Getting Started in Vanta

New to Vanta? Learn the fundamentals and get started!

Getting Started Guides

Getting Started with Policies
What are Policies? Security policies guide how your organization protects valuable inform...
Getting Started with the Personnel Hub
During your compliance journey, an important step is ensuring all personnel linked to your ...

Enable Vanta AI
Vanta AI features, powered by third-parties, help you work faster and smarter. With Vanta A...
Best Practices for Using AI in Security Reviews
Vendor Risk Management uses Vanta AI to extract insights about vendors in security reviews....
Frequently Asked Questions: Vanta AI
How do I get access to Vanta AI? Vanta AI is currently in beta and available to paying Van...
Vanta AI Principles
Our Commitment to Trust and Responsibility From its inception, Vanta has been committed to ...

Frameworks Page
The Frameworks Page lets you view the progress of all frameworks your organization has purc...
Home Page
Vanta's home page is the at-a-glance view of your security and compliance program. On the h...
Controls Page
The Controls Page within Vanta shows all of your account's controls. You can then filter, e...
The Tests Page
The Tests page is your one-stop shop for understanding the list of security items to work o...
Getting Started in Vanta
Vanta provides in-app tools to facilitate your onboarding journey and maximize your utiliza...
Documents Page
Documents related to Product Information, HR, Sales, and Marketing teams live on the Docume...

Configure Idle Session Timeout
Configure Idle Session Timeout From the left-hand navigation panel, select Settings Select...
Users Permissions & User Roles
The Users & Permissions page allows you to select which organization members can access the...
Vanta Workspaces
Vanta Workspaces empowers you to oversee compliance across numerous business units, includi...
Vanta Security & Privacy Training
Vanta Security and Privacy Training Vanta offers its own security and privacy training modu...
Setting up Your Employee Security Program
Are you new to Vanta and looking to get started? It is essential to ensure you begin your e...
Update Billing Information
Update Billing Information Select Settings from the top right-hand corner (gear icon) Sel...

Installing the Vanta Agent: Windows
The Vanta Agent is read-only, which means it will not change anything on your machines. It ...
Installing the Vanta Agent: macOS
The Vanta Agent is read-only, which means it will not change anything on your machines. It ...
Out of Date Vanta Agents
Vanta enforces that any Vanta Agents installed on employee computers must be up to date. We...
Updating the Vanta Agent
The Vanta agent should auto update. In the event the agent does not update on its own, you ...
Supported Operating Systems for the Vanta Agent
The Vanta Agent is supported in the following operating systems: MacOS 11 and higher Windo...
Vanta Agents & Unsupported Operating Systems
It is essential to constantly monitor your assets and devices to better understand your s...

Product Updates
Vanta Release Notes September 2024 Week of September 2, 2024 Lacework Integrat...
Vanta UI Update
Vanta is excited to announce its new user interface (UI), which is designed to make it easi...
Vanta API
The Vanta API allows you to effectively manage and interact with your resources and data. Y...
Sharing Product Feedback
Do you have feedback or have a feature idea that you'd like to see in Vanta? We want to hea...
Updates to SOC 2 Framework
Vanta released an update to a SOC 2 control. As part of our continuous improvement process ...
Vanta Customer Referral Program
Vanta’s Customer Referral program allows you to share your love for Vanta and earn $500 for...