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Cybersecurity resources and services for startups. ➡️: http://notes.techimpossible.com
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Most startups treat SOC 2 like a one-time exam. It's not. It's a continuous monitoring commitment. The companies that breeze through audits built compliance into their workflow from day one — not bolted it on 6 weeks before the assessor showed up.
The fastest path to SOC 2 isn't hiring a big consulting firm. It's picking a framework, mapping your controls to what you actually do, and closing the gaps before the auditor shows up. Most seed-stage companies can get Type I ready in 90 days with the right focus.
Founders ask me when they should start thinking about security. The honest answer: before your first enterprise prospect asks for your SOC 2 report and you realize you're 6 months away from having one. The cost of retrofitting security is always higher than building it in.
Your biggest compliance gap probably isn't technical — it's your vendor inventory. Most startups I work with can't answer "how many services have access to customer data?" in under 30 minutes. If your vendor list lives in someone's head, you're not audit-ready.
The fastest way to lose an enterprise deal: get asked for your SOC 2 report and say "we're working on it." I've seen startups try to compress 6 months of compliance into 3 weeks because they waited until the deal was on the table. Build the foundation before you need it.
Shadow AI is the new shadow IT — and it's moving faster. Your team is pasting customer data into ChatGPT and uploading contracts to AI tools with no DPA. If you don't have an AI acceptable use policy by now, you're already behind on your next audit.
Most startups treat vendor risk like a spreadsheet exercise — collect questionnaires, check boxes, move on. Then a vendor breach hits and that "low risk" integration had read access to your entire customer database. Vendor risk is access risk. Scope it that way.
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