Hey everyone, I've been tasked with getting our company's compliance data ready for Vanta and, wow, this mapping step is a lot 😅. We have our own internal spreadsheet with hundreds of control IDs (like `SEC-001`, `HR-045`) from our old manual process, and now I need to map them to Vanta's framework controls.
I'm super grateful this community exists because I'm already stuck. My manager showed me the Vanta UI with its own set of control IDs (like `Vanta-01.a`) and said "just make sure everything lines up." Has anyone else gone through this? I feel like I'm building a data pipeline between two totally different schemas without any documentation.
Here's my rough plan so far, please tell me if I'm on the right track or about to walk off a cliff:
* First, I exported our internal controls list to a CSV.
* Next, I'm trying to use Vanta's API to pull *their* control list into another CSV for comparison.
* My goal is to create a mapping table (maybe in a simple Google Sheet at first) that says `Our_ID -> Vanta_ID`.
* Then, I'd like to write a Python script to use this mapping to update evidence or push statuses to the right place in Vanta.
But I'm hitting a wall already. How do you handle controls that don't have a 1-to-1 match? Like, what if one of our broad internal controls maps to *three* more granular Vanta controls?
Also, I'd love to know:
* Is the API the best way to get Vanta's full control list, or is there a better method?
* Did you do this mapping manually, or was there a semi-automated way?
* Any major pitfalls to avoid? I'm terrified of mapping things wrong and creating a mess.
Attached is a screenshot of my sad, empty Jupyter notebook with just the import statements... it's a start, I guess! Any guidance would be a lifesaver.
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