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Building Security and Compliance Into Startups

Not bolted on after the fact. I've spent two decades in security leadership, and I started Kyveras to bring that experience to companies too early-stage to hire it in-house.

About Kyveras - Security Expertise with a Startup Mindset

Why Kyveras Exists

I kept watching the same thing happen: a startup lands a great enterprise prospect, gets to the finish line, and then stalls for months on a security questionnaire nobody on the team knew how to answer.

Charlie Leagra, Founder of Kyveras Security Consulting

I'm Charlie Leagra. Before Kyveras, I spent more than 20 years in IT and cybersecurity leadership, most of it figuring out how to make security requirements actually workable for the teams that had to live with them.

I started Kyveras because that same problem kept showing up at startups: they needed SOC 2 or ISO 27001 to close a deal, but hiring a CISO wasn't realistic yet, and the "compliance in a box" platforms left the hard judgment calls to them anyway. So I work directly with founders and engineering teams — not through a sales layer, not through a junior associate — to get certifications done in a way the team can actually maintain afterward.

I turn down engagements that would mean piling on controls nobody needs just to look thorough for an audit. If a policy doesn't serve your business or your actual risk, I don't recommend it. That's not a differentiator I invented for marketing — it's just how I'd want it done if I were the founder writing the check.

How I Work

  • Clarity

    You get a plain answer to "why does this control exist," not a page number in a framework document.

  • Balance

    Rigorous enough to pass audit, light enough that it doesn't compete with your product roadmap for engineering time.

  • Pragmatism

    Every control I recommend has a reason tied to your actual business, not a checklist entry.

  • Empowerment

    I document and train as I go, so your team can run this without me once we're done — that's the goal, not a risk to my repeat business.

  • Partnership

    I work inside your team's workflow, not as an outside auditor handing down requirements.

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