Get secure. Move faster.
Security designed for founders.
What We Do
Security that Scales with Your Startup
Backed by experience, designed to meet you where you are.
Security Assessment
Build a Secure Foundation
We assess your current security posture and provide a roadmap tailored to your product, tech stack, and growth plans, so you’re ready for customers, compliance, and scale.
Foundational Roadmap
Cloud Readiness
vCISO
Ongoing, Fractional Support
Stay secure as you grow. From building your security program to running vendor reviews and remediation, we act as your on-demand security team.
Tooling Recommendations
Vendor Security Reviews
Many more
Penetration Testing
Specialized Engagements
Need targeted support? We offer penetration testing, red teaming, and internal training, all custom-fit to your stack and workflows.
Red Teaming
Security Workshops
Physical Security
Our Process
Security, Embedded in Every Phase
A step-by-step approach that builds lasting security into your team, product, and roadmap.
Step 1: Discovery & Assessment
We meet you where you are.
We evaluate your current security posture, understand your product, and identify gaps based on your growth stage, architecture, and customer demands.
Step 2: Security Roadmap & Recommendations
Actionable, prioritized guidance.
We deliver a clear, tailored roadmap with immediate wins and long-term improvements aligned to your engineering workflows and strategic goals.
Step 3: Embedded Support
Security guidance that fits how you work.
We partner with your team to implement the roadmap, answer questions as they come up, and handle the ongoing work, so you stay focused on building your product.
Step 4: Validate, Refine, Scale
Test, optimize, and mature.
Once foundational work is complete, we help validate your defenses and build repeatable practices, through pentests, red teaming, and readiness reviews.
About
Who We Are
LaunchSec is a San Diego based cybersecurity firm built to help startups and growing businesses move fast without sacrificing security. We focus on SOC 2 readiness, cloud security, penetration testing, vendor risk management, and vCISO services — giving founders the confidence to scale, attract investors, and earn customer trust.
Our team brings a decade of combined experience in cybersecurity and agile leadership with backgrounds in penetration testing, cloud security, compliance frameworks, and coaching cross-functional teams to delivery security at speed. We know that security isn't just about tools, it's about enabling teams to move quickly while protecting customer trust. That's why we built LaunchSec: to give founders a security co-pilot who understands both the technical and organizational side of scaling securely.
We are rooted in the San Diego startup community and committed to helping local innovators and founders build the security foundation they need to grow with confidence.