Vanta was granted a patent for automated security reporting.

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    "patent_abstract": "Techniques are described for a computing device to provide security-related information by (a) receiving a plurality of documents that relate to a plurality of security-related features provided by a service provider (SP) external to the device; (b) receiving instructions from the SP indicating a first selection of which of the plurality of documents to include in a report page and a second selection of which of the plurality of security-related features to monitor; (c) monitoring the SP for the features indicated by the second selection, and storing monitoring results; (d) receiving a request to report security-related information about the SP; (e) in response to receiving the request, creating a link for accessing the plurality of documents indicated by the first selection and the monitoring results; and (f) generating a report page that includes hyperlinks to the documents indicated by the first selection and a summary of the monitoring results.",
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