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Cyber Horizon
Honest comparison

How we compare to leading platforms.

We believe in transparency. Here's a feature-by-feature comparison of Cyber Horizon against established tools like Vanta, Drata, and SecurityScorecard — built for teams who need more than checkbox compliance.

71 compliance frameworks supported — including 11 APAC-specific

ISO 27001ISO 22301ISO 27017SOC 2ISO 42001ISO 27005ISO 20000ISO 27032ISO 27035ISO 27701ISO 27018GDPRCCPA/CPRANIST PrivacyLGPDPIPEDAPOPIAPIPLAPPIAU Privacy ActCH FADPTH PDPAUK GDPRUK CAFOWASP ASVSOWASP SAMMNIST 800-63ISO 27031ISO 27034ISO 27036AU ISMDORANYDFS 500SWIFT CSPSOX ITGCGLBAFFIECPCI 3DSCMMCFedRAMPNIST 800-53SOC 1NIST 800-171NIST AI RMFEssential EightMAS TRMSG PDPAIndia DPDPAPRA CPS 234Korea ISMS-PCSA STARCSA CCM 4BSI C5ISMAPFISMAStateRAMPHITRUSTHIPAANHS DSPTHITECHCIS ControlsNIST CSFNIS2COBITISO 31000ISO 9001ITIL 4Cyber EssentialsEU AI ActTISAXPCI DSS

APAC-specific frameworks

MAS TRMSingapore
Essential EightAustralia
India DPDPIndia
SG PDPASingapore
Korea ISMS-PSouth Korea
APRA CPS 234Australia

// Why teams switch

Why teams choose Cyber Horizon.

AI-First by Design

AI-driven policy creation, continuous evidence automation, and real-time threat enrichment — intelligence, not just workflow automation.

Unified GRC + Security

One platform for compliance, risk, governance, and threat intelligence — reducing tool sprawl and operational friction.

Executive-Ready

Board-level dashboards, financial risk context, and strategic insights designed for CISOs, CTOs, and senior leadership.

// How we compare

Built for breadth, not just checkbox compliance

Vanta and Drata focus on compliance automation; SecurityScorecard on vendor-risk ratings. The grid below maps Cyber Horizon’s capabilities against each tool’s core focus areas, based on public positioning — a guide to where each product concentrates, not an exhaustive feature audit.

Compliance Management

FeatureCyber HorizonUsVantaDrataSecurityScorecard
SOC 2 Readiness Reporting
ISO 27001 Support
NIST CSF Framework
PCI DSS Compliance
Continuous Control Monitoring
AI-Assisted Gap Analysis

Risk Management

FeatureCyber HorizonUsVantaDrataSecurityScorecard
Central Risk Register
Financial Risk Context
Technical Risk Scoring (e.g. CVSS)
Vendor Risk Management
MITRE ATT&CK Coverage Mapping
Risk Scoring & Prioritisation

Threat Intelligence

FeatureCyber HorizonUsVantaDrataSecurityScorecard
Real-Time CVE Tracking
IOC Analysis
Breach & Leak-Site Exposure Monitoring
Domain & Attack-Surface Monitoring
AI Threat Enrichment

Policy & Documentation

FeatureCyber HorizonUsVantaDrataSecurityScorecard
Policy Templates
AI Policy Authoring
Version Control & Change History
Attestation Workflows
Policy-to-Control Mapping

Audit & Evidence

FeatureCyber HorizonUsVantaDrataSecurityScorecard
Evidence Automation
Audit Management
Automated Report Generation
External Auditor Access
Continuous Evidence Collection

Advanced Capabilities

FeatureCyber HorizonUsVantaDrataSecurityScorecard
Horizon AI
Executive Dashboards
Workflow Automation
Custom Integrations & API

Legend

Supported
Limited / partial
Not a focus area

Competitor columns reflect each product’s primary focus based on public positioning, not an exhaustive feature audit.

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Compliance note

This is a point-in-time comparison based on publicly available information and competitor documentation, current as of June 2026, and reflects our understanding at that time. Competitors update their products frequently — Vanta and Drata have both expanded AI, policy and risk capabilities — so some entries may already be out of date. We review this comparison regularly and welcome corrections. Contact us if you spot any inaccuracies.

The comparisons buyers actually ask about

Honest answers first — these tools do different jobs, and the right choice depends on which job you’re hiring for.

Vanta vs SecurityScorecard: which do you need?

They solve different problems. Vanta is a compliance-automation platform: it collects evidence from your own systems to get you through SOC 2, ISO 27001 and similar audits. SecurityScorecard is an outside-in security-ratings service: it scores externally visible security signals for you and your vendors, and is typically used for third-party risk monitoring. A company preparing for its first audit usually needs the Vanta category; a company monitoring hundreds of suppliers usually needs the SecurityScorecard category — and many mature programmes end up paying for both.

Vanta vs Drata: what actually differs?

Vanta and Drata are direct competitors in compliance automation, and for most buyers they are closer than either’s marketing suggests: both automate evidence collection, control monitoring and audit preparation for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and related frameworks. The real differences show up in integration depth for your specific stack, auditor preferences, and pricing structure — which is why the practical advice is to demo both against your own environment rather than rely on feature checklists.

Where does Cyber Horizon fit?

Cyber Horizon covers the compliance-automation job (71 frameworks with crosswalked controls, evidence and audit packs) and adds what point tools leave out: a quantified risk register, vendor risk with AI questionnaire handling, incident response and live threat intelligence — one platform with one evidence trail. If you want compliance plus the wider GRC and security-operations picture without stitching together two or three subscriptions, that combination is the reason we exist. If you only ever need external security ratings, a ratings tool remains the right category.

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