Introducing Questionnaire Automation

Following our recent acquisition of Trustpage, we are excited to announce Questionnaire Automation, a solution designed to help organizations in quickly responding to security questionnaires and effectively communicating security and compliance to customers and prospects. This solution utilizes the fastest and most accurate automation technology to provide security questionnaire responses.

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With Vanta’s Questionnaire Automation, your team can:

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• Build and manage a library of accurate, up-to-date questionnaire answers by uploading previously completed questionnaires.
• Complete questionnaires in web-based spreadsheets and forms, or answer one-off questions with the Browser Extension.
• Take a first pass at entire security questionnaires in a single click with questionnaire auto-complete functionality (beta).

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Understanding security questionnaires

A security questionnaire is a document or set of questions designed to assess an organization’s security practices and policies. Software companies require security questionnaires from third-party vendors and service providers to ensure that they have appropriate security controls in place to protect confidential data, sensitive information, and intellectual property. 

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Questionnaires cover various topics, including physical security, network security, data protection, incident response, access control, and security policies and procedures. The answers to the questionnaire are used to evaluate the vendor’s security posture and assess the risks associated with doing business with them. The accuracy of responses is crucial, and inaccurate or outdated information can lead to legal challenges for the vendors involved.

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The questions on security questionnaires can be complex, technical, and require in-depth knowledge of security practices and procedures. Security questionnaires are time-consuming, and without a standardized security questionnaire format, they are often challenging to complete accurately and efficiently. 

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Historically, software companies have allocated significant resources and time to complete questionnaires. Vanta’s Questionnaire Automation tool allows vendors to quickly and accurately answer security questionnaires in minutes.

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Vanta’s Questionnaire Automation solution

Vanta's Questionnaire Automation provides a powerful solution to many challenges associated with completing security questionnaires. By streamlining and automating the process of answering security questionnaires, Vanta enables software companies to save time and resources while increasing their responses’ accuracy and completeness.

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Sync your Vanta policies and documents 

Ensure your team has access to the latest information by using the most recent policies and documents synced from Vanta to answer questionnaires. This will help reduce the time and effort needed to complete questionnaires and free up valuable resources for building your security program. When it’s time to complete your next security questionnaire, your team will be prepared with up-to-date information.

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Powerful automation and time-savings

Use previously answered questionnaires to automatically develop a custom-built answer bank. Our auto-complete functionality references your answer bank to take a first pass at entire security questionnaires in a single click. This feature saves time by pre-filling the questionnaire with accurate and up-to-date information from previous responses, which can be reviewed and edited as needed.

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Reduce questionnaire-associated risk

Completing security questionnaires can be a tedious and time-consuming task for businesses. It can also be risky if the information provided is old or inaccurate, with potential legal implications. With the Vanta and Trustpage integration, your team can reduce questionnaire-associated risk by syncing information automatically. When it comes time to complete security questionnaires, you will have quick and easy access to the most recent information, reducing the risk of providing inaccurate information and ensuring your business remains compliant. 

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See it in action 

Complete security questionnaires in minutes with Vanta, the fastest and most accurate way to automate questionnaire responses. Streamline your security questionnaire process and save your team valuable time and resources. Get started today.

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Or experience a self-guided product tour of Questionnaire Automation.