Startup Security Program
5 guides
Before there is a security team there are still security decisions, and most of them get made by default. These guides cover the minimum viable stack at each headcount, what SOC 2 costs a seed-stage company in reality, and how to evaluate the consulting market when the gap is bigger than the team.
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The Solo Founder's Identity & Security Stack
The minimum viable identity and security stack for a 1 to 5 person B2B SaaS, in priority order, with an honest do-now-vs-defer table and what to deliberately skip.
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All explainers→Best Cybersecurity Consulting Firms in the US (2026)
intro · 12 minA tiered directory of the specialised US cybersecurity consultancies worth a CISO's shortlist, from Optiv and Coalfire down to the boutiques, plus five questions that predict engagement quality.
How to Choose a Cybersecurity Compliance Consulting Firm
practitioner · 11 minA decision framework rather than another listicle: four compliance problem types, industry matching, five predictive evaluation criteria, and 2026 pricing benchmarks.