This week in the Vanta Community
Members we met in 🔒[private feed]: Griffin N. omieibi.bagshaw Allen H.
New members we welcomed this week and last week (please share your intro in 🔒[private feed] when you're ready!) john.costa ankur.palkar zac Armin N. Haralambos B. mariald mkhokhar Nana K. Vlad S. OlimpiuGD Pete J. Tudor L. danwilliams Ivan S. Pablo A. ramon Hunter M. yassin w. cstark oussama.benzaouia Janet Y. Pablo A. Clement U. bobbystoskopf matej.perkovic Stephanie E. martha.george Maggie M. Vlad S. Kari D. Darshil S. Loyal B. Aimee H. Kelly S. Brandon B. Alex T. Francisco P. Fernanda G. Ben L. Alex K. Kerry S. tyler460 jacob.barnes rafael.martinezmontie Leo Phil M. Jeffrey G.
All-things AI Governance and Vanta with GRC expert, Kareem M.
You don't want to miss this, esp after VantaCon. Register here
Comunidad LATAM
¿Hablas español? Conoce a otros clientes de Vanta, comparte ideas y haz preguntas en nuestra comunidad privada de LATAM aquí. ¡Únete ahora! cc: Erick M.
Who wants to be featured at VantaCon?
Read here for more (you do not need to be attending in-person to participate
Congrats, Aditya R. and team!
Discussion-starters and highlights: Please jump into these conversations and offer your POV
Clement U. is planning compliance for a fintech platform from scratch: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF and NIST SP 800-171. What order should he tackle them in? Greg B. B. has already shared a smart plan, so add yours. Respond with your POV here
Jake T. wants to run his annual pentest in staging, not production. He plans to back it up with config comparisons, infrastructure-as-code commit IDs and a sign-off from leadership. Is that enough for a SOC 2 Type II audit? Respond with your POV here
Collin R. wants to run access reviews for specific Microsoft Entra groups in Vanta. Should he upload the group members by hand, or use the synced groups under Personnel? Share your setup here
Any UK or EU teams running FedRAMP Moderate? Harry R.. has one US engineer covering both the GRC work and the FedRAMP environment, and wants to know how you manage the workload. Respond with your POV here
How are you showing auditors you meet ISO 27001 control A.6.5 (responsibilities after someone leaves or changes roles)? Fawaz wants to know what evidence you provide. Respond with your POV here
UK folks: Abbie V. is looking for free ways to meet GOV-108 (contact with special interest groups). Share your recs here
Rachael H.'s team uses Macs, and she needs an IT provider that can also manage their devices (MDM). Share your rec here
so if you care to find me, look to the western sky 🔒[private feed]
This week (and last week! since I was away) in the Vanta Community
Members we met in 🔒[private feed]: Collin R. Fatih K. quentin.berdugo Matt D.
New members we welcomed this week and last week (please share your intro in 🔒[private feed] when you're ready!) ida.puricelli Abu O. Steve D. ibewley Jordan G. hwei Cesar M. shydock Nitty Rob P. Irvin V. Jan P. lsadeh crowland Ryan W. grant.miller wadeadams Guillaume C. mathew.reynolds kerstin.drabek Charles H. Nick H. Simon B. bryan.hahn zaxounette Eric A. nkouma brandon.waldeck Awolad H. Slava S. nvalentino Anna H. Matt P. shakur tmuller lucas.de-souza damien.gilloz Catherine M. joshua.kelly Andreas B. Valerie P. ftaal Andrey d. Hope C. gengel K.P. Bharati K. Alvira F. Lukas V. Ru S. James D. morgan.obregon taisha.mccauliff-brow rohan.dwyer Snehal s.
Vanta Community's largest event to date! Thank you Geert V. for hosting
Catch the recap, tips, and best practices here
Such a big success! Practical, approachable, digestible, and engaging. Well done Geert! And thanks to all who attended.
And trust me when I say, more to come! If you want to get involved as a speaker and show off your knowledge and experience, DM me! I've already got some of you with interest, which I'm looking forward to developing with you.
Be a founder of the new Trust Circles, powered by Vanta Community
Once again, an awesome office hours session with Vanta's GRC expert, Kareem M.
Catch the recap here
You get a job! You get a job! You get a job! A busy week in 🔒[private feed].
Valerie P. has influence in this hire
Kristina H. shared a cool new role
An APAC-friendly hands-on MCP workshop
To my APAC friends! Jeralyn A. is hosting her famous MCP Builder workshop, coming up on November 6th. These usually fill up quickly, so register here to snag a spot!
Ultra Security came out of stealth
Massive congrats to Rob G. and team! Cheer them on here.
A Vanta Community first! An AMA with a Vanta Audit Partner, Rob P.
Get your audit questions in front of the expert! Start submitting your questions now and read the details here.
Who wants a Vanta Community hoodie???
More on that here!
On that note, stay tuned for a very special invite, which Anarghya V. will be sharing in 🔒[private feed]...
