If your organization is not currently working with an MDM (Mobile Device Manager), the Vanta Device Monitor is an excellent option for performing security checks on your employees' devices. It can be installed on all company computers to continuously monitor compliance.
This software uses OSQuery to detect specific settings and applications installed on devices. The Vanta Device Monitor is a lightweight program designed to run in the background of your computer. It has a minimal performance impact: once you install the app and register your device, you shouldn’t notice any difference.
The Vanta Device Monitor is read-only, meaning it will not modify any settings on your machines. It has limited functionality for reading data (Vanta deploys a modified version of osquery that excludes tables that we find dangerous). The Vanta Device Monitor does not read sensitive information, such as passwords, emails, or browsing history.
Installing the Vanta Device Monitor
Employees should download the Vanta Device Monitor as part of their security tasks. Once they log into https://app.vanta.com/onboarding, they will be instructed to download the Vanta Device Monitor for their operating system.
Vanta will automatically detect the software you have installed and provide the correct version of the Vanta Device Monitor.
Employees' registration codes are unique to their Vanta profiles and should not be shared.
If you use an MDM that Vanta does not yet support? Visit https://app.vanta.com/computers#unmonitored to view the scripts necessary to install the Vanta Device Monitor via MDM.
Supported Versions
Please take a look at the supported operating systems for the Vanta Device Monitor.