Security that keeps up with your startup’s growth.
From MVP to enterprise: how to sell to large customers, pass due diligence, meet LGPD and BACEN, secure APIs and cloud, and respond to incidents — even without a dedicated security team.
Security as a Prerequisite to Sell: How to Pass the Security Questionnaire and Enterprise Due Diligence
How a lean startup or fintech passes the enterprise security questionnaire and customer due diligence: SOC 2, ISO 27001, and the minimum controls to close.
Read guide → Fundraising & TrustSecurity due diligence in funding rounds: what funds ask for and how to prepare
What funds assess about cybersecurity and LGPD in due diligence, red flags that lower your valuation, and how to prepare your data room before the round.
Read guide → Compliance & RegulationLGPD for startups: the minimum viable set to avoid fines and unblock sales
A technical LGPD guide for startups and fintechs: legal bases, data mapping, DPIA, DPO, data subject rights, security, and processor contracts.
Read guide → Compliance & RegulationBACEN and Open Finance cybersecurity requirements for fintechs
Resolution BCB No. 85/2021, FAPI, mTLS, and LGPD: everything fintechs must implement to stay fully compliant with BACEN and Open Finance Brasil rules.
Read guide → Product & AppSecAPI Security for Fintechs and Open Finance: from OAuth2 to the OWASP API Top 10 in Practice
Technical guide to API security for fintechs: OAuth2, FAPI, BOLA/IDOR, rate limiting, validation, and logging per OWASP API Top 10 and Open Finance Brasil.
Read guide → Product & AppSecPentest before launch (or before raising): when to do it, how to scope it, and how it unblocks sales and rounds
When to pentest your startup or fintech, how to scope web, app, API, and cloud, pentest vs. scan, and what to expect from the report and the retest.
Read guide → Product & AppSecSecrets management in code: the definitive guide for development teams
Learn how to protect API keys, tokens, and credentials in your startup's code — secrets vaults, rotation, scanning, and what to do when one leaks.
Read guide → Cloud & InfraAWS and GCP Cloud Security: Misconfigurations That Take Down Startups
Technical cloud security guide for startups: IAM and least privilege, exposed buckets, secrets, root MFA, CloudTrail, and a CIS baseline with a lean team.
Read guide → Operations & ResponseWhen to Hire Your First CISO (or Use a vCISO) at Your Startup
Signs your startup needs a CISO, what the role covers, in-house CISO vs. vCISO (CISO as a Service), cost-benefit, and how to structure security first.
Read guide → Operations & ResponseIncident response without an in-house team: how a startup prepares and reacts
How startups with no SOC or CSIRT prepare for and react to cyber incidents. A practical guide based on NIST SP 800-61, LGPD, and CERT.br best practices.
Read guide → Operations & ResponseSOC for startups: when it makes sense (and what to do first)
Find out when your startup actually needs a SOC, what to build first so you don't waste budget, and how SOC-as-a-Service solves it without building a team.
Read guide → Fraud & ThreatsAccount takeover (ATO) and fraud prevention in fintechs
Defense in depth against account takeover in fintechs: credential stuffing, SIM swap, phishing-resistant MFA with passkeys, and fraud detection.
Read guide → Fundraising & TrustSOC 2 for startups: what it is, Type I vs Type II, and how a lean team prepares for the audit
What SOC 2 is, the difference between Type I and Type II, the 5 Trust Services Criteria, scope, observation period, and how a lean startup earns the report.
Read guide → Product & AppSecDevSecOps for startups: security in the development lifecycle and the CI/CD pipeline
How to apply DevSecOps in startups and fintechs: SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, SBOM, and pipeline gates with shift-left, without slowing engineering down.
Read guide → Product & AppSecHow to protect customer data (PII and financial data) in a SaaS or fintech
Defense in depth for PII and financial data in SaaS and fintech: encryption, KMS, tokenization, multi-tenant isolation, access control, and audit trails.
Read guide → Cloud & InfraIdentity and access management (IAM) for startups and fintechs with a lean team
A technical IAM guide for startups and fintechs: SSO and SAML/OIDC federation, MFA with passkeys, RBAC, least privilege, joiner-mover-leaver, access reviews.
Read guide → Operations & ResponseThird-Party Risk Management (TPRM) for startups: the vendor as your biggest risk vector
How lean startups and fintechs assess SaaS vendors, build an inventory, require SOC 2/ISO, contract, and monitor third parties without creating a bottleneck.
Read guide → Operations & ResponseBackup, continuity, and recovery for startups: from 3-2-1 to a lean continuity plan
The 3-2-1 strategy, immutable backups against ransomware, RTO/RPO, restore testing, and a lean continuity plan (BCP/DRP) for fintech founders and CTOs.
Read guide → Operations & ResponseRansomware response for a startup: what to do in the first hours
Hit by ransomware? Learn to isolate without destroying evidence, why not to pay, how to activate response, restore, and notify the ANPD under the LGPD.
Read guide →Your startup’s security starts free.
Decripte’s free Threat Management plan maps vulnerabilities, monitors threats and shows what has already leaked from your business — for companies from solo founders to Enterprise.