Kirin Labs is a fractional CISO and compliance consultancy for healthcare and fintech startups. We help regulated companies go from zero security posture to audit-certified, then stay on as ongoing security leadership, so each renewal is a formality.

Most startups hit compliance walls when enterprise customers start asking about SOC 2 or HIPAA. The CTO ends up spending hundreds of hours on something outside their expertise, or the team buys a compliance platform and realizes the software alone doesn't close the gaps. We step in as the security leader who actually does the work: writing policies, configuring controls, collecting evidence, and coordinating with auditors.

Our certification projects typically run 8 to 16 weeks and cover SOC 2, HIPAA, HITRUST, and ISO 27001. After certification, our fractional CISO retainer handles continuous compliance, security questionnaires, vendor risk assessments, and board reporting. Engineering teams spend 2 to 3 hours per week with us during a project and a few hours per month on retainer.

We work with companies from Series A through the point where they're ready to hire a full-time CISO. Our goal is to turn compliance from a deal blocker into a deal closer.

Founded on deep experience in cloud security and healthcare compliance. Based in the US, working with startups nationwide.

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