Comparing SOC2 and US Data Privacy Compliance Effort in Vanta: Experiences and Insights Needed

Corey D. · 2026-03-03T22:41:49.965Z

Hey #grc-world We have been using Vanta for SOC2 for over a year now and are starting to look into other compliance frameworks. Right now our biggest push is US Data Privacy (USDP) for its CCPA controls. Has anyone gone through both SOC2 and USDP? I'm interested in how they compare in effort required. Both initial effort vs long-term management. If you haven't tackled those two specifically, I'd still love to hear about your experience managing multiple frameworks in Vanta. Any surprises or lessons learned?

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Jacob G.
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Hey Stepheni N. Adam R. -- looking back at what you shared in your intros re: managing multiple frameworks, and given your tenure with the Vanta platform, I feel like you both would have something valuable to share here to kick off the conversation. And Magnus [. I know youre someone who had shared youre curious about digging into managing more frameworks in Vanta, so including you here as well in case you have any follow up Qs, or just want to follow along in the thread. Corey D. I appreciate you opening the discussion on this topic!
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Adam R.
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I’d start by doing a gap analysis of the requirements of CPRA/CCPA. I’d wager it’s easier to solo that pair first before going full US Data Privacy via Vanta - Just my $0.02. The multiple frameworks aspect is entirely based on how many automated controls exist within their add-on frameworks. NIST-based ones have historically been lacking in automated controls, but have improved recently.
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Adam R.
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Context: I run SOC 2, SOC 1 (a few custom controls), PCI DSS 4.0.1, and NIST CSF.
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Rob G.
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Agreed with Adam. I'd add/ask would SOC 2 Privacy criteria be part of your SOC 2 scope? or would you only be doing Security or which TSC? That'd determine the overlap. We have 6 frameworks in our Vanta instance and overall the test cross-mapping is pretty good so there's not too much duplication. I don't have USDP or any privacy frameworks though (AI & federal frameworks in addition to SOC 2 & ISO 27001), so can't speak to the privacy ones specifically. The one lesson learned is if you want to edit your control mappings across multiple frameworks at once there is no 'all' option in framework mapping so you have to search one by one through your multiple frameworks to update mappings. I have a feature request in for this cross mapping UI update but not sure when that'll get updated
Jacob G.
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lemme see if i can find out more on that feature req submission rob. in the interim, thanks everyone for jumping in and sharing your pov. love to see it
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Jacob G.
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hey Rob G. -- i learned this morning that our engineers are working on a product enhancement related to the feedback you submitted, with the goal, in-part, to make this work flow you brought up a bit more manageable. so, yes, it's being addressed! ill continue to track the progress. thanks for raising and for your continued patience with us 🙇
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Corey D.
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Thanks Adam R. and Rob G. for your input and where to get started.
Stepheni N.
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I haven't dug into them yet, they are on my early April list. CPRA/CCPA specific came up as a customer finding for us - not having a mapping of it available for them.
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Jacob G.
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Hey Stepheni N. Adam R. -- looking back at what you shared in your intros re: managing multiple frameworks, and given your tenure with the Vanta platform, I feel like you both would have something valuable to share here to kick off the conversation. And Magnus [. I know youre someone who had shared youre curious about digging into managing more frameworks in Vanta, so including you here as well in case you have any follow up Qs, or just want to follow along in the thread. Corey D. I appreciate you opening the discussion on this topic!
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Adam R.
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I’d start by doing a gap analysis of the requirements of CPRA/CCPA. I’d wager it’s easier to solo that pair first before going full US Data Privacy via Vanta - Just my $0.02. The multiple frameworks aspect is entirely based on how many automated controls exist within their add-on frameworks. NIST-based ones have historically been lacking in automated controls, but have improved recently.
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Adam R.
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Context: I run SOC 2, SOC 1 (a few custom controls), PCI DSS 4.0.1, and NIST CSF.
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Rob G.
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Agreed with Adam. I'd add/ask would SOC 2 Privacy criteria be part of your SOC 2 scope? or would you only be doing Security or which TSC? That'd determine the overlap. We have 6 frameworks in our Vanta instance and overall the test cross-mapping is pretty good so there's not too much duplication. I don't have USDP or any privacy frameworks though (AI & federal frameworks in addition to SOC 2 & ISO 27001), so can't speak to the privacy ones specifically. The one lesson learned is if you want to edit your control mappings across multiple frameworks at once there is no 'all' option in framework mapping so you have to search one by one through your multiple frameworks to update mappings. I have a feature request in for this cross mapping UI update but not sure when that'll get updated
Jacob G.
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lemme see if i can find out more on that feature req submission rob. in the interim, thanks everyone for jumping in and sharing your pov. love to see it
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Jacob G.
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hey Rob G. -- i learned this morning that our engineers are working on a product enhancement related to the feedback you submitted, with the goal, in-part, to make this work flow you brought up a bit more manageable. so, yes, it's being addressed! ill continue to track the progress. thanks for raising and for your continued patience with us 🙇
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Corey D.
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Thanks Adam R. and Rob G. for your input and where to get started.
Stepheni N.
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I haven't dug into them yet, they are on my early April list. CPRA/CCPA specific came up as a customer finding for us - not having a mapping of it available for them.
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