The Policies Page
- From the left-hand navigation panel, select Compliance, then Policies
- If you are new to Vanta, the Policies page will show you a list of Templates you can leverage to being the process of drafting policies
- If your team has been using Vanta, you will see a list of all of the policies being used within your organization
- From the top-right corner, you can +Add custom policies
Policy SLAs
- Select Edit SLAs
- The SLA categories will be shown, as well as the deadline you are going to adhere to
- These can be edited to fit your needs, and Vanta also provides a recommendation.
Policy Status
Latest Policy Status Column: The status of the most recent policy version
- Not Started: No work has begun on drafting this policy
- Draft: The most recent policy version has been started but has not been sent for approval.
- Pending approval: The most recent policy version has been sent for approval.
- Approved: The most recent policy version has been approved, and the policy approval test is now being passed. Your Overall policy status is OK
- Renew soon: The most recent policy version has been approved, and the policy approval test is now passing. However, it will expire within 6 weeks.
- Expired: The most recent policy version has expired, causing the Overall Policy Status to move to Needs remediation.
Overall policy status Column: Aligns with the status of the policy approval test
- OK: A version of this policy has been approved and is unexpired.
- Needs remediation: This policy has yet to be approved and is unexpired.
Other Options
- Select More
- This dropdown will allow you to
- Bulk update policies
- Download Vanta's policy templates
- Download policy packet
- Download policy acceptance history
- Download editable policies from before July 2021
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