CDQ Guards · Sanctions, watchlist & PEP screening
Screen every business partner at the point of data entry
AML Guard embeds sanctions, watchlist, and PEP screening directly into your master data workflows, then continuously re-screens your partners as your data or the lists change. Compliance decisions stay fully human-driven, and every one is traceable.
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Built for compliance at scale
AML Guard connects authoritative global risk lists to your master data and keeps a complete, auditable record of every check.
- 1,450+
global sanctions, watchlist & PEP data sources connected
- 10 years
default retention of every decision log, with no deletions
- 4–6 weeks
typical full-portfolio monitoring interval, alongside event-driven re-screening
CDQ Guards
What AML Guard does
Screening, monitoring, case handling, and reporting — embedded in the master data lifecycle and running on the CDQ Data Mirror.
Sanctions & watchlist screening
Deterministic screening against your configured sanctions, watchlist, and PEP lists with jurisdiction-aware logic, versioned configurations, thresholds, and full documentation of both hits and non-hits.
Continuous monitoring
Scheduled full-portfolio passive monitoring combined with event-driven active monitoring that re-screens only the partners affected when a list entry or a record changes — closing exposure windows without re-running everything.
Case management
A centralized workspace where compliance experts review hits, drill into case details and list sources, record standardized decisions, and push outcomes back to ERP or compliance tools, with role-based access.
Audit trail & reporting
An immutable, time-stamped history of every screening event and decision, with configurable retention and portfolio- or partner-level compliance reports you can export for auditors and regulators.
Data Mirror integration
Runs on the CDQ Data Mirror to monitor your portfolio, feed verified sanctions status back into it, and expose compliance status to external systems via APIs for screening status, case details, and audit-trail download.
Risk-based rulesets
Configurable, risk-based screening rulesets per partner group plus on-demand single-entity screening, so you can set different frequencies and scopes for high-risk versus low-risk portfolios.
Why CDQ AML Guard
Compliance that lives inside your data governance, not bolted on downstream.
Embedded in the master data lifecycle
Screening triggers automatically as business partner records are created or changed in ERP, MDM, and CRM — so issues are corrected at the source before risky data spreads, not caught in a downstream batch.
Continuous, event-driven re-screening
Checks re-trigger whenever partner data or the watchlists change, closing the gaps that periodic batch runs leave open.
Explainable, master-data-tuned scoring
Match scoring is tuned for business partner data and made transparent for audits — cutting false positives and speeding up decisions.
Authoritative sources plus network intelligence
Global risk lists are combined with a community-driven detection layer from the CDQ network, laying the groundwork for collaborative compliance.
How AML Guard works
From a central compliance policy to an auditable record — a continuous loop across your business partner data.
Define your policy
Central compliance translates AML, sanctions, and PEP policies into executable, versioned screening configurations with selected lists and thresholds.
Setup
Connect your sources
Configurations are assigned to data domains via Data Clinic screening monitors, connecting each ERP, CRM, and MDM source without changing the underlying systems.
Setup
Monitor continuously
AML Guard watches internal master data changes and external regulatory list updates; relevant events automatically trigger re-screening of the affected partners.
Ongoing
Manage cases
Potential hits create compliance cases routed to the responsible roles, where experts assess, decide, and document each outcome — the product never auto-clears a hit.
Per case
Feed back & audit
Verified compliance status flows back into the Data Mirror and downstream systems, and every activity lands in an immutable, exportable audit trail.
Ongoing
Frequently asked questions
What buyers ask before rolling out AML Guard.
What exactly is AML Guard?
AML Guard is CDQ's compliance product that embeds sanctions, watchlist, and PEP screening of your business partners directly into your master data workflows. It screens partners at the point of data creation and change, continuously re-screens them as your data or the lists change, and keeps a full audit trail of every decision.
Who is it for?
It is built for risk and compliance leads, master data managers, finance leaders, and automation owners at large multinationals — anyone who needs jurisdiction-aware AML, sanctions, and PEP coverage that is embedded in core data governance rather than run as a late, disconnected batch check.
How does it integrate with SAP and our other systems?
AML Guard runs on the CDQ Data Mirror and connects to SAP MDG, SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and other ERP, CRM, and MDM systems without changing them. Screening triggers on record creation and change, and verified status is fed back via APIs for screening status, case details, and audit-trail download.
Does it make compliance decisions automatically?
No. AML Guard proposes signals and creates structured cases, but it never auto-clears or suppresses a hit. Your compliance experts review each case, decide, and document the outcome, with every decision traceable to its user, timestamp, and reasoning.
How is it auditable and how long is data kept?
Every screening event and decision is written to an immutable, time-stamped audit trail with configurable retention — 10 years by default, with no deletions. You can export portfolio- or partner-level compliance reports for auditors and regulators.
How do we get started?
Book a demo with a CDQ expert. We will show AML Guard against your business partner data and scope how to embed screening into your existing master data workflows.
Book a demo
See AML Guard on your own data
Book a demo with a CDQ compliance expert and we will walk through embedded screening, continuous monitoring, and case management against your business partner portfolio.
Book your CDQ demo
Pick a 30-minute slot — see AML Guard working on your own data.