Onwardly is a security operations platform designed for small and medium enterprises, enabling teams to generate and manage cyber resilience programs through maturity assessments and compliance frameworks. By streamlining security tasks and integrating with collaboration tools like Slack and Jira, Onwardly reduces the workload associated with cybersecurity management, allowing teams to enhance their security posture in just 30 minutes per week.
Funding
$690K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often lack the resources and expertise to effectively manage their cybersecurity posture and meet compliance requirements. This can lead to increased vulnerability to cyber threats and difficulty demonstrating security and privacy strength to customers and stakeholders.
Solution
Sydekick is a cyber resilience and governance platform designed to help SMEs build, manage, and advance their security and privacy programs. The platform streamlines security tasks by generating maturity assessments and actionable plans, identifying gaps in cyber defenses, and mapping tasks to compliance frameworks such as ISO 27001 and Essential Eight. Sydekick integrates with collaboration tools like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Jira, enabling teams to work collaboratively on improving cybersecurity outcomes. The platform provides complete visibility of tasks, evidence, policies, activity logs, and records in one place, ready for audit.
Target Audience
Sydekick is designed for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to improve their cybersecurity posture, meet compliance requirements, and demonstrate security and privacy strength to customers and stakeholders.
Features
- Generates maturity assessments and actionable plans to improve cyber resilience.
- Maps tasks to compliance frameworks, including ISO 27001, PCI DSS and Essential Eight.
- Provides real-time scoring to track security posture as tasks are completed.
- Offers progress reports and integrates with Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Jira.
- Includes runbooks to make security front-of-mind when hiring staff, performing due diligence, and responding to threats.
- Provides a centralized view of tasks, evidence, policies, activity logs, and records.