Protecting your and your customers data when your organization is still in the initial phases can be a daunting task and may not seem like a priority to your investors or leadership team Not everyone in the company may understand how essential a cybersecurity is or what types of data need to be protected. However, every organization, small, medium or big, should consider building a security program based on industry practices to keep their data and applications secure. Following is some of the recommendations that startups can follow to have the Minimum Viable Security in place: