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Agentic Trust Controls in Vanta

Agentic Trust Controls started as an open-source project to help teams manage AI agent risk. The community helped shape it, and now, we’re bringing it into Vanta. With mapped tests and documents, teams can put ATC into practice and demonstrate what’s working, on its own or alongside frameworks like ISO 27001 and ISO 42001. Thank you to everyone who contributed. Here's to the next chapter of ATC!

The Executive Roadmap to Application Security for DORA Compliance

If you lead security at an EU financial institution or ICT service provider, the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is already reshaping your calendar, your budget, and the questions your board is asking. What it should also be reshaping is how you think about your software. Application security for DORA compliance isn’t a discrete project you hand to your development team.

Becoming the board-ready CISO: First steps for effective conversations (Alyssa Miller)

Becoming the board-ready CISO: Alyssa Miller on what boards actually want from security, and a three-part framework any CISO can use to align security with business objectives. CISO and Board Advisor Alyssa Miller joins TrustCloud CEO Sravish Sridhar to challenge the idea that “security first” is the right frame, and to lay out how strategic CISOs report to the board: mapping security to business objectives and KPIs, focusing on the few resilience goals that matter, and making the case for new investments like AI as business value, not just risk.

Controllers vs processors vs subprocessors: All you need to know

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

GDPR-compliant data processing agreements (DPAs): The 8 essential clauses

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market.

How Long Does CMMC Certification Take?

Earning the CMMC certification is the most important step between many businesses and the wealth of lucrative DoD contracts available across a wide range of industries. If you want your business to take that next step, it can be an excellent idea, but it's not a switch you can flip and have operational right away. These things take time, and time is money. The contracts you want could be gone by the time you're done. Your budget for implementation could run out before the work is finished.

What Should a DORA Gap Assessment Include? Explained in 60 Seconds

Is your financial organisation prepared for the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)? A DORA gap assessment helps financial entities identify weaknesses in their ICT risk management framework and understand what needs to be improved to meet applicable regulatory requirements. In this 60-second YouTube Short, VISTA InfoSec explains 5 essential areas to evaluate: ICT Risk Management – Governance, security controls, ICT assets and business continuity.

Can Your ICT Vendors Put Your DORA Compliance at Risk?

Can your ICT vendors put your DORA compliance at risk? Even with strong internal cybersecurity controls, third-party ICT providers can introduce operational resilience risks that financial institutions cannot afford to overlook. Under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) financial entities must establish effective ICT third-party risk management practices, including vendor oversight, due diligence, contractual arrangements, ongoing monitoring and appropriate contingency planning.

NIS2 Part Two: How Stolen Vendor Data Fuels Downstream Attacks

In part one of this NIS2 series, we examined why vendor questionnaires fall short and how third-party breaches impact downstream organizations across Europe. But what happens after a supplier containment phase ends? The long-term danger lies in how attackers leverage exfiltrated supplier data to launch hyper-targeted social engineering attacks against an organization’s employees. A supply chain incident does not end when a service provider detects, contains, or recovers from an attack.