Drata is a continuous compliance automation platform that helps technology companies achieve and maintain security certifications — SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and more — by automating the evidence collection, monitoring, and reporting processes that traditionally require months of manual work. The platform connects to cloud infrastructure, identity providers, and development tools to continuously monitor compliance status.
The platform's agent-based monitoring automatically collects evidence across connected systems, surfaces compliance gaps in real time, and generates audit-ready reports that reduce the time and cost of annual compliance audits. Companies that previously spent months preparing for SOC 2 audits report completing them in weeks with Drata's automated evidence collection.
Drata is particularly valuable for SaaS companies and startups that need SOC 2 certification to close enterprise deals but lack the compliance operations infrastructure to achieve it efficiently. The platform's integrations with AWS, GCP, Azure, GitHub, Okta, and hundreds of other tools means it can monitor the actual systems being certified rather than requiring manual attestation.
Key capabilities include automated evidence collection, real-time compliance monitoring, gap analysis, policy management, vendor risk assessment, and auditor portal access for direct collaboration with audit firms. The platform serves over 5,000 companies ranging from early-stage startups to public companies.