Discussion-starters and highlights: Please jump into these conversations and offer your POV
Phil C.. is a week from his SOC 2 Type 1 audit window. Do tabletop exercises and access, management and performance reviews need to be done before the audit date, or is a documented plan and review schedule enough? Respond with your POV here
Fatih K.. wants to know if you need a pentest report from the last 12 months to pass SOC 2 Type 1. Respond with your POV here
Solo founders, this one’s for you: Jay C.. uses an AI agent to review his code changes. What do auditors accept instead of a second person approving them? Respond with your POV here
Jake T.'s boss wants screenshots as proof that new hires were added to Google Groups, calendar invites and Jira. Is Vanta’s evidence enough for an external auditor? Respond with your POV here
Has anyone moved from Scytale to Vanta? Greg B. wants your tips. Share your experience here
znoor is trying to automate evidence collection from on-premises file servers. Have you done it? Respond with your POV here
Brandon C. wants a cheaper option than GCP Cloud IDS. Share your rec here
Congrats to Adam D., whose (hopefully last) non-Vanta SOC 2 is wrapping up with no findings! Cheer him on here
So much happening in the Vanta Community these days. I'm feeling like this llama is feeling: 
Hey everyone! Ultra Security is coming out of stealth tomorrow, and we'd massively appreciate your support! 🙏🏼
Agents take action. Ultra secures them. Ultra provides runtime security for every AI agent connected through MCP. As AI agents start connecting to real tools and data, we give developers and security teams the ability to manage access, enforce guardrails, and see exactly what their agents are doing.
Ultra was founded by Chase Lee, former VP of New Product at Vanta (and founder of Trustpage), so security and trust are baked into everything we build.
We made a quick and easy form to sign up and get a reminder when we go live: launch.ultra.security/?…
Any and all help is much appreciated! 
This week (and last week! since I was away) in the Vanta Community
Members we met in 🔒[private feed]: Adarsh k. Rachael H. Farbs Phil C. Nathan W. Kara H. Ibitola jschuster Linda B.
New members we welcomed this week and last week (please share your intro in 🔒[private feed] when you're ready!) Cris G. Tom C. nissim_b frank.xu Kayode O. Harsha neha.chandra sequoia.sutherland Dutch C. Ed H. Zoe C. julien.triau bernard.pratz hannah.draper Kyle J. Kelsey P. Kyle L. Craig B. littleneal.felton josephine.tam Julien R. Alaia M. Barnes M. Kimberly M. Laura N. augusto.freitas Eli P. jeroen Parag S. Chi P. yevgeny.ioffe Isabel M. Adnan K. Wania I. Rodrigo M. julian.dieleman natasha.moore Ethan G. jguerra services Jason B. Lokesh K. Todd S. Laurentiu M. Ignacio A. kevin.pierce Jason W. Jake U. Andra N. Mike S. Mike P. Sameer A. Mayra F. Itzik ndaddona Brandon C. Luying W. paul.stamour Alisha Yuichi H. kosei tbadlani aaron.pickell Elahe M. znoor David C. Andy B. Scott B. Cyril M. william.mcguire Linda B. anne.simpson Ryan M. Collin R. Benjamin L. Madhav fernando.nin Tushar B. Alexander J. Elsa Y. Rob L. Tab P.
Get your GRC questions answered by the GRC expert himself: Kareem M.!
Direct access to Vanta's in-house GRC subject matter expert.
Bring your questions; it all goes down on October 21st at 1pm ET in the Slack huddle in GRC
NEXT WEEK: Learn how your peer, Geert V., is building out his GRC program with Vanta and AI
Geert V. from Snitcher (a Vanta customer, just like you!) is hosting a session right here in the Vanta Community, giving a peek inside his GRC program program workflows, using Vanta and AI. Register here
🎨 Anyone here an artist?
Don't look at me (lol) I am definitely not one.
If you had to design the entrance to VantaCon, what would it look like?
Pop in here to submit your design 
btw, who is going to vantacon? if you see this, and youre registered, pop into the thread and tell me top 3 things you're excited about. first one to do that will receive all 3 brand new vanta community merch items when they land in the coming weeks.
Discussion-starters and highlights: Please jump into these conversations and offer your POV
Rudy M. says it's a random question, but I would say it's a great question: Anyone found a way to get a claude generated slack msg post into your desired channel or DM, to actually notify you in slack when it's posted? Respond with your POV here
Farbs is looking for insight on how are others handling Vanta tests for AI-assisted code reviews, single-developer projects, and database access. Respond with your POV here
william.mcguire is hiring! Check it out in 🔒[private feed]
Linda B. wants your take re: ISO 42001 and vendor reviews. Respond with your POV here.
Jake T. wants to know your pentest vendor recommendation! Respond with your rec here.
Where are my CASA folks? Greg B. wants to hear from you. Respond with your POV here.
sandro is looking for your recs for an independent auditor to conduct their internal ISMS audit. Share your rec here.
