A New Beginning
Valhalla Research Monthly -> Startup Security Weekly
Things are going to look a little different around here…
As of this week, the monthly (previously weekly) Valhalla Research newsletter is transitioning to the weekly Startup Security newsletter.
In 5 years of information security, I’ve worked for some of the biggest names in the industry. They all did different things, sold different shiny boxes and had different service offerings, but they all marketed their products to the same folks: unicorns, industry titans, big-budget billion dollar behemoths.
We all wonder why some of these companies have the budget they do paired with the poor security on display on an almost weekly basis, despite throwing big money at the security vendors that service them.
Want a hint?
It’s because nobody was paying attention when they were garage-band startups.
The little guy doesn’t have the money, time or education to tackle a complex and terrifying world like information security. By the time they grow to be giants, tech debt, business functions and a continued lack of know-how means they’re laps behind in a race with serious implications.
That’s why I refocused my consulting efforts through SEC Research to hone in on earlier stage startups and mid-sized businesses. Waiting for a company to blow up to finally start giving a damn about its security posture just isn’t working. Being proactive means building security consciousness from the ground up, earlier rather than later, before the breach and before the problems begin to arise.
Startup Security Weekly isn’t just a rebranding and a refocusing of an existing newsletter, though it’s that, too). It’s a wholesale initiative to start pushing security culture and technology into the ground floor and initial considerations of startup tech leaders and founders.
So, I invite you to join me, whether you’re a founder, hacker, maker, entrepreneur or just a security enthusiast looking for hints, tips, tricks, strategies and case studies in security. Let’s learn together and create a safer world, from the ground up, at early stage startups and medium-sized businesses.