Your first enterprise security review: a founder’s playbook
What to prepare, what to say, and where not to bluff when a serious customer sends its first 200-question security questionnaire.
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Practical security guidance for people building companies.
The lessons founders usually learn after the customer questionnaire arrives, the audit starts, or a security decision becomes urgent.
Start with the latestBuilt from real conversations—not generic compliance checklists.
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01Compliance
A customer wants SOC 2. What can you realistically do in 90 days?
A founder’s plan for turning an urgent customer request into a credible audit-readiness program—without putting the company on pause.
02ComplianceSOC 2 or ISO 27001? Decide from the buyer backward.
The useful question is not which framework is “better.” It is which assurance signal removes friction in the markets you plan to win.
03SecurityYour first risk assessment should change the roadmap.
If the result is a polished register and the same engineering backlog, you completed paperwork—not risk management.
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