August 5, 2025
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Drata launches its AI-driven VRM Agent to automate vendor risk assessments, boosting speed, accuracy, and continuous trust across enterprises.
Drata Launches AI Agent for Vendor Risk Management
Drata today announced the first public preview of its AI Agent for Vendor Risk Management (VRM), an autonomous, context-aware assistant designed to transform how enterprises evaluate and manage vendor risk. This launch marks the beginning of Drata’s broader vision to shift from manual, fragmented governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools to autonomous Trust Management powered by AI agents. Trust Management forms the foundation for governance, risk, compliance, and assurance (GRC-A), enabling continuous confidence in an organization’s security, compliance, and risk posture — and proving it across the business. The VRM Agent is the first in a series of AI agents planned for the Drata platform, with dedicated Trust and Compliance Agents currently in development. Built specifically for teams managing thousands of third-party vendors, the VRM Agent automates vendor risk assessments that previously took weeks, cutting time, increasing consistency, and scaling trust across the supply chain.Key Capabilities of the VRM Agent
- Automated Criteria Extraction and Mapping: The VRM Agent ingests vendor questionnaires or custom criteria files (PDF, DOCX, XLSX), establishing a consistent, scalable baseline for risk assessments and eliminating manual setup.
- AI-Powered Document Review and Risk Scoring: Integrated with SafeBase Trust Center, the agent collects vendor artifacts and analyzes them against defined criteria to flag risks, assign scores, and generate clear, structured reports with source-backed findings.
- Dynamic Report Generation and Follow-Up Orchestration: The agent produces executive summaries, issues follow-up questionnaires for identified gaps or concerns, and automatically reassesses vendors as new responses are submitted, providing real-time visibility.
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“Drata is pushing the boundaries of what GRC can be with Agentic Trust Management,” said Ali Firooz, Security Engineering Manager at Homebase. “Their AI vision goes beyond automation; it’s about enabling a future where trust is dynamic, intelligent, and woven into every decision. It’s changing how we think about assurance, and we’re excited to be on this journey with them.”
“Vendor Risk Management requires significant oversight, making it one of the most resource-draining and error-prone areas of trust today. Our new AI agent delivers speed, precision, and continuous insight that wasn’t possible before,” said Adam Markowitz, co-founder and CEO of Drata. “This is a defining chapter for our vision, and with our Trust Management platform powered by agentic AI, enterprises can move faster, gain efficiency, and scale trust across every part of the business.”
FAQ
What is Drata's AI Agent for Vendor Risk Management?
Drata's AI Agent for Vendor Risk Management (VRM) is an autonomous, context-aware assistant designed to automate and transform the process of evaluating and managing vendor risk.How does the VRM Agent automate vendor risk assessments?
The agent automates these assessments by ingesting vendor questionnaires or custom criteria files, analyzing vendor artifacts against defined criteria using AI, scoring risks, and generating reports. It can also automate follow-up questionnaires and re-assessments.What are the benefits of using Drata's VRM Agent?
Key benefits include significant time savings (reducing assessments from weeks to a shorter timeframe), increased consistency in evaluations, and the ability to scale trust across the supply chain by managing a larger number of vendors more efficiently.What kind of file formats can the VRM Agent process?
The VRM Agent can ingest vendor questionnaires or custom criteria files in PDF, DOCX, and XLSX formats.What is the role of SafeBase Trust Center in this process?
The VRM Agent is integrated with SafeBase Trust Center to collect vendor artifacts and analyze them, contributing to the AI-powered document review and risk scoring capabilities.What is Drata's broader vision behind these AI agents?
Drata's broader vision is to shift from manual Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tools to autonomous Trust Management powered by AI agents, forming the foundation for Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Assurance (GRC-A).Source: Drata Launches AI Agent for Vendor Risk Management