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May 24, 2024

IDC Analyst Report: Vanta Announces Additions to Trust Center

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IDC Link Commentary: Vanta Announces the Addition of Security Questionnaire Automation and Vanta AI to Its Trust Center Product

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In this IDC Link commentary, industry analysts Grace Trinidad and Philip Harris review the addition of Questionnaire Automation and Vanta AI to Trust Center. The analysts also discuss why Trust Centers are increasingly important for organizations who want to make their security teams more efficient, close business deals faster, and build trust with their customers. Read the full IDC Link commentary here.
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“These additional capabilities announced by Vanta set the stage for the continued relevance and importance of Trust Centers, a top contributor to reputation and brand trust and trustworthiness.

While adding greater rigor to and also streamlining third-party risk management processes and programs, these innovations from Vanta contribute to the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of what is traditionally a cumbersome and laborious program.”

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IDC Link, Vanta Announces the Addition of Security Questionnaire Automation and Vanta AI to Its Trust Center Product, Grace Trinidad and Philip Harris, Doc #lcUS52131424, May 2024.

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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Across all stages	Easily create and save a new access review at a point in time View detailed audit evidence of historical access reviews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