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Connecting Vanta & Close

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Written by Jaquez Hodo
Updated this week

Vanta integrates with Close 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 Close 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 Close 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 Close through Merge.dev, a secure third-party integration platform.

Use Cases

Connecting Close to Vanta will enable you to:

  • Monitor and manage personnel access to Close in real time

  • Ensure only active employees retain access to company systems

  • Simplify access reviews and support compliance requirements

Requirements

  • Vanta administrator account

  • Close API Key

Connect the Integration

  • Log in to the Close app

    • In the bottom left corner, select Settings

    • In the Connect section, select Developer

    • Under API Keys, select New API Key

    • Enter Vanta in the API Key Name field and select Create API Key

    • Copy and save the generated API Key. Important: You will not be able to view this key again

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

    • Select Connect Close

    • 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 Close:

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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