Vanta CEO, Christina Cacioppo was here, answering your questions.
Start here and scroll down to see the questions she answered.
Vanta engineers, Dennis C. and Enrique F. were here, answering your MCP questions
Start here and scroll down to see the questions they answered
Nathan W. found the 
stuff inside vanta
👋 We are near finishing our SOC 2 audit. How do we purchase 
🧦s for our contributing team members? 🙏
This week in the Vanta Community
New members we welcomed this week and last (please share your intro in 🔒[private feed] when you're ready!) Adarsh k. Mace O. Daisy L. Philip Kasie O.qualityreviewservices Charles D. brian.fitzpatrick rush bluaces Catherine C. Tony K. Molly T. rsabin gabriela Marc (. niraj.wadkar marciano.kruithof Wendy B. maggrey kristin.han laura.fountain lberne Dan S. Jeff P. Connie C. Stephen G. kayode.olabisi jmiller elouton suhas.gaikwad helen.devold Victor P. Raul P. mroberts
NEXT WEEK: Vanta Cofounder and CEO, Christina Cacioppo, is coming to the Vanta Community to answer your questions!
Christina shared about the AMA too!
NEXT WEEK: Vanta MCP 101 workshop with Vanta's Jeralyn A.
The fun doesn't stop next week (why should it????!) Get in on the MCP action. Register here
Space is filling up!! See how your peers are building with Vanta and AI
Geert V. from Snitcher (a Vanta customer, just like you!) is hosting a session right here in the Vanta Community, giving a peek inside his GRC program program workflows, using Vanta and AI. Register here
Get your GRC questions answered (again!) directly from Vanta's resident GRC expert
Kareem M. is coming back! He will be hosting GRC office hours here in GRC, via Slack huddle on October 21st at 1pm EST. Register here.
Vanta Engineers Dennis and Enrique are coming to the Community to answer your questions on all-things Vanta MCP
Oct 7th at 3pm EST right here in Community Events
Discussion-starters and highlights: Please jump into these conversations and offer your POV
A few reference call requests got shared this week if anyone's interested in chatting with prospective Vanta customers (and we'll send you a gift card as a thank you for your time)! Check out 🔒[private feed]
Allyson K., Vanta customer-turned-Vanta-employee shared her hopes and goals for VantaCon this year. Check it out here in 🔒[private feed]! Any SF recommendations, anyone???
This could be you.
If a friend uses the special code to register for VantaCon, you both get the brand new Community merch 👀
More on that here in 🔒[private feed]
Get ready, because October is going to be a good one. 
🎃 
Nothing like a Community shoutout to all of you, from none other than Vanta CEO, Christina Cacioppo 
This week in the Vanta Community
New members we welcomed this week and last (please share your intro in 🔒[private feed] when you're ready!) vickie.knight Todd J. Alexis J. david.egyes Alejo P. k.saranchuk Keith D. Gray M. debbie m. julia.isip luis.chacon kimberly.cook daniel.ross Jessica K. seddik novera.khan Adnan S. Vincent G. Matthew A. Raj T. Jake K. puumaaya.tahiru ltaylor Deepali G. Joe M. amazumder Delron J. jeremy.carriger998 cynthia.nangah Hanna D. lynn.gordon Shao X. Ana C. Caryn M. tomohiro.ishiguro Cam B. farhana robert.somerville shireen.patel
See how your peers are building with Vanta and AI
Geert V. (a Vanta customer, just like you!) is hosting a session right here in the Vanta Community, giving a peek inside his GRC program program workflows, using Vanta and AI. Register here
Discussion-starters and highlights: Please jump into these conversations and offer your POV
lots of new product updates in Product Updates
Mohammed D. wants to know what's still manual for you when it comes to questionnaires. More here.
Vanta's GRC expert, Kareem M. came and delivered
Great conversation at this week's office hours. Recap here. Thanks for coming, Adrianne F. Nimish G. Martin T. Shelby G.!
Kareem is taking back to the team the feedback that was raised during the session.
Anyone want some fun and subtle SPOOKY flair in their Vanta instance? Let me know by EOD on Sept 21 or sooner, here!
On a related but separate note, we need more spooky season emojis in this Slack workspace....
VANTA COMMUNITY MERCH: OFFICIALLY IN PRODUCTION. (see thread for first round of items)
Thanks to Ryan F. sambull Rajiv S. Greg S. parampatel for taking part in my silly little games
See thread; did someone get the hoodie copy correct?!?!?!?!?! 
Anyone want to claim their merch before it even arrives???? Keep an eye on 🔒[private feed] 👀
If a friend uses the special code to register for VantaCon, you both get the brand new Community merch 👀
More on that here in 🔒[private feed]
the blurred out vanta community merch photos i shared in 🔒[private feed] will be revealed in friday's newsletter here in Social. which also means it will show the copy we put on the hoodie; did anyone in this thread get it right????? were they way off???? or spot on???? i guess we'll find out soon 
