Controls Page

The Controls Page within Vanta shows all of your account's controls. You can then filter, edit, and assign them.

Accessing the Controls Page

  • From the left-hand navigation panel, select Controls
  • This will take you to your company's custom controls page, which lists all of the customer controls created within your account

Searching & Filtering Controls 

  • To search for a specific control, use the search bar at the top left-hand corner of the page. The results will appear in the list below.

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Editing Controls

  • Click on the Control you would like to edit
  • Edit the summary and description to your needs, and select Save Changes.
  • From here, you can also map tests, documents, frameworks, and risk scenarios related to the control.

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Modifying your controls may have consequences for your audit. Please inform your auditor and Success Manager of any changes.

Custom Fields

  • You can add additional fields to your controls from the Compliance Settings page.
    • Common examples of a custom field include:
    • Revision number
    • Date last updated
    • Applicability
    • Process/Procedure
    • Frequency
    •  Various Statuses

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  • From here, select + Add in the top right-hand corner
  • Add a label and description, and choose the field type. Once the data type is selected it can not be changed
  • Selecting the Share with auditor option will dictate whether auditors who have access to a control will be able to see this field.

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  • Select Add
  • New fields will automatically be added as a column on the Controls page

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  • Clicking on a control will allow you to edit the information in all available fields. 

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  • You can choose to add new controls or update existing ones from the import controls page. Both import options allow users to populate their new custom fields.

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Removing Controls 

  • On the right-hand side of the control, click the three dots
  • Click Delete

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  • A pop-up modal about the control and its mapped frameworks will appear.
  • Update the Effective date for when control deprecation went into effect
  • Click the Delete button

This will remove the control from the control page. Please note that Removing a Custom-Created control will be permanently deleted.

Adding Removed Controls 

  • Click on the More button on the top right corner of the Controls page
  • Select View Vanta controls library
  • This will bring you to the Vanta Control Library
  • Find the control in the list
  • Click Add Control 
  • A dialogue box will pop up
  • Update the Effective Date when the control went into effect
  • Click the Add button

 

 

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