How to Comply with HECVAT in 2024 (Free Checklist) | UpGuard

## Executive Summary This article describes HECVAT, a toolkit for assessing vendor security in higher education, outlines the Full, Lite, On‑Premise, and Triage assessments, and provides a concise compliance checklist covering tier selection, data‑sharing thresholds, risk appetite alignment, and identification of security control gaps; it also highlights that HECVAT is one component of a larger vendor risk management lifecycle (risk assessment, remediation, monitoring, threat discovery).