Compliance automation
Vanta privacy rating
Hosted compliance automation platform that connects to a company's cloud, identity and HR tools to collect evidence and monitor controls for SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR and other frameworks. It also offers vendor risk management and public trust center pages.
Summary
Vanta scores 41 out of 100 (grade D) on the compliance automation criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report and security headers. It does not meet open source and no trackers or telemetry. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A-.
Score 41 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website uses Google Tag Manager, Intercom and HubSpot, and the privacy policy says cookie data is shared with ad networks and analytics providers.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Paid service with no ads, but website cookie data is shared with ad networks to show Vanta ads on other websites.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Vanta has a SOC 2 Type II attestation, ISO 27001 certification and yearly penetration tests, but the reports are only available through its trust center.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The privacy policy describes how government demands are handled, including redirecting them to the customer, but no request counts are published.
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Yes
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
Vanta promises reasonable notice to the customer before a compelled disclosure, unless legally prohibited.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A- (85/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.