Bryan Onel’s father was a locksmith. As for Onel, he described himself as the digital equivalent.
Ethical hacking was Onel’s hobby growing up. He studied AI at university and then turned that hacking hobby into a profession. “I spent a decade performing penetration tests for over 150 companies across all sectors,” Onel tells TechCrunch, adding that he kept easily breaking into companies that had passed their security checks.
Onel realized that security often fell within two brackets: Painful but effective, or painless but ineffective, he said. Most companies were doing the bare minimum in cybersecurity and compliance, as it often takes too much work — and tools and talent — to provide effective security defenses.
Onel’s clients kept asking if he could provide a solution to their problems, so he gave it a shot.
In 2022, he teamed up with his wife, Ora, and college friend Erik Vogelzang, and launched Oneleet, an all-in-one security compliance platform. The startup aims to help other companies get their security certifications while helping them become more secure faster.
Onel tells TechCrunch that most existing compliance platforms are evidence-collection tools, where users import data from their various products, pay a fee, and then voila! — out spits a security certificate saying they are secure.
“The result is compliance theatre,” Onel tells TechCrunch. “You’re certified on paper, but still vulnerable to all kinds of attacks.”
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Oneleet is different, said Onel. The platform includes a suite of security tools: penetrating testing, code scanning, cloud data security, attack surface management, security training, and more, he said, which aims to provide a better window into a company’s security defenses.
“Because it’s integrated from the ground up, we can deploy comprehensive security with the click of a button,” Onel continued. “That saves clients hundreds of hours and eliminates the blind spots that come from managing fragmented tools.”
Oneleet then partners with independent auditors to provide formal certification reviews.
On Thursday, Oneleet announced it raised a …