A cutoff date can be set in Vanta to exclude personnel from the Background Check onboarding requirement if they started at your company before that date.
At Groups level:
Go to the People page and select the Groups tab
Select the desired group
Under Onboarding and recurring tasks, select Background checks
Choose a Start Date and click Add
Finally, click to Save your changes
At Task Sets level:
If you are making use of Task Sets, this can also be set at that level.
Go to the People page and select the Groups tab
Click the three-dots menu in the upper right and select Manage task sets
Select the desired Task set
Under Onboarding and recurring tasks, select Background checks
Choose a Start Date and click Add
Finally, click to Save your changes