February 17, 2023

Meet the Team!

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Accelerating security solutions for small businesses
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Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses.

A partnership that can scale
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Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate.

Standing out from competitors
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Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

Meet Sunshine!

Hey there! I’m Sunshine (yes, that’s my government name) from the Partnerships Team and I’ve been with Vanta since December 2021. Before that, I worked at Deloitte as a third-party risk management consultant.

Tell us about your role at Vanta

I wear multiple hats. As a CPA, I spend some time being one of our internal compliance SMEs. I also work closely with our Service Partners (vCISOs, Managed Service Providers, Pentesters, etc.) to set them up for success when using and championing Vanta in the field. This means I get to cross-collaborate with the best people ever from Marketing, Engineering, Product and Design, Operations and Partnerships.

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If you could go back to the start of your career, what advice would you give yourself?

Don’t fit the mold! Coming from a big corporate setting, I always felt like I needed to ‘fit in’ to be successful. I’m learning that my authenticity is my edge. That my existence alone - as a young woman of color and first-generation immigrant - in the cybersecurity/information security world is a mold breaker.

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In short, break the mold, don’t reduce yourself to fit it.

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What is your favorite thing about working at Vanta?

Vanta embraces change and craves growth. One of our seven principles is ‘Bias for action, commit to iteration.' Embracing this principle unlocks creativity and makes me feel empowered to take ownership of my projects.

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Why are you excited about Vanta’s mission?

When I heard about Vanta and how we’re automating security and compliance, I was hooked. As a previous auditor, our platform addresses the pains that I saw and experienced myself.

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Also, knowing and feeling that what we're doing is a huge motivator for me. Even though checking off security and compliance goals can feel daunting for customers, the fact that they even need it in the first place is a huge accomplishment. I am proud that Vanta gets to be a part of that milestone by giving our customers the steam and boost they need to get there easier and faster.

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If you can have any superpower, what would it be?

Teleportation - I love to travel and the more spontaneous, the better. First on my list would be Iceland so I can campervan and take in all the sights.

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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