In theory, there are documents out there a startup can read, understand, and follow to get reasonable outcomes. Theory is a wonderful place, I'm told. I'd like

In theory, there are documents out there a startup can read, understand, and follow to get reasonable outcomes. Theory is a wonderful place, I'm told. I'd like to visit someday. In practice, the answer is to hire a consultancy. There are fractional CISO services out there. It's very likely that a startup without significant security experience in-house does not have the expertise to make good use of any guidance they can find. Every scenario is too specific, every personality dynamic too unique, and every new technology question too novel for there to be easy pre-fab answers that a non-security-practioner can find, understand, and apply in a correct and consistent manner.