Vanta, the first and only AI-powered trust management platform, has officially announced the launch of Vanta AI Agent, which arrives on the scene bearing an ability to deploy AI for the purpose of minimizing human error and maximizing impact.
According to certain reports, the all-new Vanta AI Agent can be expected to autonomously handle end-to-end workflows across a company’s entire GRC program, including identifying issues and inconsistencies individuals might miss and proactively taking action on their behalf, while simultaneously keeping teams informed and in control.
“The Vanta AI Agent complements my team’s expertise by filling in knowledge gaps, helping us learn faster and double-checking critical information—ultimately saving us 12 hours weekly. And in our organization, time is money,” said Anne Simpson, Head of Privacy, Security, & Compliance at Databook.
Talk about the whole value proposition on a slightly deeper level, we begin from the solution’s promise to automate policy onboarding and annual reviews. This translates to how Vanta AI Agent seamlessly scans uploaded policies, extracts key details including titles, version history and SLAs, as well as reviews an organization’s existing controls to suggest which ones should be mapped towards the policy.
In fact, it also brings forth proper rationale driving its recommendations to allow for faster decision-making and save hundreds of hours spent on control mapping.
Next up, we must expand upon the technology’s potential in the context of finding and fixing inconsistencies at a faster clip. You see, teams often have to struggle with keeping policies and real-world practices aligned, something which has shown to cause costly errors, audit delays, and potential security gaps.
In that respect, Vanta AI Agent proactively identifies inconsistencies between the SLAs defined in policy documents and defined in settings. Hence, when mismatches are detected, it flags the error and recommends fixes, catching issues ahead of and in between audits.
Another detail worth a mention is rooted in the solution’s commitment to answer policy and program-related questions instantly. These questions can be centered on password requirements, vendor risk coverage, or whether the company meets standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA. The overarching idea here is to eliminate time spent searching through documentation.
Beyond that, Vanta’s latest brainchild can also come in handy to verify evidence, and therefore, manage audits with confidence. As auditors or consultants reviewing evidence often request revisions or clarifications, it unsurprisingly creates bottlenecks and extra work that can impact a company’s audit timeline.
However, this can now be managed, considering Vanta AI Agent can review documents uploaded as evidence against audit requirements to ensure accuracy and completeness, helping teams avoid delays and reduce back-and-forth with auditors.
The development in question delivers a rather interesting follow-up to the launch of Vanta AI that came back in 2023. Vanta AI, on its part, is capable of eliminating repetitive tasks impacting security teams and guiding customers on the responsible use of AI through AI Security Assessments and support for AI frameworks and regulations including ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, and the EU AI Act.
From a statistical standpoint, Vanta AI could automate over 80% of security questionnaire responses with up to a 95% acceptance rate, clocking almost 81% faster completion of security reviews.
Founded in 2018, Vanta’s rise up the ranks stems from simplifying and centralizing security for organizations of all sizes. The company’s excellence in what it does can also be understood once you consider it presently serves more than 10,000 companies including Atlassian, Duolingo, Icelandair, Ramp, and Synthesia etc.
“AI has promised productivity gains for years, but it can be difficult to know where to begin,” said Jeremy Epling, Chief Product Officer at Vanta. “We built the Vantaa AI Agent to meet teams exactly where they are, stepping in during the most manual parts of compliance and surfacing issues they may not catch on their own across policies, audit, controls, and more. By minimizing human error and taking on repetitive tasks, the Vanta AI Agent enables teams to focus on higher-value work—the work that truly builds trust. Today’s launch is just the beginning of how we’re using intelligent agents.”