Meet Sunshine

BLOGCOMPANY NEWSFEBRUARY 17, 2023 Meet the Team! Meet Sunshine! Hey there! I’m Sunshine (yes, that’s my government name) from the Partnerships Team and I’ve been with Vanta since December 2021. Before that, I worked at Deloitte as a third-party risk management consultant. Tell us about your role at Vanta I wear multiple hats. As a CPA, I spend some time being one of our internal compliance SMEs. I also work closely with our Service Partners (vCISOs, Managed Service Providers, Pentesters, etc.) to set them up for success when using and championing Vanta in the field. This means I get to cross-collaborate with the best people ever from Marketing, Engineering, Product and Design, Operations and Partnerships. ‍ If you could go back to the start of your career, what advice would you give yourself? Don’t fit the mold! Coming from a big corporate setting, I always felt like I needed to ‘fit in’ to be successful. I’m learning that my authenticity is my edge. That my existence alone - as a young woman of color and first-generation immigrant - in the cybersecurity/information security world is a mold breaker. ‍ In short, break the mold, don’t reduce yourself to fit it. ‍ What is your favorite thing about working at Vanta? Vanta embraces change and craves growth. One of our seven principles is ‘Bias for action, commit to iteration.' Embracing this principle unlocks creativity and makes me feel empowered to take ownership of my projects. ‍ Why are you excited about Vanta’s mission? When I heard about Vanta and how we’re automating security and compliance, I was hooked. As a previous auditor, our platform addresses the pains that I saw and experienced myself. ‍ Also, knowing and feeling that what we're doing is a huge motivator for me. Even though checking off security and compliance goals can feel daunting for customers, the fact that they even need it in the first place is a huge accomplishment. I am proud that Vanta gets to be a part of that milestone by giving our customers the steam and boost they need to get there easier and faster. ‍ If you can have any superpower, what would it be? Teleportation - I love to travel and the more spontaneous, the better. First on my list would be Iceland so I can campervan and take in all the sights. ‍ Sunshine Arcilla ‍ AWS Turn security into your startup’s secret sales weapon ISO 42001 4 lessons learned during our ISO 42001 audit COMPANY NEWS Going beyond the standard: Key takeaways from VantaCon UK 2025 COMPANY NEWS Zero to success: What we got wrong before we got it right Share this article Related Resources COMPANY NEWSBLOG Goodbye audit chaos, hello Calm-pliance Vanta Delivers new features that provide enterprise control, more agentic workflows, and privacy automation to help GRC teams build trust continuously. COMPANY NEWSBLOG First 90 days leading Developer Experience at Vanta: Building trust through better systems Reflections on scaling engineering, AI-first workflows, and building trust at Vanta. COMPANY NEWSBLOG What is Vanta? With automated compliance, unified risk management, real-time proof, and an AI Agent that takes action, teams stay audit-ready and move faster. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Wiz names Vanta among its most popular integrations Vanta is recognized across four categories including most popular integration. COMPANY NEWSBLOG The Vanta 25 to Trust: Nominations are now open for 2026 The Vanta 25 to Trust: Nominations are open for 2026. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Vanta 2025: Looking back, looking ahead Here's what earning and proving trust looked like in 2025. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Trust at enterprise scale: Introducing Vanta’s Agentic Trust Platform Vanta’s Agentic Trust Platform unifies risk and compliance into a single intelligent system so companies can prove trust continuously. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Introducing proactive, AI-powered risk management that breaks the cycle of reactive risk Unify risk management with Vanta’s AI-powered Trust Management Platform—automate workflows, monitor vendors in real time, and act on risks before they impact your business. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Lessons learned from Vanta’s FedRAMP® 20x pilot program A behind-the-scenes look at how Vanta navigated the FedRAMP 20x pilot. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Helping businesses earn and prove trust: Announcing Vanta’s $150 million Series D Vanta’s mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. Today we’re excited to announce we’ve raised a $150M Series D to continue building the future of trust. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Supercharging Vendor Risk Management: Vanta acquires Riskey We're excited to announce that Vanta has acquired Riskey to improve security reviews from point-in-time snapshots to continuous, AI-powered assessments. COMPANY NEWSBLOG Vanta is a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Governance, Risk, and Compliance Software Vendor Assessment, 2025 The IDC MarketScape assesses the competitive landscape, analyzing qualitative and quantitative criteria to evaluate GRC vendors.