Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Maintaining continuous compliance and trust isn't a one-person or one-team job; trust is created and sustained by a network of employees, vendors, auditors, and more. However, working with this extended team can get messy—communication is spread across multiple surfaces, action items are tracked in different documents and tools, and coordination becomes manual and time-consuming.

Trust is critical to the success of every business. But building, scaling and demonstrating trust is getting harder for UK organisations. ‍ Vanta’s second annual UK State of Trust Report uncovers key trends across these areas of security, compliance and the future of trust. Surveying 1,000 business and IT leaders in the UK, our research found that more than half (54%) of UK organisations say that security risks for their business have never been higher. ‍

Any app collecting, processing, or storing protected health information (PHI) must be HIPAA-compliant to ensure ongoing operation without regulatory setbacks. This means that if your organization operates in the health tech industry, it must adhere to the requirements mandated by the regulation. ‍ Due to HIPAA’s broad scope and interpretative nature, the requirements may seem challenging without a clear compliance roadmap, leading to inefficient workflows and incomplete adherence to the rules.

This past month, the Vanta team launched new features to help you: ‍

For founders of early-stage startups, growth is the North Star. You’re focused on building a great product, winning customers, and scaling fast. Security compliance? It’s probably not on your radar—but it should be. ‍ The reality is, compliance isn’t just a nice to have or a box to check when a customer asks to see a SOC 2 report. It’s a revenue accelerator.

It’s no secret that managing vendor risk is one of the most challenging aspects of any security program—our most recent State of Trust report found that one in two businesses have terminated a vendor relationship due to security concerns. The rapid proliferation of SaaS tools and AI technologies only ups the ante by increasing the complexity of vendor monitoring and oversight. ‍

At Vanta, we’re always looking to experiment, learn, and stay at the forefront of AI. Recently, we built a proof of concept to explore how auditors could interact more effectively with audits and the data within them. Our experiment used Anthropic’s Claude, the open source MCP (Model Context Protocol), and Vanta’s API to enable users to ask deeper questions of Vanta’s compliance data. ‍ ‍

Vanta’s story began like many other startups—moving fast to discover product-market fit and lay the groundwork for a sustainable business. Speed was key as we focused on delivering value to customers and rapidly iterating to meet market needs. This approach propelled us into a phase of healthy growth, marked by milestones we proudly celebrate (read more about our recent achievements here).

Today's buyers are doing their homework—they want to know they can trust your business before they commit. According to Vanta’s latest State of Trust report, nearly 65% of companies say their customers, investors, and suppliers increasingly require proof of compliance before making a purchase. ‍