As cloud-native startups scale into new markets, regulatory compliance is increasingly becoming a core operational requirement rather than a back-office function. Meeting standards such as ISO 27001, PCI DSS, or HIPAA can demand extensive documentation, evidence collection, and ongoing monitoring, often creating friction for engineering teams focused on product development and growth.
A newly announced partnership between Automat-it and Vanta aims to help startups building on Amazon Web Services (AWS) address that challenge. 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 is designed to help AWS-based startups reduce the time required to achieve audit readiness while automating evidence collection and continuous security monitoring.
Addressing Compliance Bottlenecks For Engineering Teams
For many startups, compliance preparation can become a manual and time-consuming process that diverts engineering resources away from core development work. Automat-it says the new integration is intended to streamline that process by embedding automated compliance capabilities directly into its AWS-focused services.
“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 is designed to automate workflows related to compliance, risk, and security assessments. According to the company, more than 15,000 organizations, including Atlassian, the Golden State Warriors, Icelandair, and Ramp, use its technology to continuously monitor and demonstrate their security posture.
The Role Of The Compliance Guard Suite
Automat-it delivers compliance support through its Compliance Guard Suite, a framework designed to assess cloud environments, identify gaps, implement security controls, and maintain continuous monitoring across AWS deployments.
The suite combines the company’s DevOps, FinOps, and AI expertise with automated compliance tooling. Through the integration with Vanta, startups can streamline evidence collection and receive automatically generated compliance reports while maintaining real-time visibility into their security posture.
According to Automat-it, startups using the platform can conduct security reviews of their cloud environments based on AWS best practices, track vulnerabilities through real-time monitoring, and minimize regulatory risk across multiple accounts and geographic regions.
The Compliance Guard Suite includes four solutions designed to address specific regulatory frameworks:
- HealthGuard, which supports HIPAA compliance through automated audits, gap analysis, and breach response
- InfoSure, which helps organizations pursue ISO 27001 certification by guiding ISMS implementation and evidence collection
- PayGuard, which addresses PCI DSS 4.0 compliance through automated reporting and vulnerability assessments
- TrustGuard, a centralized platform designed to manage multiple compliance frameworks across environments
With the new partnership, Vanta’s trust management platform is embedded in the continuous monitoring stage of these solutions to support automated evidence refresh and faster audit preparation.
Strengthening The Compliance Ecosystem
For Vanta, the partnership adds another AWS-focused provider to its growing ecosystem of service partners supporting automated security and compliance operations.
“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.”
The Vanta platform is designed to centralize security program management by providing organizations with visibility into risk across their environment. It also enriches security findings with contextual data and enables teams to track remediation progress from a single system of record.
Building Trust While Scaling
As startups grow into global businesses, demonstrating strong security and compliance practices is increasingly essential for building customer trust and closing enterprise deals. Automated monitoring and evidence collection tools are emerging as a way to help organizations meet those expectations without slowing innovation.
Through the integration of Vanta’s trust management platform with Automat-it’s AWS-focused compliance services, the companies aim to help startups accelerate audit readiness while maintaining visibility and control over their cloud security posture.
