Introducing Custom Frameworks to the Vanta Platform

As organizations grow in size and complexity, so do their security and compliance needs. While Vanta's library of controls and supported frameworks are extensive, eventually, you may wish to use your internal expertise to build a framework Vanta doesn't support or create custom controls. 

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Today we are excited to introduce custom frameworks and enhancements to custom controls to help you improve your workflows, organize your security commitments, and manage your work at scale.

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Work smarter, not harder 

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Custom frameworks

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Now when you create frameworks unique to the needs of your growing business, you can manage and evidence them within Vanta. Use your custom frameworks to augment organizing your security and compliance commitments alongside Vanta's support for our ever-growing list of security and privacy frameworks. 

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Once your frameworks are added, you can map custom or Vanta-managed controls and automated tests to requirements within your custom framework. This way, you can track progress and monitor the status of your program.  

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All your frameworks, custom and purchased, are managed from your Frameworks page. At a glance, see which frameworks are currently under audit, when you have an audit coming up, and pinpoint how much you have left to complete before achieving compliance.

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Centralized controls view

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The new Controls page provides a comprehensive view of your controls across frameworks giving your security and compliance teams an overview of the program they’re managing. We have also made it easier for you to truly customize within Vanta by adding the ability to bulk import custom controls.

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"Our business is growing rapidly, and we need the flexibility to tailor our security program. Being able to include our custom controls within our Vanta instance has been an enormous time saver for us. We get a comprehensive view of our entire program and the ability to manage all our controls in one place"

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• Harlin Lipman, Information Security Manager, Chronosphere

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As your organization matures, the list of frameworks and controls you'll need to comply with will likely expand, often duplicating controls across frameworks. In an effort to improve your experience and simplify your work, coming very soon, customers operating SOC 2 and ISO 27001 with Vanta-supported controls will receive an update to consolidate redundant controls. 

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Why implement custom frameworks or custom controls? 

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• Your organization wants to use a framework that Vanta doesn't currently support.
• Your organization utilizes multiple frameworks, and you control over deduplicating your overall control set across all frameworks. 
• You want to create a custom framework to organize and track a custom set of controls.
• Your organization is expanding into additional countries or regulated industries, and you need more flexibility to customize your controls and frameworks.   
• Your organization already has a custom control set you manage in a spreadsheet or other system, and you want the benefit of gaining a comprehensive and more real-time view of your entire security program in one platform.

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Upgrade your security program

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Vanta's custom frameworks and controls offer your organization the flexibility to create and operate a personalized security program in one solution. 

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Is your organization growing? Learn more about Vanta’s custom frameworks and controls; schedule a demo now.

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Existing customers can contact their Customer Success Managers or Account Executives to learn more about how to get started.

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