Pragmatic security & compliance programs built for your reality

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We're a boutique security firm, founded by leaders and practitioners who have worked in the very industries and organizations we now serve: startups, nonprofits, SMBs, and enterprises.

Credible Security builds customized security, compliance, and risk management programs, aligned to the realities of your organization, from your unique context. We strengthen and champion the changes you need to move forward, meeting you where you are and preparing you for what's next.

Services

At Credible Security, your strengths drive our strategy. Your reality shapes our approach.

Security Leadership

Strategic guidance for security leaders and teams at every stage.

  • Fractional CISO / Security Executive: We provide expert, on-demand guidance to empower your decision-making with actionable insights, including a tailored security roadmap and strategy aligned to your business needs, executive-level success metrics, and board-level reporting.
  • Risk Management: We help implement and operate a cybersecurity risk management program integrated into your larger risk management practices, identifying, assessing, and mitigating potential threats to your data, with a continuous process for evaluation and enhancement.
  • Mentorship: We coach growing security leaders, support career development for new practitioners, and provide M&A due diligence.

IT & Corporate Security

Empowering IT, People, Legal, and Finance teams with practical security.

  • Device Management & Security: We evaluate and recommend strategies and vendors for centralized management of employee devices and support the implementation of the chosen solution.
  • Identity & Access Management: We review and propose improvements to your access control tools and configurations, including device trust, multi-factor authentication, and access request procedures, to ensure secure management of employee and contractor access.
  • Threat Defense: We propose and implement solutions to mitigate threats delivered via email and messaging platforms, and support anti-malware measures including Endpoint Detection and Response software and application allowlisting.
  • Vendor Risk & Incident Response: We help design and implement vendor risk management processes, and develop a comprehensive incident response plan to effectively manage security breaches and other disruptive events.

Product & Cloud Security

Helping product and engineering teams build trustworthy, secure products.

  • Application Security: We partner with your R&D teams to embed the necessary practices for secure product development, including secure development practices, SDLC enhancements, security champions programs, vulnerability management, and securing development tooling and infrastructure.
  • Cloud Security: We help ensure your cloud environments are protected appropriately, guiding the implementation of secure configurations, robust data protection, strong identity controls, and effective security tooling to establish a resilient foundation for your teams.
  • Offensive Security: We establish and help manage your offensive security strategy, including third-party assessments such as penetration tests, while building your team's capacity to sustain these activities.

Organizational Security & Compliance

Compliance programs that work every day, not just on audit day.

  • Customer Trust & Growth: We elevate your customer trust program by streamlining due diligence requests and enabling your teams to communicate your security posture effectively, while helping you navigate Trust requirements across industries and regions to reduce friction in deal cycles.
  • Compliance Audits: We establish an efficient compliance audit strategy, reducing impact on teams, building internal expertise and readiness, and guiding you from framework selection through successful audit completion.
  • Data Governance: We establish and mature your data governance policies and procedures, empowering your team to maintain data accuracy, integrity, and security.
  • Business Continuity: We assist with the creation and maintenance of a robust business continuity plan to minimize downtime and ensure critical functions continue in the face of unforeseen disruptions.
  • Policy, Training & Awareness: We develop foundational policies and procedures that support your compliance objectives, and design security training programs to instill a culture of security across your organization.

High Growth

Security strategies that accelerate growth instead of slowing it down.

Engagements designed to scale, enabling internal staffing when the time is right. We provide initial security strategies tailored to high-growth companies, develop staffing plans that scale with growth phases, enhance GTM strategies through compliance achievements, and prepare organizations for high-stakes security due diligence, turning security into a competitive advantage.

SMBs & Non-Profits

Right-sized security for organizations with big missions and lean budgets.

Long-term, hands-on support within a budget that fits. We specialize in delivering advanced cybersecurity outcomes efficiently for organizations where every dollar counts: phishing-resistant access, effective security culture, and compliance readiness, all calibrated to your budget, team size, and mission-critical priorities.

Need Something Unique?

We wouldn't be credible without the ability to be flexible and resilient facing the unexpected.

Every organization has its own challenges, constraints, and context. If your situation doesn't fit neatly into a category, challenge us. We're at our best when we have to think creatively.

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Security for Real People

We build lasting relationships as trusted, independent advisors. We're deeply invested in your success and we're always ready to share what we honestly think.

You hired the right people and built a great team. We give them the structure and support to do their best security work by clarifying "what" and "why," then empowering "how." Our programs are for the real people doing the work, from engineering to HR, all the way to the executive team.

What you get:

  • Right-sized security for your stage and type of organization: not too heavy, not too inconvenient, and it fits just right
  • A stronger, more capable team: gain the skills to own security outcomes without depending on us forever, letting you execute with confidence
  • Tangible trustworthiness: your security program becomes visible proof of your reliability
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Client Outcomes

Real results from real engagements. A sample of what our clients have achieved working with us.

30 days

from kickoff to fully deployed phishing-resistant secure access

80%+

reduction in employee sign-in friction after deploying phishing-resistant identity controls

>25%

reduction in manual steps in customer due diligence through trust content improvements and automation

From Our Clients

"You helped us save our company. We wouldn't have known how to navigate this incident without your help."

Founder, Tech Startup

Incident Response Advisory

"We would never dream of pursuing SOC 2 without Credible Security."

Founder, B2B SaaS Company

Security Assessment Project

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Proudly rooted in the Midwest, with a global reach.

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