM-2026-Bringing-Early-Warning-Signals-to-Internal-Audit-and-the-Boardroom)
