Techimpossible

@Techimpossible

Cybersecurity resources and services for startups. ➡️: notes.techimpossible.com

Vancouver, BC

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Joined July 2012

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@Techimpossible
Feb 18
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.
Techimpossible
@Techimpossible
Feb 18
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.
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@Techimpossible
Feb 18
Most startups don't think about incident response until something breaks. By then you're making critical decisions under pressure with no playbook. Here's what every startup needs BEFORE something goes wrong — from seeing this play out across 300+ companies.
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@Techimpossible
Feb 18
Most startups build an incident response plan after their first incident. By then you've already lost time, trust, and leverage. Here's the bare minimum IR framework every startup needs before something goes wrong — based on what I see across 300+ companies. A thread:
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@Techimpossible
Feb 17
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.