Use Case

Check compliance before code is written

A fintech team building a payments dashboard caught a GDPR data retention gap and a PCI-DSS encryption requirement before writing a single line of code. The fix took 20 minutes. Finding it after launch would have cost weeks, legal fees, and customer trust.

$4.2M

Average cost of a data breach involving compliance failures

IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2024

20 min

to fix a compliance gap at the requirements stage

3+ weeks

to fix the same gap after code is shipped

6 standards

built-in plus custom rules for your industry

How compliance checking works

Four steps from requirements to compliance-checked specs. Every flag is advisory and designed for review by your legal and security teams.

01

Select standards relevant to your product

Choose from six built-in standards (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, CCPA, PCI-DSS, WCAG) or define custom compliance rules specific to your industry. A fintech team building a payments feature enables PCI-DSS and GDPR. A healthcare platform enables HIPAA. You pick what applies, and Vantage checks against those standards.

  • Six built-in standards: GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2, CCPA, PCI-DSS, WCAG
  • Custom compliance rules for industry-specific requirements
  • Per-project standard selection (different products, different rules)
  • Standards update as regulations evolve
Select Standards
GDPR
PCI-DSS
HIPAA
SOC2
CCPA
WCAG
02

Run checks on requirements before development

Trigger a compliance check on any PRD or set of requirements. Vantage evaluates each requirement against your selected standards and flags advisory risks. A fintech team caught a GDPR data retention gap in their user analytics requirements before writing any code. The fix took 20 minutes at the requirements stage. Finding it after launch would have cost weeks and legal review.

  • Requirement-level checks, not just document-level scanning
  • Advisory risk flags with specific remediation suggestions
  • Runs in seconds, not the days a manual review takes
  • Works on PRDs, user stories, and any structured requirements
Compliance Results
R-03: User authenticationPass
R-06: Data retention policyGDPR Risk
R-09: Payment encryptionPass
R-11: Logging user activityAdvisory
03

Review risks with your legal and security teams

Compliance results are designed for cross-functional review. Share the report with legal, security, or your compliance officer. Each flag includes the requirement text, the standard it may violate, and a suggested remediation. Your compliance team reviews the flags, marks them as accepted risks or required fixes, and you update the requirements before development starts.

  • Shareable compliance reports for legal and security teams
  • Each flag linked to the specific requirement and standard
  • Accept risk or mark as required fix workflow
  • Audit trail showing who reviewed what and when
Compliance Report
GDPR Art. 17 -- Right to Erasure

R-06 stores user analytics without defined retention period or deletion mechanism.

Suggested: Add 90-day retention limit with user-triggered deletion
8
Passed
1
Advisory
1
Risk
04

Recheck automatically when requirements change

When you trigger a rebuild after a scope change, compliance checks rerun on affected sections. If a new requirement introduces a PCI-DSS concern that was not present before the change, it is flagged in the rebuild review alongside content changes. Compliance stays current as your product evolves.

  • Automatic rechecking during rebuilds
  • New risks flagged alongside content changes in review
  • Historical compliance status tracked across versions
  • No manual re-auditing when scope changes
Auto-Recheck on Rebuild
v1.0 -- Initial checkAll clear
Jun 1
v1.1 -- Scope change rebuild1 new advisory
Jun 15
v1.2 -- Latest rebuild1 new risk
Jun 28 -- Needs review
“Compliance alone would have saved my biggest project this year. Vantage flagged a GDPR gap before we wrote a line of code.”

Khushboo

Dhan (fintech)

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