Cybersecurity Startup Signals: Reading GitHub Data for Security Deals

Cybersecurity startups show unique engineering patterns on GitHub. Deploy frequency spikes often correlate with CVE response cycles rather than product iteration. Infrastructure buildout signals frequently indicate security compliance infrastructure (SOC 2, ISO 27001) rather than product expansion. The strongest cybersecurity investment signal is sustained acceleration outside of incident response - when a security startup is shipping fast without an external trigger, the team is building toward a milestone.

References

[1] GitHub Advisory Database: GitHub

[2] NIST Cybersecurity Framework: NIST