
Customer obsessed: Our customer-centric Community and Research Panel coming soon
Vanta is excited to announce plans for the upcoming Vanta Community and Vanta Research Panel. Vanta puts customers first and is always mindful that our users are at the forefront of our mission: to secure the internet and protect consumer data. We believe so much in this philosophy that we’ve codified “putting the customer first” as one of our core principles in our day to day work.
Customer centricity is an integral part of our product and we take your feedback seriously. Most recently, we updated the Vanta platform homepage design and user interface to include customer-centric feedback and requests.
But why stop there? Our journey to secure the internet can only happen alongside our customers and peers. Vanta Community and Vanta Research Panel are just a couple of our upcoming plans to bring security-minded individuals together.
Vanta Community
Vanta Community is our vision to enhance the user experience and bring together customers, partners, and SaaS professionals. We are eager to invite members of the security and compliance community to join us in sharing insights, asking questions, and offering feedback.
WIth Vanta Community, our goal is to create yet another way to stay informed and up-to-date with our customers’ priorities. We are looking forward to extending our customer-centric principles to create a global community for those focused on improving their security posture.
In the coming months, we’ll reach out to volunteers with feedback opportunities, invitations to early previews, and more. Learn more about Vanta Community.
Vanta Research
In that same philosophy, Vanta is developing a research panel to gain deeper understanding and insights of the pain points in the security and compliance space. We are inviting individuals across executive leadership, engineering, IT, security, and compliance teams to actively take part in our design process by joining Vanta's Research Panel. No matter what stage you are at with Vanta, customer or not, we want to hear from you.
Customer input helps us to remain the leader in the security and compliance space and our customers and partners agree, “People are at the center of everything we do at Quora. They trust us to provide a safe place to share information and connect on our platform,” said Spencer Chan, Software Engineer. “Through our partnership with Vanta, we’re able to demonstrate our security posture and upscale our compliance program as we begin the process to become SOC 2 compliant.”
By signing up for Vanta's Research Panel, you will get invites to usability tests, user interviews, surveys, and more. You might also get a sneak peek into new product areas.
To be a part of our journey to secure the internet and protect consumer data, sign up for our Vanta Research Panel.

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Determine Your PCI Compliance Level
If your organization processes, stores, or transmits cardholder data, you must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), a global mandate created by major credit card companies. Compliance is mandatory for any business that accepts credit card payments.
When establishing strategies for implementing and maintaining PCI compliance, your organization needs to understand what constitutes a Merchant or Service Provider, and whether a Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) or Report on Compliance (ROC) is most applicable to your business.
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The PCI Security Standards Council has established the below criteria for Merchant and Service Provider validation. Use these descriptions to help determine the SAQ or ROC that best applies to your organization.
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A SAQ A is required for Merchants that do not require the physical presence of a credit card (like an eCommerce, mail, or telephone purchase). This means that the Merchant’s business has fully outsourced all cardholder data processing to PCI DSS compliant third party Service Providers, with no electronic storage, processing, or transmission of any cardholder data on the Merchant’s system or premises.
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A SAQ A-EP is similar to a SAQ A, but is a requirement for Merchants that don't receive cardholder data, but control how cardholder data is redirected to a PCI DSS validated third-party payment processor.
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A SAQ D includes over 200 requirements and covers the entirety of PCI DSS compliance. If you are a Service Provider, a SAQ D is the only SAQ you’re eligible to complete.
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A Report on Compliance (ROC) is an annual assessment that determines your organization’s ability to protect cardholder data. If you’re a Merchant that processes over six million transactions annually or a Service Provider that processes more than 300,000 transactions annually, your organization is responsible for both a ROC and an Attestation of Compliance (AOC).
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Learn more about how Vanta can help. You can also find information on PCI compliance levels at the PCI Security Standards Council website or by contacting your payment processing partner.

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