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Sanctions Sentinel

Screens NetSuite vendors and customers against OFAC, EU EEAS, and BIS sanctions lists. Generates audit-ready compliance certificates inside your ERP.

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Sanctions Sentinel screening the vendor Northwind Trading Ltd against three lists the moment it is saved. OFAC SDN and the EU Consolidated list return no match. UK OFSI returns a review at 0.82 confidence, shown as a name similarity bar. A dated compliance certificate SC-2026-0912 is filed on the vendor record.

Built for people who live inside NetSuite all day.

Paying a sanctioned vendor or shipping to an embargoed entity carries large regulatory fines. Sanctions Sentinel checks NetSuite Vendor and Customer records against OFAC, BIS, and EU EEAS sanctions lists on every save, re-screens your full master file nightly, and generates an audit-ready compliance certificate you can pull for any transaction.

How Sanctions Sentinel runs, step by step
  1. 01A vendor or customer record is savedInside your account, no polling from outside.
  2. 02Sanctions Sentinel runsSuiteScript 2.1 in your own tenant.
  3. 03Screening result plus a dated compliance certificateLands in NetSuite.

Sanctions Sentinel has not shipped yet, so this is the data flow rather than a screenshot.

Key Capabilities

What it does, specifically.

This is what Sanctions Sentinel actually does, step by step.

Live OFAC & EU list matching

Cross-references entity names, addresses, and registration numbers against official US Treasury (SDN) and EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions lists.

Record onboarding screening

Runs a normalized match check the moment a Vendor, Customer, or Partner record is created or updated, then a deep fuzzy screen of the full master file in the nightly batch.

Audit-ready KYC reports

Generates timestamped PDF compliance certificates using NetSuite N/render and stores audit logs on the entity record for auditors.

Transaction hold safeguard

Places a payment hold on Vendor Bills or an order fulfillment hold on Sales Orders if a high-confidence sanctions match is detected.

How to Get Running

Install in three steps. No consultants.

01

Install the SuiteApp

Install the Sanctions Sentinel SuiteScript 2.1 SuiteApp in your NetSuite production account.

02

Configure List Feeds & Thresholds

Select US OFAC, EU Consolidated, and UK OFSI list feeds and set string match sensitivity thresholds.

03

Enable Entity Screening

Activate screening triggers on Customer and Vendor record saves. Every save gets a match check, and the nightly batch re-screens the full master file against the latest lists.

Security & Architecture

Runs inside your NetSuite. Your data doesn't go anywhere.

Sanctions Sentinel runs as native SuiteScript 2.1 inside your own tenant. No data leaves your NetSuite account. When a tool needs an external connection, it authenticates with NetSuite OAuth 2.0.

SuiteScript 2.1 NativeOAuth 2.0 ConnectionsZero External StorageRelease Preview Tested
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Sanctions Sentinel.

Which global sanction lists are screened?

Sanctions Sentinel screens against US OFAC (Specially Designated Nationals & Sectoral Sanctions), US Bureau of Industry & Security (Entity List), EU EEAS Consolidated Sanctions, UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), and UN Security Council lists.

How frequently are sanction lists updated?

Official list feeds sync every 6 hours into a local NetSuite Custom Record table via HTTPS. Newly designated entities are picked up on the next scheduled run.

How are false positives handled?

Compliance officers review match scores in a NetSuite queue and mark false positives with a mandatory reason note, clearing record holds.

Is entity data exported outside NetSuite?

No. Sanctions list feeds are pulled into your account, and entity names are normalized and matched locally against that table. Nothing is sent out.

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