How Vibrent Health achieved FedRAMP Rev5 Moderate in 4 months and unlocked millions in federal contracts

TL; DR

• Challenge: Vibrent Health needed FedRAMP Rev5 Moderate to win federal contracts, but their legacy GRC tools required manual continuous monitoring and lacked automated guidance on remediation.
• Solution: Vanta's FedRAMP Rev5 module automated gap analysis and evidence collection, used cross-framework mapping to align SOC 2, GDPR, and HIPAA controls, and deployed continuous monitoring.
• ROI: Unlocked millions in federal contract opportunities, completed 4 audits in 2.5 months (versus 4-5 months separately), avoided hiring 1.5+ additional FTEs, and reduced vendor assessments from 5 days to 1 day with AI.

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The company

Bringing consumer-centered tech to health research

Vibrent Health, Inc provides breakthrough digital health tools and a clinical data management platform that unlocks the potential of patient data for precision medicine, clinical care, clinical research, and clinical trials. Vibrent Health focuses on delivering modern technology for health research while upholding the highest standards of security and compliance so it can serve federal, academic research, and commercial customers with confidence.

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The challenge

Navigating the FISMA to FedRAMP gap

While Vibrent Health had already achieved FISMA Moderate accreditation, it knew pursuing FedRAMP Rev5 Moderate authorization would further elevate its credibility with federal and commercial buyers.

Where Vibrent started: The team initially relied on their Cyber Security Assessment and Management-based GRC tool and spreadsheets to manage FISMA Moderate compliance and to prepare for FedRAMP. However, the GRC tool would flag failing controls without explaining why they were failing or what artifacts were needed to remediate them. Meanwhile, spreadsheets created tedious manual overhead across multiple frameworks.

Vibrent’s pivot point: The Vibrent team quickly realized their existing tools couldn't deliver the speed and efficiency they needed. To achieve FedRAMP Rev5 Moderate authorization and ATO—in addition to other compliance work—the team would need a partner.

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The Vanta impact

FedRAMP-authorized in 4 months, with 3 people

The Vibrent Health team went with Vanta due to its deep integrations, multi-framework mapping, consolidation of reporting, dashboards, and artifacts, and its responsiveness and product flexibility. With Vanta, Vibrent Health quickly identified the gaps it needed to address to achieve FedRAMP Rev5 Moderate while quickly moving on to other frameworks.

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Here’s how Vibrent deployed Vanta:

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Today, George and his team manage several active compliance frameworks with a lean team—something that would require at least 1.5 additional FTEs without Vanta's automation. As Vibrent Health plans to add new frameworks and certifications, the Vanta Agentic Trust Platform will support its continued growth in both federal and commercial markets.

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