Vanta accelerates ANZ momentum with localised frameworks, regional support, and a new Australian data centre

Managing compliance across various frameworks and standards can be challenging and confusing. Organisations must earn and maintain compliance with local and international standards and industry-specific regulations, all while keeping up with ever-evolving security and privacy best practices. This is particularly true for startups and scaleups in the ANZ region looking to accelerate growth, expand into international markets, and sell to new and larger customers with higher expectations.

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Today, Vanta is excited to announce that we’re continuing to accelerate our momentum in the ANZ region with a new local data centre, support for regional regulations like Essential Eight and CPS 234 as well as international compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and a growing presence of local support staff. With these offerings, Vanta is committed to investing in long-term success for our ANZ customers.

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Delivering data locality with Vanta’s Australian data centre

Organisations in the ANZ region may face a myriad of rules and regulations around data residency that they need to follow—particularly for regulated industries like financial services, gaming, and government institutions. It’s critical that ANZ organisations feel confident about the safety, security, and accessibility of their data. Even more, local data residency can be an important signal to customers about an organisation’s commitment to privacy and security.

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Vanta is proud to announce the availability of our Australian data centre which will enable us to better deliver our platform to ANZ organisations as they establish and scale their compliance programs. We see this is a crucial step towards continuing our investment in the ANZ region, and are excited to offer this option to new and existing Vanta customers. 

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This new data centre is located in Sydney, New South Wales and built on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This data centre will be generally available at the end of October. 

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Existing Vanta customers can discuss a migration with their Customer Success Representative. Those interested in becoming Vanta customers can book a demo to learn more.

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Vanta helps ANZ customers satisfy local regulations and pursue international standards via one automated platform

ANZ organisations need a proven compliance platform that helps them maintain compliance with local regulations and international standards, all from a single, unified platform. 

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Nearly one year ago, Vanta announced support for the Essential Eight framework, helping ANZ organisations adhere to regional security best practices. Essential Eight was created by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, and prescribes several tactics and techniques to help organisations harden their IT environment against cyber attacks. With support for Essential Eight Level 2, Vanta helps teams understand the 65+ controls and policies that are part of the framework, and provides the guidance for successful implementation.

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Today, Vanta is excited to announce support for the CPS 234 framework, helping ANZ organisations satisfy local regulations. Australian financial organisations may need to comply with CPS 234, which requires the implementation of nearly 30 security controls and eight policies. Vanta automates over 65% of the work required to satisfy the framework to ensure teams implement CPS 234 in a fraction of the time compared to a manual approach.

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In addition to providing ANZ organisations support for frameworks that are important to them in the region, Vanta also offers 30 of the most in-demand frameworks around the world—like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and many more in addition to custom frameworks. Vanta is the fastest path to compliance for ANZ organisations whether they’re looking to accelerate growth at home or expanding to meet international compliance requirements. 

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"Doing our SOC 2 audits in Vanta has freed up so much of our time. Before, it took four senior people 60 hours of work to get it done—we’ve got that down to five hours." - Nathan Miller, Head of Information Security & Compliance, Dovetail

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Expert, local support leads to better outcomes for ANZ customers

With so many frameworks to balance, it can be difficult to get the expertise needed to ensure teams have the right controls and policies in place for successful implementation. Organisations need a combination of purpose-built technology and expert human support to ensure success as they build and scale their compliance programs.

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Vanta continues to invest in our Australian support presence to drive customer success in-region. Since opening our Sydney office in November of 2022, we’ve scaled our local presence over 5x across a variety of roles to help our ANZ customers succeed. Vanta provides access to local experts that understand the unique compliance challenges ANZ organisations face and can help these teams unlock new opportunities for their business. 

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Our support metrics speak for themselves—Vanta customers are overwhelmingly satisfied with the support they receive.

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“With Vanta by our side, we’re confident in our ability to navigate the complexities of compliance while continuing to deliver exceptional value to our customers.” - Nick Nikolaiev, Co-founder of Tactiq 

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Get started with Vanta today

Vanta is proud to support hundreds of organisations in the ANZ region with a local data centre, regional and international compliance frameworks, and an expert local support staff. Book a demo to learn more.