Larkspur Financial: security program build-out.

Rough time frame

First evidence

Aug 31

Opens

Aug 31

Peaks

Oct 15

Closes

Dec 29

For this kind of project, buying usually starts about 0 days after the first proof, is busiest around day 45, and tapers off by about day 120. It is an estimate, not a deadline.

What happened 4

1. JobsAug 31
   Job opened

   Posted “Security Engineer, founding team” on its Ashby careers page.

   first seen by Intakra Sep 1, seen 1 day after
2. CertificatesSep 8
   New subdomain

   Certificate issued for sso.larkspur.example.

   first seen by Intakra Sep 9, seen 1 day after
3. DNSSep 9
   New subdomain

   sso.larkspur.example now points at an identity provider tenant.

   first seen by Intakra Sep 10, seen 1 day after
4. PagesSep 26
   Page changed

   A new trust page lists a compliance audit as in progress.

   first seen by Intakra Sep 26, seen same day

What it usually means

A founding security role, a new SSO subdomain pointing at an identity-provider tenant, and a compliance audit on the trust page, close together, usually mean a security program is being built. Teams at this stage often buy identity, endpoint, and compliance automation within about four months.

What they tend to buy

Companies doing this often buy some of these. Worth checking which apply.

Project stage

1. Planning
2. Hiring
3. Evaluating
4. Buying
5. Implementing