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January 15, 2024

New in Vanta | January 2024

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We closed out 2023 by rolling out more enhancements to the Vanta platform, including Updates to Automated Tests, 8 new integrations, GDPR with EU-US Data Privacy Framework, and more:

  • Updates to Vendor Risk Management
  • Updates to Vanta Trust Center
  • Bulk actions in Risk Register
  • Plus additional updates!

Updates to Automated Tests

UI Improvements for Autopass Tests

We’ve improved the way our customers can view and get additional context into tests within Vanta.

We’ve added a Test source data widget that surfaces all the API requests and raw fetched data that goes into a test — making it easier for admins to contextualize and remediate. We’ve also refreshed the Test details page for autopass tests, adding a new Pass by default banner that gives additional context into what these tests are, why they exist, as well as links to additional documentation. 

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Eight new integrations: OpenAI, Ashby, NinjaOne…

Eight new integrations

Last month, we released eight new integrations, from Access-only integrations to mobile device management (MDM).

Access Reviews customers now have additional systems for access-only integrations, including OpenAI, Ashby, and Peripass. We’ve also added ManageEngine and NinjaOne as MDM integrations. For integration requests, whether you want to integrate with your in-house tools or an unsupported vendor, please fill out the integrations feedback form.


View available integrations

GDPR with EU-US Data Privacy Framework

GDPR with EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Vanta now supports the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

An add-on to GDPR, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework is meant for companies based in the United States that process data of citizens of the European Union. Before the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, companies had to implement Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) — a time-consuming process. GDPR with EU-US Data Privacy helps these companies self-attest, meaning they no longer have to implement the SCCs with their customers for them to transfer data to them legally.

Learn more about Vanta’s supported frameworks

Updates to Vendor Risk Management

Vanta AI Custom Templates for Vendor Risk Management

We shipped new improvements to Vendor Risk Management, including Vanta AI Custom Templates and PDF Exports of Security Review Summaries.

Customers of Vendor Risk Management can now use Vanta AI to upload custom security review questions for Vanta AI to automatically answer, as well as create multiple templates for different use cases. Additionally, we’ve added the ability to export PDFs of security review results to share with stakeholders.

Learn more about Vendor Risk Management

Updates to Trust Center

Trust Center Updates

Vanta Trust Center received significant improvements, including Trust Center Updates, Bulk Download, Domain Blocklist, Default Access Expiration, and NDA Data Export.

Trust Center viewers can now view and subscribe to updates on a given Trust Center and download a .zip file of all accessible files. Trust Center customers can add and remove domains to a blocklist which automatically denies access requests and subscriptions from email domains that might be competitors or spam. Additionally, they can set up a default expiration for access requests and export NDA data to be exported in a CSV.

Learn more about Trust Center

Bulk actions in Risk Register

Assign owners to multiple risks

Users of Vanta’s Risk Management solution can now select, assign owners, approve, and archive their risk scenarios in bulk with just one click.

Bulk actions in Risk Register allow for increased efficiency when updating multiple risk scenarios. These actions only apply to risk scenarios in which the user has permission to edit, reducing the risk of user error.

Learn more about Risk Management

See our Release Notes for all updates this month.

Try it out

Log in to your Vanta account to try out these new features. For prospective customers, request a demo.

As always, we welcome your feedback. Let us know what you think by reaching out to your Customer Success Manager. And stay in the loop on Vanta news via LinkedIn.

Or see it live - What’s New in Vanta: January Webinar

Join us for our monthly “What’s New in Vanta” webinar taking place January 24, 11am PT/2pm ET. This series provides you a live look at some of our newest releases and product improvements. This month we’ll talk through GDPR & EU-US Data Privacy, Vendor Risk Management updates, Trust Center enhancements, and updates to Tests.

Register here

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
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