Vanta

Vanta is a security compliance automation platform designed to help organizations obtain and maintain certifications such as SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and GDPR. The platform replaces manual, spreadsheet-based compliance processes with continuous monitoring and automated evidence collection. By integrating directly with a company’s cloud infrastructure, code repositories, identity providers, and other SaaS tools, Vanta automatically gathers the necessary security controls and policies, maps them to framework requirements, and generates audit-ready reports. The core functionality revolves around a central dashboard that displays the real-time compliance status across multiple frameworks. Users can see which controls are passing or failing, receive alerts when configurations drift, and track remediation steps. Vanta supports a wide range of integrations—including AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub, GitLab, Okta, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and over 150 other services—so that security posture checks happen without manual data entry. For example, if an engineer accidentally exposes an S3 bucket, Vanta detects the change and flags it against SOC 2 or HIPAA requirements immediately. For organizations pursuing SOC 2 Type I or Type II, Vanta walks users through the preparation process: it helps define the system description, identify key controls, and monitor them over the observation period. The platform also includes a built-in risk assessment module, vendor management tools, and policy templates that can be customized to match the company’s actual operations. For HIPAA compliance, Vanta specifically addresses the Security Rule requirements like access control, encryption, audit logs, and transmission security. It maps each control to the applicable HIPAA standard and provid