Introducing Vanta's AI security assessment to help build trust in the age of AI

AI is a part of just about every organization—whether you're deploying AI, leveraging vendors who use it, or perhaps even building a model yourself. With AI moving faster than the pace of regulation, it’s natural for concerns around AI security and responsible usage to be top of mind. 

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We hear from customers and prospects often who are looking for guidance to prove and demonstrate AI compliance and best practices. That’s why Vanta helps organizations comply with AI governance frameworks like ISO 42001 and NIST AI RMF and local regulations like the EU AI Act. However, while organizations work towards these frameworks and build out their long-term data practices around AI, many ask themselves "How can I demonstrate my AI posture today?"

Today, Vanta introduced a new AI Security Assessment, providing a standardized set of the most essential questions that can be used to assess vendor security and showcase your own AI compliance and security posture. 

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“As companies race to adopt AI, standardized approaches like Vanta's AI Security Assessment bring much-needed clarity and accountability to how AI systems are secured and governed. We were glad to contribute input based on what we’re seeing across the industry and hope this helps raise the bar for responsible AI practices.”

- Ryan Maple, Head of Information Security & Compliance, Writer

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Not only are we helping our customers manage risk and demonstrate compliance—we also practice what we preach to demonstrate our own commitment to responsible AI usage. We’ve posted our own AI Security Assessment to our Trust Center and achieved ISO 42001 compliance.

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With Vanta, organizations can confidently evaluate AI risk among vendors, demonstrate AI security to prospects and stakeholders, and streamline AI compliance. 

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An AI Security Assessment built by experts and powered by insights

At Vanta, we help customers demonstrate their AI practices everyday. We’re excited to bring what we’ve learned to the GRC community. Our team of experts crafted this assessment using insights from thousands of questionnaires and feedback from our customers. The result? An accessible and standardized approach to evaluating AI-related security risks. 

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Covering 10 critical categories of AI security, from governance and organizational management to data privacy and security, bias, human oversight, and more, this assessment can also be used to understand top AI security considerations and the influence they have on your own security program.  

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While this assessment was built upon the most critical and common AI considerations, you can tailor it based on your company profile. The questions are aligned to existing AI compliance frameworks, including NIST AI RMF, and ISO 42001, and are tiered based on the extent your organization uses AI:

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• For companies using AI, such as AI software products or software built with AI, the assessment provides a basic AI security evaluation.

• For companies building with AI, or providing AI-powered products and services, the assessment layers on additional questions to evaluate AI supply chain risks, cross-functional review processes, model training methods, drift and performance degradation, and more. 
• For companies developing AI models and training AI systems, a deep-dive AI security evaluation includes additional questions about access controls, issue reporting protocols, risk level classification, procurement policies, and more.

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Put the AI Security Assessment to use–today

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into business operations, demonstrating secure practices and managing vendor risk are critical for maintaining trust and security. Start using the AI Security Assessment today to proactively showcase your AI security posture—and complete security questionnaires faster—or evaluate the AI security posture of your vendors:

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• Proactively demonstrate your AI security posture: To demonstrate your own security and compliance posture, completed assessments can be published on a public-facing Trust Center for customers to easily access and review. 
• Complete questionnaires faster: Vanta users can also upload assessments to their knowledge base within the Vanta product. From there, content will be used to fuel AI-generated responses within our Questionnaire Automation tool—helping security teams cut down the time it takes to respond to incoming security questionnaires. 
• Evaluate the AI practices of your vendors: Confidently assess AI risk by sending Vanta’s AI Security Assessment within your vendor questionnaires. Questions from the AI Security Assessment are now part of Vanta’s Vendor Risk Management questionnaire. 

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Vanta sets the standard by achieving ISO 42001

In our ongoing mission to ensure Vanta safely uses AI and demonstrates trustworthy AI practices, we’re excited to announce that we earned our ISO 42001 certification in 2024. We are the first trust management platform to achieve ISO 42001 certification from an ANAB-accredited 42001 assessor and can provide expert guidance and advice rooted in real-world experience. 

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Not only are we uniquely equipped to guide other early adopters of ISO 42001, but it's also important that we demonstrate our commitment to responsible AI usage—giving customers confidence in our practices. You can find our ISO 42001 compliance badge and certificate on our Trust Center, along with our own AI Security Assessment. 

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Demonstrate your security posture in the age of AI

Whether your company is using, building with, or developing AI, Vanta’s automated compliance solutions and AI Security Assessment help you address the most critical security considerations across any AI program.

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‍Ready to get started with your assessment? Access Vanta’s AI Security Assessment here.