August 31, 2021

What's New in Vanta 8.31.21

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August updates have shipped! For HIPAA customers, we’ve released a HIPAA compliance training video. For all Vanta users, we now offer a ClickUp integration to prove your organization’s use of a task tracking system. We’ve also introduced new automated tests for HIPAA, MFA, AWS, and NoSQL databases. Read on to learn more about what’s new in Vanta.
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HIPAA Compliance Training Video
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The HIPAA Privacy Rule mandates that all members of a workforce be provided with PHI security training “within a reasonable period of time after the person joins the covered entity’s workforce”. This is in addition to general Security Awareness Training, which is also required under the HIPAA Security Rule. Fortunately, Vanta now offers both training videos all-in-one employee onboarding experience. This helpful feature is available (in beta) to all HIPAA customers at no additional cost. Contact your CSM for more info!

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A screen shot of a student's course page.

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New Tests, Integrations, and Improvements

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Tests

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The following Tests have been rolled out to further automate your security and compliance:

Check that HIPAA security awareness training is enabled
Document HIPAA security awareness training completion
Check that MFA is enabled for Microsoft 365 IDP
Check that AWS S3 buckets are closed to public ports
Check that NoSQL databases are encrypted
Check that NoSQL databases have backups

Integrations

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The following Integration has been introduced to validate that your organization is using a task tracking system for software development:

ClickUp

Improvements

Raw data exports now include SLA requirements for security, vulnerability, and onboarding tests
Drag and drop now available when uploading policy documents
Vanta Standard reports can now be searched by keyword or status for improved usability

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As always, we welcome your feedback on these changes! Please let us know what you think by reaching out to your Customer Success Manager.

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– The Vanta Team

Access Review Stage	Content / Functionality
Across all stages	Easily create and save a new access review at a point in time View detailed audit evidence of historical access reviews
Setup access review procedures	Define a global access review procedure that stakeholders can follow, ensuring consistency and mitigation of human error in reviews Set your access review frequency (monthly, quarterly, etc.) and working period/deadlines
Consolidate account access data from systems	Integrate systems using dozens of pre-built integrations, or “connectors”. System account and HRIS data is pulled into Vanta. Upcoming integrations include Zoom and Intercom (account access), and Personio (HRIS) Upload access files from non-integrated systems View and select systems in-scope for the review
Review, approve, and deny user access	Select the appropriate systems reviewer and due date Get automatic notifications and reminders to systems reviewer of deadlines Automatic flagging of “risky” employee accounts that have been terminated or switched departments Intuitive interface to see all accounts with access, account accept/deny buttons, and notes section Track progress of individual systems access reviews and see accounts that need to be removed or have access modified Bulk sort, filter, and alter accounts based on account roles and employee title
Assign remediation tasks to system owners	Built-in remediation workflow for reviewers to request access changes and for admin to view and manage requests Optional task tracker integration to create tickets for any access changes and provide visibility to the status of tickets and remediation
Verify changes to access	Focused view of accounts flagged for access changes for easy tracking and management Automated evidence of remediation completion displayed for integrated systems Manual evidence of remediation can be uploaded for non-integrated systems
Report and re-evaluate results	Auditor can log into Vanta to see history of all completed access reviews Internals can see status of reviews in progress and also historical review detail