Like most large multinational companies, Dell Inc. engages with many third parties across its business and around the world. And that means Dell’s chief compliance counsel, Joseph Burke, has his hands full on most days making sure those third parties are trustworthy.

That’s why Dell and Burke, who is the company’s global coordinator of compliance counsel, have turned to a risk-sorting system that helps them put the most company resources where the risks are higher—and save when it can determine that the risks are lower.