Compliance platform
TrustVendor + Vanta
Vanta automates SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other compliance frameworks. TrustVendor feeds vendor risk evidence directly into Vanta's vendor review control, replacing manual questionnaire collection with continuously updated data.
How data flows
TrustVendor pushes vendor posture scores, assurance levels, and certification status to Vanta via webhook. When a vendor's evidence decays or a critical signal fires, Vanta's vendor review control is automatically flagged for re-review.
How to set up
- 1 Install the TrustVendor app from the Vanta integration marketplace.
- 2 Authenticate with your TrustVendor workspace API key.
- 3 Map your Vanta vendor list to TrustVendor vendor profiles — entity resolution handles naming variations automatically.
- 4 Configure which events trigger re-review: evidence decay, new subprocessors, critical signals.
- 5 Enable the automated vendor review control in Vanta.
Common questions
Does this replace Vanta's vendor questionnaire feature?
It complements it. TrustVendor handles the evidence-from-documents side automatically. For gaps that only a questionnaire can fill, Vanta's workflow tools still apply.
What data does TrustVendor send to Vanta?
Posture score, assurance score, certification list with expiry dates, open signal count by severity, and a link to the evidence drawer. No document contents are shared — only structured metadata.
How long does the initial Vanta connection take?
A typical connection completes in under 15 minutes: install from the Vanta marketplace, paste your TrustVendor workspace API key, and confirm the vendor list mapping. First data sync appears in Vanta within one hour; full backfill of certification and signal history completes overnight.
Do I need a paid TrustVendor plan to use the Vanta integration?
The integration itself is available on every TrustVendor plan including Starter. The vendor volume you can monitor is capped by your plan tier — Starter covers up to 25 vendors, which is sufficient for most Vanta-focused programs at the SOC 2 Type II stage.
How does entity resolution handle vendor name mismatches between Vanta and TrustVendor?
TrustVendor's resolver matches on domain, legal name, and known aliases with a confidence score. Matches above 0.9 auto-link. Matches between 0.7 and 0.9 surface in a review queue inside the TrustVendor workspace so you can approve, correct, or split entries before they sync to Vanta.
What happens in Vanta when a TrustVendor signal fires?
The affected vendor's review control in Vanta is automatically flipped from "passing" to "needs review", with a link to the TrustVendor evidence drawer and the specific claim that triggered the signal. Your Vanta workflow, notifications, and audit trail continue to be the source of truth for the control state.
Does the integration support Vanta's multi-workspace / enterprise organisation model?
Yes. Each Vanta workspace connects to a distinct TrustVendor tenant. Vendor data is scoped by tenant — sharing across workspaces requires explicit configuration on the TrustVendor side and is disabled by default.
Can we control which TrustVendor signals get pushed to Vanta?
Yes. In the TrustVendor workspace under Integrations → Vanta, you configure which signal types (compliance_change, data_incident, certificate_expiry, etc.) and which severity thresholds propagate. By default only high and critical signals push to Vanta; low and informational are visible in TrustVendor only.
What certifications can TrustVendor detect and sync to Vanta?
The extractor recognises SOC 2 Type I and Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, HIPAA, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Moderate and High, GDPR readiness statements, and a handful of others. Each detected certification includes the framework, auditor, effective date, expiry date, and a citation into the source document.
How does TrustVendor handle vendors that do not publish a public trust centre?
The scoring model uses whatever evidence is available — Certificate Transparency, DNS/TLS observations, EDGAR filings, GLEIF LEI, public breach disclosures — and shows the reduced evidence footprint honestly in the assurance score. Vanta receives the same partial picture with a low assurance score rather than a false "high assurance" reading.
Is the integration one-way, or does TrustVendor read from Vanta too?
Bidirectional. TrustVendor pushes evidence and signals to Vanta. TrustVendor also reads your Vanta vendor list, contract renewal dates, and data-classification tags so residual-risk calculations reflect your actual relationship with each vendor, not just a generic vendor profile.
What happens if TrustVendor is unreachable — does Vanta fail closed?
Vanta continues to operate on the last-known TrustVendor data. The integration surfaces a "last synced" timestamp in Vanta so auditors can see when the data was refreshed. There are no hard dependencies that would block a Vanta audit workflow if TrustVendor is temporarily unavailable.
How is API authentication rotated?
API keys can be rotated at any time in the TrustVendor workspace. Rotate first in TrustVendor, then paste the new key into the Vanta integration configuration. Old keys can be revoked immediately after the new key is verified. All key events are recorded in both the TrustVendor and Vanta audit logs.
Where can I see a full field-by-field mapping between TrustVendor and Vanta?
The complete mapping — every TrustVendor claim predicate mapped to the corresponding Vanta vendor field — is documented at trustvendor.co/docs/integrations/vanta. A change to the mapping is a versioned release; existing connections are grandfathered unless you opt in to the new version.