Vanta wins the Risk Management Solutions category for its AI-driven risk and compliance platform, which aims to simplify governance, risk and compliance by bringing risk visibility, evidence collection, compliance monitoring and third-party risk management into a single system. 

At the centre of the platform is Vanta AI Agent 2.0, which the company describes as a major step toward autonomous risk and compliance operations. Combined with more than 400 integrations and over 1,300 automated tests, the platform continuously monitors environments and automates evidence collection across frameworks including GDPR, DORA, NIS2, SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

The platform increasingly focuses on continuous trust management rather than point-in-time compliance assessments through its Trust Centres and expanded third-party risk management capabilities following its acquisition of Riskey.  

As organisations face mounting compliance pressure across multiple jurisdictions, Vanta has delivered more than 300 product updates in 2025, with continued investment in autonomous remediation capabilities, AI governance functionality and expanded regulatory framework coverage 

The platform’s business value focuses on reducing manual workloads, accelerating audits and improving operational efficiency for both security and compliance teams. Vanta cites figures including 526% return on investment, 129% higher productivity and average annual GRC cost reductions of $398,000. The company also points to strong market adoption, reporting more than 15,000 customers across 100 countries, with customers including Duolingo, Atlassian, Snowflake, Dust and Lemba.

Judges described Vanta as a clear winner and praise the platform as one of the most mature and commercially compelling entries in the category, highlighting its ability to combine usability, automation and enterprise scalability within a unified risk and compliance platform.

“Judges saw Vanta as the standout, gold-standard risk management solution, combining AI-driven innovation, major scale and proven customer impact.”

Judges highlighted the strength of Vanta’s compliance automation capabilities and extensive integration ecosystem, while also praising its forward-looking application of AI to governance, risk and compliance. In particular, they pointed to the Agentic Trust Platform and AI-driven risk management capabilities as strong indicators of where modern GRC programmes are headed.

Overall, judges described Vanta as setting a benchmark for modern risk management and regulatory readiness, as organisations seek more automated, scalable approaches to managing cybersecurity governance and compliance obligations across increasingly complex environments.

Kelley Damore Chief Content Officer CyberRisk Alliance

Kelley Damore is Chief Content Officer at CyberRisk Alliance, where she leads content strategy across the company’s digital brands, research, communities and live events serving CISOs and security practitioners. At CyberRisk Alliance, she is focused on delivering 365-day engagement, trusted journalism and actionable insights to help security leaders navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape.