With Vanta’s streamlined certification process, Yellow Canary achieved ISO 27001 certification and completed a successful SOC 2 audit within a tight timeframe.
Powerful automation significantly reduced the time to maintain and manage compliance.
Holding global security standards makes it easier for Yellow Canary to expand into new sectors and secure enterprise clients.
“Automation has drastically reduced the time spent on compliance tasks. Implementing Vanta has saved us hundreds of hours”
The company
Transforming workforce compliance
Yellow Canary helps businesses across Australia manage and simplify complex workforce compliance processes through advanced automation.
By eliminating human error, streamlining governance processes, and providing insights to improve systematic issues, Yellow Canary’s solutions improve accuracy and efficiency in industries where compliance failures can lead to significant financial and reputational risks.
Since its founding, Yellow Canary has completed over 100 large-scale pay reviews, processed more than $70 billion in payroll data, and reviewed compliance for more than 300,000 employees.
With a growing client base and a rapidly expanding product suite, the company is currently focused on enhancing automation, scaling its operations, and deepening its industry impact.
The challenge
The path to business growth in regulated markets
As Yellow Canary began expanding across different industries and global locations, it became clear that meeting strict security and compliance standards was essential for growth.
The company’s lack of security certifications resulted in complex and time-consuming procurement processes, particularly with larger enterprises. Meanwhile, security due diligence added friction to sales cycles, delaying deals and requiring extensive manual effort to meet vendor security requirements.
As Marcus Zeltzer points out, “We knew that enterprise clients needed confidence in our security. Without the right certifications, sales cycles became more challenging. It was clear we needed a better solution.”
Achieving industry-relevant SOC Type 2 and ISO 27001 has enabled Yellow Canary to meet global data security standards. However, a manual approach to these certifications proved complex and time-consuming.
The team decided to look for an automated compliance platform to help them manage this process in a more streamlined and efficient way.
The solution
Bringing automation and efficiency to compliance
With a previous compliance provider, Yellow Canary experienced gaps in its automation capabilities, lengthy processes involved in implementing and maintaining compliance, and limited integration with key payroll systems.
The team sought a new solution that was more reliable and seamless to use. A new solution also had to include automation to reduce manual effort, provide expert guidance on the compliance process, drive cost savings, and be scalable for future growth.
Based on these prerequisites, the organisation decided on Vanta. According to Marcus Zeltzer, Vanta was chosen over its competitors because it “provided faster audit preparation and certification processes, with a focus on automation and an intuitive user interface.”
The proximity of Vanta’s local Customer Success team was another plus, allowing the team at Yellow Canary to experience Vanta’s service quality firsthand.
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The impact
Market expansion through automated compliance
The switch to Vanta was seamless and provided immediate benefits.
Vanta’s advanced automation saved the team hundreds of hours in manual compliance tasks, such as completing security procurement questionnaires, preparing for audits, and managing ongoing compliance.
As a result, Yellow Canary successfully achieved ISO 27001 certification and a successful SOC 2 audit within a challenging timeframe. Marcus Zeltzer describes the experience of partnering with Vanta as “overwhelmingly positive,” explaining that the platform’s automation has “drastically reduced the time spent on compliance tasks.”
Achieving these certifications has already made a tangible difference to the company’s success, enabling Yellow Canary to accelerate major deal closures with key enterprise clients and confidently compete in industries with strict compliance requirements.
Looking ahead, Yellow Canary is well-positioned to continue building trust with its enterprise clients as the company focuses on scaling its operations and deepening its industry impact.
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