The Vanta Alternative with Senior Security Leadership
Vanta and platforms like it solved one real problem: evidence collection used to be a manual nightmare of screenshots and spreadsheets. Automation fixed that. But the harder problems (scoping the audit correctly, defending risk acceptance to a skeptical auditor, explaining your control environment to an enterprise customer, building a security program that actually reduces risk rather than just passing controls) are not automation problems. They are judgment problems. Z Cyber delivers the Glance platform for evidence and posture visibility alongside a senior fractional CISO who owns your program. You get the automation you need and the leadership you cannot automate.
What's Included
Senior fractional CISO owning your security program end-to-end
Glance platform for evidence collection, posture, and board reporting
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or PCI DSS audit management
Scoping and risk acceptance decisions defensible to auditors
Vendor questionnaire responses written by a human who understands the answer
Policies adapted to your environment, not generic template downloads
Board, investor, and enterprise customer security communication
Roadmap aligned to your fundraising, product, and compliance milestones
Who This Is For
Companies that tried Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe and discovered automation alone does not close enterprise deals, pass audits cleanly, or answer investor questions. Also fits teams evaluating their first compliance platform and want advisory bundled in from day one.
Our Process
Diagnose
Review your current platform usage, control state, and gaps. Identify what automation covers and what still requires human judgment.
Replace or augment
Migrate onto Glance if you want a unified platform, or integrate alongside your existing tool. Either way, a vCISO takes ownership of the program.
Close the audit
Your vCISO scopes the audit, manages the auditor relationship, defends risk decisions, and gets you through Type II cleanly.
Expand
Add frameworks (ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS), mature the program, and shift from compliance-driven to risk-driven security.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Z Cyber a replacement for Vanta?
We can be. Glance covers evidence collection, control monitoring, posture dashboards, and framework mapping. The larger difference is that Z Cyber pairs the platform with a senior vCISO who owns your program. If you only want automation, Vanta is fine. If you want a security leader, we fit.
What does Z Cyber cost compared to Vanta?
Vanta charges a platform subscription. Z Cyber charges a retainer that includes the Glance platform plus a named senior advisor. Most clients find the total cost is lower than Vanta plus a full-time security hire, and higher than Vanta alone. You are paying for leadership, not just software.
Can we migrate existing Vanta evidence to Glance?
Yes. We export your control mappings, policies, and evidence from Vanta and import them into Glance. Most migrations take two to four weeks depending on how much has been customized.
What if we want to keep Vanta and just add advisory?
That works too. Our vCISOs have operated inside Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, and ServiceNow GRC. We bring the leadership; you keep the platform you like.
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