I’ve been building a small side project around cybersecurity for startups, and this week I focused on something specific:
Trying to make frameworks like ISO 27001 / NIST actually usable for small teams.
What I realized:
- The frameworks themselves aren’t the problem
- The way they’re consumed is
Most teams don’t need 100 controls.
They need:
- Clarity
- Prioritization
- Direction
So I built a lightweight assessment tool:
- Maps to ISO 27001 (with NIST + CIS mapping)
- Gives a maturity view
- Suggests what to fix first
One decision I stuck to:
Everything runs locally — no login, no data storage.
Still very much a work in progress, but it already helped me think about security posture more clearly.
Would be great to hear from others building in this space:
- How are you approaching security early on?
- Are frameworks useful or overkill?
If anyone’s curious, here’s what I’ve built so far: (Not pasting link here with commercial ideology. Pasting here for any possible feedbacks)