Start-up Cyber Solutions Response

Prepare your team for quick incident handling

Prepare your team to react quickly and reduce damage. The difference between a contained event and a public breach is preparation — we help you build that muscle memory.

Capabilities

What's included

Each capability below is a deliverable — included by default in this engagement.

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Incident Response Basics

Foundational IR knowledge for technical and non-technical team members.

  • What counts as a security incident
  • Severity & escalation matrix
  • First-responder do's & don'ts
  • Evidence preservation basics
  • Internal communication channels
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Team Security Awareness

Practical, role-based awareness training that doesn't put your team to sleep.

  • Phishing & social-engineering recognition
  • Password & credential hygiene
  • Safe handling of customer data
  • Secure remote work practices
  • Reporting suspected incidents
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Incident Handling Playbook

Step-by-step playbooks for the incidents most likely to happen to a startup.

  • Account takeover playbook
  • Phishing-with-credential-theft playbook
  • Cloud-key compromise playbook
  • Lost / stolen device playbook
  • Vendor breach playbook
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Breach Notification Guidance

Get the regulatory and customer-comms response right when minutes matter.

  • Regulator notification timelines
  • Customer communication templates
  • Internal stakeholder briefing kit
  • Legal & PR coordination workflow
  • Post-incident customer trust playbook
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Team Tabletop Exercises

Realistic, scenario-driven drills that test your real readiness — not just paper plans.

  • Custom-built scenario design
  • Cross-functional tabletop facilitation
  • Decision-point pressure testing
  • After-action report & gaps
  • Improvement roadmap & re-test
Our process

How we deliver

A repeatable, transparent five-step process that respects your time and your team.

  1. 01

    Discover

    Kickoff workshop, scope alignment, and rules of engagement.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Deep, hands-on assessment by senior specialists with daily check-ins.

  3. 03

    Recommend

    Prioritized findings, business-impact scoring, and remediation roadmap.

  4. 04

    Implement

    Side-by-side support with your team to fix the issues that matter most.

  5. 05

    Validate

    Retest, sign-off and clear evidence-of-remediation for stakeholders.

Deliverables

What you walk away with

Executive report

Plain-English summary mapped to business impact for the leadership team.

Technical findings

Detailed write-ups with reproduction steps, evidence and severity.

Remediation roadmap

Prioritized, time-boxed plan your team can execute without us.

Live readout

60-90 minute live debrief with engineering, product and leadership.

Engagement options

Three ways to work with us

One-time engagement

Best for: launches, audits, fundraises

A focused, fixed-scope project with a clear start, end and outcome — perfect when you need a specific result on a tight timeline.

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Quarterly retainer

Best for: continuous improvement

A recurring quarterly engagement with mixed deliverables — assessments, advisory, validations — paced around your roadmap.

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Embedded specialist

Best for: scale-ups & enterprises

A senior specialist embedded with your team for 2-5 days a week, delivering ongoing program leadership and technical depth.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Most engagements run between 2 and 8 weeks depending on scope, however we tailor the timeline to your launch windows, audit deadlines and team capacity.

Ready to get started?

Tell us about your goals — we'll map the right scope and team within 24 hours.

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