Across the cloud ecosystem, compliance is quickly becoming a defining factor in how startups scale and win customer trust. As companies expand into enterprise markets or regulated industries, certifications such as ISO 27001, HIPAA, and PCI DSS increasingly become prerequisites for doing business. Yet achieving those standards often requires extensive documentation, security monitoring, and time-consuming audit preparation.
A new partnership between Automat-it and Vanta aims to streamline that process for companies building on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Automat-it, an AWS Premier Tier Partner and Managed Service Provider (MSP), has joined the Vanta partner program to integrate Vanta’s trust management platform into its Compliance Guard Suite.
The collaboration focuses on helping startups automate evidence collection, maintain continuous security monitoring, and reduce the time required to reach audit readiness, allowing compliance to become part of the growth strategy rather than a bottleneck.
Reducing The Burden Of Manual Compliance
For many early-stage companies, security and compliance requirements can place a significant strain on engineering resources. Teams often rely on manual processes to gather evidence, track vulnerabilities, and prepare documentation ahead of audits.
Automat-it says the integration with Vanta is intended to remove much of that manual work while providing startups with greater visibility into their security posture.
“For too long, compliance has been a manual drag on engineering teams,” said Noam Rahi, Executive VP of Business Development and Strategy. “By embedding Vanta’s trust management platform into our Compliance Guard Suite, we aren't just checking boxes, we are helping AWS-based startups prove their security posture in real-time, get audit-ready, close deals faster, and build immediate trust with their own customers.”
Vanta’s platform automates workflows across compliance, risk management, and security assessments. More than 15,000 organizations, including Atlassian, the Golden State Warriors, Icelandair, and Ramp, use Vanta to continuously demonstrate their security posture.
A Framework For AWS Compliance
Automat-it delivers compliance capabilities through its Compliance Guard Suite, which is designed specifically for organizations operating on AWS infrastructure. The suite helps startups assess their environments, identify compliance gaps, implement security controls, and monitor systems continuously.
By integrating Vanta’s platform into the monitoring phase of the suite, the companies aim to automate evidence collection and generate compliance reports while maintaining real-time tracking of vulnerabilities.
According to Automat-it, the platform also allows startups to conduct security reviews based on AWS best practices and extend compliance controls across multiple cloud accounts and regions as regulatory requirements evolve.
The Compliance Guard Suite includes four framework-specific solutions:
HealthGuard, which supports HIPAA compliance with automated audits, gap analysis, and breach response
InfoSure, which simplifies the process of achieving ISO 27001 certification by guiding ISMS implementation and evidence collection
PayGuard, which addresses PCI DSS 4.0 compliance with automated reporting and vulnerability assessments
TrustGuard, which provides a centralized platform for managing multiple compliance frameworks
Together, these tools are designed to help organizations maintain continuous oversight of their compliance posture while preparing for formal audits.
Expanding Vanta’s Partner Network
The partnership also reflects Vanta’s broader strategy of working with service providers and cloud specialists to extend its trust management platform into operational environments.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Automat-it to our Partner Program,” said Bill Fitzgerald, VP, Global Sales Channel and Alliances, Vanta. “By integrating Vanta’s agentic trust platform into their Compliance Guard Suite, Automat-it is helping AWS-based scale-ups automate evidence collection, strengthen continuous monitoring, and accelerate audit readiness, turning compliance into a true growth driver for their customers.”
At the center of the program is Vanta’s platform, which centralizes security program management and provides organizations with visibility into risk across their environments. The system also enriches findings with contextual data and helps companies track remediation progress through a single source of truth for their security posture.
Compliance As Infrastructure For Scaling
As startups mature, the ability to demonstrate strong security practices can influence everything from customer acquisition to enterprise partnerships. Automating compliance processes within cloud infrastructure may allow growing companies to meet those expectations without overburdening internal teams.
By combining Automat-it’s AWS expertise with Vanta’s automated trust management platform, the partnership aims to help startups prepare for audits more efficiently while maintaining continuous visibility into their security and compliance environments.