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Connecting Vanta & Smart Recruiters

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Written by Jaquez Hodo
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Vanta integrates with Smart Recruiters to monitor and manage access to your tools. By syncing user access data, Vanta helps ensure that only active employees retain access and that access is promptly removed when personnel leave. This supports automated compliance needs, streamlines access reviews, and powers automated access requests.

Estimated setup time: Less than 10 minutes

How It Works

Vanta connects to Smart Recruiters to sync user data on a regular basis. This data supports three key workflows:

  • Automated compliance tests – Vanta automatically checks that accounts are linked to employees and deprovisioned when personnel leave

  • Access Reviews – Synced users appear in Vanta’s Access Reviews, where approvers can validate appropriate access, confirm least-privilege access, and provide audit evidence

  • Access Requests – Entitlements from Smart Recruiters are pulled into Vanta. Requesters can ask for specific access levels, approvers can review with context, and admins can track provisioning

Please note: Vanta connects to Smart Recruiters through Merge.dev, a secure third-party integration platform.

Use Cases

Connecting Smart Recruiters to Vanta will enable you to:

  • Monitor and manage personnel access to Smart Recruiters in real time

  • Ensure only active employees retain access to company systems

  • Simplify access reviews and support compliance requirements

Requirements

  • Vanta administrator account

  • Smart Recruiters administrator account

  • Smart Recruiters credentials or API Key

Connect the Integration

You can connect using either your Smart Recruiters credentials or an API Key.

Option A: Using Smart Recruiters credentials

  • In Vanta, go to the Integrations tab and search for Smart Recruiters

    • Select Connect Smart Recruiters

    • Select Use my credentials

    • Follow the on-screen instructions to log in with your Smart Recruiters credentials

    • After successful connection, you’ll see a confirmation screen. Select Next

Option B: Using an API Key

    • Define the Credential name and Description

    • Select Generate – the API Key will be displayed in a pop-up. Important: Store this key securely, as it will only be shown once

  • In Vanta, go to the Integrations tab and search for Smart Recruiters

    • Select Connect Smart Recruiters

    • Select Use my API key or access token

    • Enter your API Key and select Next

    • After successful connection, you’ll see a confirmation screen. Select Next

Employees will appear in Vanta within about 30 minutes.

Capabilities

Permissions

Vanta accesses the following data from Smart Recruiters:

Vanta can read:

  • Data about your users

    • Used to confirm only active employees retain system access

    • Ensures terminated employees are deprovisioned promptly

    • Enables Access Requests to display available users when tracking or assigning access

Vanta can write:

  • Nothing (Vanta does not have write permissions)

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