Aegis AI™ · vCISO for startups & SaaS
The vCISO for startups closing their first enterprise deal.
The deal lands, and procurement asks for SOC 2 and a vendor security questionnaire you cannot answer yet. You have no CISO, and your engineers are heads-down shipping the product. Aegis AI™ is the vCISO that gets you audit-ready, without a full-time hire and without pulling the team off the roadmap. Delivered as Agent-as-a-Service, with your leader approving every material decision.
When a startup needs a vCISO
An enterprise prospect requires SOC 2The first big logo wants a SOC 2 report before they sign. Readiness becomes a revenue blocker overnight.
A security questionnaire landsA 200-line vendor security questionnaire shows up mid-deal and someone has to answer it credibly, fast.
Your board or investors askDiligence and board reviews start asking about your security posture, and you need a real answer, not a promise.
Built for lean teams
- Continuous control validation mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS v4.0, and NIST CSF, whichever your customer or auditor asks for first.
- Audit-ready evidence on autopilot from read-only telemetry across AWS, Azure, Microsoft 365, Okta, and CrowdStrike. Revocable in 30 seconds.
- A short, prioritized fix list, not a 300-page report your team has to triage.
- Board and customer-ready summaries you can drop into diligence or a security review.
- A human in the loop: the agents do the work, your leader approves it. Leverage, not autopilot risk.
Without slowing the roadmap
The whole point of a vCISO for a startup is leverage: your engineers stay on the product while Aegis AI™ carries the framework, the evidence, and the reporting. You get leadership-grade compliance output without adding headcount, and you grow into more cadence and more legal entities only as you scale. Start free, prove it on your own environment, then move to a month-to-month tier when you are ready.
See your gaps now. Free.
Ten quick questions, an instant directional read across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and NIST CSF. No account, no card. When the deal is real, the $1,995 Readiness Snapshot gives you a measured, documented baseline you can show a customer.
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Common questions
When does a startup need a vCISO?When security shows up in revenue: an enterprise prospect requires SOC 2, a security questionnaire lands in a deal, or your board asks about posture. A vCISO answers those demands without a full-time hire.
Do seed-stage startups need SOC 2?Usually not until enterprise or regulated customers require it. The trigger is typically the first larger deal. A free gap check tells you where you stand before you spend.
How much does a vCISO cost for a startup?Free gap check, then a one-time $1,995 Readiness Snapshot. Ongoing coverage runs through month-to-month tiers sized for lean teams on the pricing page.
vCISO vs hiring a CISO?A full-time CISO is a major salary and ramp most startups cannot justify pre-scale. A vCISO gives you the leadership now and keeps your engineers on the product.
Aegis AI™ is a vCISO platform delivered as Agent-as-a-Service by ElasticD3M, LLC. Aegis AI is not a 3rd-party auditor and does not conduct audits or attestations. Audits are performed by independent CPA firms (SOC 2), accredited certification bodies (ISO 27001), QSAs (PCI DSS), or the customer's own internal audit function. Readiness work products are prepared from your intake and, when connected, read-only telemetry. ElasticD3M, LLC is a Texas limited liability company. Patent Pending.