Vanta earns ISO 42001 certification to demonstrate trustworthy AI practices

At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data. The proliferation of AI has made this both more challenging—and more important—than ever before. In our ongoing mission to ensure we safely use AI and demonstrate trustworthy AI practices, we’re excited to announce that Vanta is the first trust management platform to achieve ISO 42001 certification from an ANAB-accredited 42001 assessor.

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We already help our customers manage risk and demonstrate compliance in the age of AI. Our newly released AI Security Assessment helps organizations evaluate and demonstrate responsible AI usage, and our support for AI frameworks and regulations, including ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and the EU AI Act, help organizations automate and accelerate AI compliance. 

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In addition to helping our customers, it’s also important to us that we demonstrate our own commitment to responsible AI usage as our applications of Vanta AI expand throughout our platform and we adopt AI to power operations across our business.   

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We previously published a set of AI Principles to guide how we steward the safe and effective deployment of AI at Vanta. We’ve also published a set of AI commitments, outlining the steps we're taking to safeguard customer data, define data-sharing models, and ensure customers have control over their data. Vanta does not train AI models on customer data, and our ISO 42001 certification is the next step toward building trust in the age of AI. 

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Why we chose to pursue ISO 42001 certification

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Established by the International Standards Organization, ISO 42001 defines the requirements of an Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS) to ensure organizations responsibly develop and use AI. The standard emphasizes ethical considerations, transparency, and the necessity of continuous learning. 

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We chose to pursue ISO 42001 certification for a few key reasons:

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• We know how important trust is in the age of AI. We are all in on AI and plan to expand the use of Vanta AI significantly in the future to benefit our customers. Our ISO 42001 certification demonstrates our commitment to responsible AI use along that journey.
• We believe in continuous improvement. It’s no surprise—we believe compliance frameworks provide a strong set of checks and balances for internal controls and processes. We seek to comply with all new frameworks and regulations relevant to our business and our customers, especially in the evolving AI landscape.
• We want to provide customers with expert guidance rooted in real-world experience. With this certification, Vanta is uniquely equipped to guide other early adopters of ISO 42001. We now have the experience and the technology to support you on your journey.

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Our ISO 42001 audit led us to introduce meaningful changes within our environment to position us for success as we continue to expand our use of Vanta AI. These changes include: 

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• Building a unified policy stack that aligns with our maturity level and growth plans, creating an Information Management System (IMS) that covers clauses from multiple ISO frameworks, including 27001, 27017, 27018, and 42001, and adding AI-specific considerations around performance management and other key criteria that puts customers first and safeguards future product performance.
• Creating a new AI Impact Assessment that clearly explains the use cases for the Vanta AI product and its impact, organized with different assessment questions for each individual product feature (Vendor AI, Trust Center chatbots, Questionnaire Automation, etc). 
• Establishing an AI Risk Assessment in addition to our in-product risk assessment to better satisfy the intention of the ISO 42001 framework with a more actionable approach to AI risk management. So much of AI risk is inherent to the use of technology, and we chose to ask questions about risks we can actually mitigate instead of just identifying all the possible risks.

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Preparing for the evolution of AI

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The regulatory landscape around AI continues to evolve, particularly around local regulations in the EU and the broader EMEA market. Our ISO 42001 certification is only one step on our journey to ensure we responsibly use AI and demonstrate trust to our customers, partners, and stakeholders.

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At Vanta, we actively monitor emerging regulations and continue to promote transparency in AI beyond official regulatory requirements. Our AI Security Assessment Questionnaire is publicly available on our Trust Center and we published AI Principles and AI commitments on our website.

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For more information about Vanta’s security posture, visit our Trust Center.