Recognized by leading global research firm with the top score in continuous controls monitoring criterion
Vanta, the leading Agentic Trust Platform, announced it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Platforms, Q2 2026, upon its first-ever inclusion in the evaluation. Vanta believes the recognition affirms its leadership in shaping a GRC category that is automation-first, AI-native, and continuous.
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Forrester’s market analysis describes a category in transition, framed as “Automation Revitalizes GRC’s Role As Outcome Orchestrator.” The firm identifies three shifts defining where GRC is heading: platforms moving from systems of record to systems of action, continuous controls monitoring evolving from audit evidence collection to policy enforcement, and a market still working to deliver on the promise of AI in GRC.
The report evaluates the 12 most significant GRC platform providers across 16 Current Offering criteria and 7 Strategy criteria, including continuous controls monitoring, AI governance and risk management, and platform integration quality. According to the Forrester report, “Vanta’s innovation approach is unparalleled, showing some of the most compelling and disruptive product launches, R&D investment, and internal development efforts in the market.”
The report also states that “Vanta leads in continuous controls monitoring, offering strongest functionality, easiest implementation, broad integrations, and a focus on control performance and audit evidence” and recognizes Vanta’s embedded AI as a strength, with agents performing “high-impact tasks beyond basic summarization or content generation.”
“For us, this recognition affirms the bet we’ve been making over the last few years: that the future of GRC is automation-first, AI-native, and risk-led,” said Jeremy Epling, Chief Product Officer, Vanta. “Our focus has been simple: build for where the category is going, not where it’s been. The result is a platform used by over 16,000 companies that all face the same underlying need: trust that can keep pace with growth.”
Vanta unifies compliance, risk, vendor risk, and customer trust on a single platform. The result: teams automate evidence collection, surface risks in real time, and streamline audit workflows without bolting together a stack of point solutions.
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