๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ
When Vanta was first rolled out in our org, I saw it as just more admin โ another tool with more tasks. But it quickly shifted my perspective from ticking boxes to tuning in. Vanta gives real-time visibility into whatโs really happening across our systems and helps us move from reactive compliance to proactive preparedness. Itโs less about passing audits and more about staying ready โ like running fire drills, not just testing smoke alarms.
Dawn Thiart
3/29/20251 min read
When my leader introduced ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ into the business, my first thought was: โ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต... ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ.โ
And in some ways, that was true.
It did mean more logins, more integrations to connect, and more policies to formalise. But what I didnโt expect was how quickly it started shifting my mindset โ from ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ to ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป. Because Vanta doesnโt just hand you a checklist and walk away.
It nudges you to look closer.
It gives visibility into whatโs actually happening across systems โ whatโs secure, whatโs out of date, where the gaps are.
It forces a kind of ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ thatโs easy to lose in the busyness of day-to-day IT operations.
At some point, it clicked:
> This isnโt just compliance.
> Itโs ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐.
It reminded me of fire drills.
Traditional compliance is like checking the batteries in the smoke alarm once a year and hoping nothing goes wrong.
What weโre doing now is like running actual drills:
โ Testing exits
โ Checking the sprinklers
โ Making sure everyone knows their role ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ something happens.
Yes, it might be more effort. But itโs also more ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป. And ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐.
Iโm still learning what the platform can really do. It's proving to be a way to keep our ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐๐น๐๐ฒ of our organisations security health.
And when something does go wrong?
Weโll hopefully be ready โ not reacting.