Security
The foundation everything else stands on.
Security at BSTS is not a service tier — it is a property of every engagement. Here is what that means in practice, in language precise enough to survive an audit of its wording.
Informed by NIST CSF 2.0
Our assessments and baselines follow the six functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 — Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover — scaled to the size of your operation. NIST-aligned means the framework shapes our methodology. It does not mean certification, and NIST does not certify consultancies.
Zero Trust principles
Access is granted to identities, not networks; verified continuously, not assumed; and scoped to least privilege by default. In a small organization this is less about products and more about discipline — reviewed access lists, strong authentication everywhere, and no shared logins.
OWASP-informed secure development
Software we build follows OWASP guidance: input validation at the boundary, dependencies audited and pinned, secrets kept out of code, and security review before anything touches production data. Our own site and demo environment are built the same way.
SOC 2 readiness support
For organizations heading toward a SOC 2 examination, we provide readiness support: mapping controls to the Trust Services Criteria, closing gaps, and building evidence-collection habits. Readiness is preparation for an audit performed by an independent CPA firm — it is not the audit, and it is not certification.
Responsible AI
AI with boundaries you can write down.
Secure AI implementation is half our name and all of our caution. Every AI system we deliver comes with a one-page boundary document: what it sees, what it may do, who approves what, and what happens when it is wrong.
- Private data stays inside agreed boundaries — models never see what they do not need
- A human approves consequential actions; AI drafts and flags, people decide
- Capabilities and limits documented honestly, including what a model cannot do
- No client data used to train third-party models without explicit written agreement
Credentials, stated plainly
What we hold, and what we merely follow.
We display credentials as text because precision beats badges. Certifications named below are held by the founder personally; frameworks are practices that inform our work.
Held certification
CompTIA Security+
Founder-held, industry security certification
Held certification
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Founder-held, cloud AI certification
Framework
NIST CSF 2.0
Informs our assessment and baseline methodology
Framework
OWASP · Zero Trust
Inform our development and access practices
References to security frameworks such as NIST CSF 2.0, SOC 2, and OWASP describe the practices that inform our methodology. They do not imply certification, accreditation, endorsement, or an audit opinion.BSTS does not display third-party certification logos; where official badge programs permit verified display, assets may be added after verification (see the repository's badge documentation).
Questions welcome
Ask us the hard security questions first.
Vendor security questionnaires, data-boundary questions, AI-policy concerns — we would rather answer them before an engagement than after. The assessment includes room for all of it.