Start-Up Secure

Preface

MOST BOOKS END WITH A QUOTE from a famous source; I am starting with one. In his book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey states “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.” This should apply to your start-up and how you should view every suggestion in this book. Every cybersecurity choice you make should, at the end of the day, be to enhance whatever it is you are building. From getting a better product out the door to high customer satisfaction from the services you provide. Don't lose sight.

There are a lot of topics covered in this book and cybersecurity taken as a whole can be overwhelming. That's why there is an entire industry built around it. As you read through this book, always keep in mind what is right for your start-up and your customers. You don't need to implement all the things we discuss in this book from day one or even by day one thousand. But you should understand the important trade-offs by the end of this book.

Just knowing those trade-offs then allows you to prioritize what is right for your start-up and allows you to keep the main thing the main thing. A great example is a security incident and event management (SIEM)¹ solution, which is something you most likely won't need until after the validation phase, maybe even beyond the growth phase. I hope to provide you with the right know-how and understanding to intelligently make those decisions.

Of course, you are not in this alone. Your fellow founders, board members, ...