ICT Institute is now a Vanta partner: what users told us

ICT Institute has joined the Vanta partner programme. For our clients – companies working towards ISO 27001 – this means we can now combine our hands-on ISMS work (scoping, risk workshops, internal audits) with a compliance platform that takes a lot of the grind out of collecting evidence and keeping controls alive throughout the year.

For anyone who has not come across it yet: Vanta is a web-based platform that helps organisations manage compliance with frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2 and GDPR. It connects to the tools you already use, such as identity providers, cloud platforms, HR and ticketing systems, and automatically pulls in evidence that your controls are actually running. On top of that, it offers policy templates, a risk library, vendor management, and a customer-facing trust center.

What users say and why we picked Vanta

We spent several months researching the GRC platform landscape and interviewing Vanta users in the Netherlands and abroad. Two things stood out. First, the integrations genuinely save time: instead of screenshotting MFA settings or exporting user lists before every audit, Vanta checks these continuously and flags drift as it happens. Second, it fits well with small technical teams that do not have a dedicated compliance person, which is exactly the profile of many of our clients.

The feedback from current users was encouraging. Teams that lacked dedicated compliance staff found Vanta made the process manageable: integrations with cloud services and identity providers pulled in evidence automatically, AI-generated policy drafts gave a solid starting point, and built-in reminders kept tasks from slipping between audits. Several organisations reached ISO 27001 certification in a matter of few months rather than the classic six-to-twelve-month timeline, largely because the platform forces structure upfront and gives the auditor direct access to evidence. Users also valued the year-round visibility: instead of scrambling before an audit, they could see at a glance where things stood

What Vanta does not replace

Vanta is a platform, and not a Information Security Officer or dedicated consultant. It will not decide your scope for you, run your risk workshop, or push back when a policy does not match how your organisation actually works. The people we interviewed were also upfront about the trade-offs: some pricing is not always transparent, integration coverage will have gaps (especially for on-prem environments), and some advanced features sit behind higher-tier add-ons. And ISO 27001 still requires a proper internal audit, real risk treatment decisions, and a meaningful management review: all parts where an experienced advisor makes the difference between ticking boxes and building a living ISMS.

That is where we come in. We help clients scope their ISMS sensibly, implement the ISMS within Vanta to match that scope rather than the other way around, run the workshops and training, and handle the internal audit. For teams aiming at certification, it is a combination that gets them there faster without cutting the corners that can lead to failing the audit.

Talk to us

If you are considering ISO 27001 or broader compliance work and wondering whether Vanta is a fit for your company, we are happy to have an informal chat whether or not you end up using the platform.