Security Strategy & Advisory

Developing a robust security strategy is essential for startups aiming to safeguard their assets and build trust with clients. Our security strategy & advisory services provide tailored guidance to help startups identify vulnerabilities, implement best practices, and align with industry standard security frameworks to support their business goals. Security strategy must align with the product vision, empowering startups to proactively address potential threats without compromising on engineering velocity and feature development.

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Virtual CISO (vCISO) Services

Startup security goals are not unique. However, the methods of implementation are distinct and require a focus on implementation and speed. Fractional or virtual CISO services offer a cost efficient highly impactful approach to the development of a security function. Impact is a fractional CISO's primary objective, which is achieved by identifying your startup's biggest revenue stream and focusing efforts on the identification of security risks, vulnerabilities and compliance gaps, accompanied by ROI focused solutions to risk mitigation. Head to our blog to learn how vCISO services are just right for your startup.

Compliance Readiness (SOC2, PCI DSS)

The path to SOC 2, ISO 27001, or PCI DSS can be tricky under startup speed and resource constraints. Fractional vCISO services deliver a fast, cost-efficient way to get audit-ready: we map your customer and revenue drivers to the right controls, run targeted gap assessments, prioritize quick-win remediations, and stand up the essentials: policies, risk register, vendor due diligence, evidence collection, and continuous monitoring, without slowing product velocity. The goal is measurable impact by closing compliance gaps, reducing risk, and meeting requirements to enable customer acquisition.

Security Maturity & Roadmap Development

We assess your current state across people, process, and technology, against industry frameworks, and translate the findings into a living roadmap tied to business goals. Expect clarity on priorities and sequencing: high-impact quick wins, foundational controls, and strategic investments across staffing, tooling, and governance. Outcomes are defined as KPIs or OKRs, aligned with budgets, designated owners, and timelines so you can track progress quarter by quarter. A reliable roadmap strengthens resilience, accelerates go-to-market, and proves to customers that security is built into how you operate.

Risk Management, Governance & Controls

Risk management, governance, and controls are the core of tracking security progress. We establish your risk appetite and scoring model, build a clean risk register, and develop up a control set mapped to your business. These processes are then connected to BUA operations: policies with clear ownership, RACI and approval flows, vendor risk, change management, and KRIs that roll up in board reports. You’ll get a living governance cadence (quarterly reviews, exception handling, control testing, and continuous monitoring) that reduces uncertainty and speeds decisions, while still building the foundation for audits and customer assurance.

Security Culture & People Management

Security technology has advanced greatly, but organization most often struggle with the people aspect of knowledge, discipline and awareness. We support your staff with clear roles and responsibilities, enable managers to share the security responsibility and support executives with their risk management decisions. We embed secure habits into daily work through role-based training, lightweight rituals in the SDLC, phishing drills, and blameless post-incident reviews so good security becomes the default. Communication scales through champions, office hours, and concise leadership narratives that connect risk to business outcomes. We measure what matters with engagement, completion, and KRI or KPI movement, then tune incentives to reinforce the right behaviors. The result is motivated teams, faster delivery with fewer defects, and a security posture that stands up to customer scrutiny without slowing the company down.