What 15 Real-World Product Security Engagements Taught Me About Lean Security
Product Security problems in startups are rarely caused by a complete absence of security. More often, security exists — but it grew organically, unevenly, and without a clear operating model. Over time, I reviewed a sample of 15 anonymized Product Security engagements across startups, scale-ups, and growing software companies. The environments were different. So were the architectures, cloud platforms, engineering maturity, and business constraints.






