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A focused course, tailored for you

Product Security Program Design for SaaS Platforms

Name: Product Security Program Design for SaaS Platforms
Price: 199 USD
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Build the PSIRT workflow, CVE disclosure process, and enterprise trust artefacts that let your platform close deals without slowing engineering down.

Your security controls are real. Your CVE response is functional. But the moment a large enterprise buyer sends a 47-page security questionnaire three days before contract close, the gap between what the program does and what it can prove becomes expensive. Product security teams at SaaS platforms spend more time retrofitting trust documentation than building the underlying program, because the artefacts enterprise buyers actually read were never a first-class deliverable.

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Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.

Why this course

The product security function at a scaled SaaS platform sits at a permanent tension: engineering velocity versus security bar. Ship fast enough to compete, hold the bar high enough to pass the CISO review at a regulated enterprise buyer. Most teams resolve this by doing both incompletely. The PSIRT process is underdocumented, so each CVE disclosure is a one-off scramble rather than a repeatable workflow. The trust documentation is scattered across Confluence pages, outdated questionnaire responses, and a security whitepaper written for a different buyer profile. The supply chain posture (SBOM, OSS vulnerability tracking, third-party component disclosure) exists in tooling but is not summarised in a form a procurement team can evaluate. And the CI/CD security checkpoints, even when they work, are not tied back to the compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP Moderate) that enterprise contracts now require as baseline evidence. The result: every large deal requires a bespoke security response that should have been a standing artefact.

What you walk away with

Design a PSIRT workflow that produces consistent, buyer-readable CVE disclosure artefacts without requiring a bespoke response for each incident.
Build a trust documentation package that answers the top 80 percent of enterprise security questionnaire items from a standing set of maintained artefacts.
Embed security checkpoints into CI/CD pipelines that satisfy SOC 2 change-management and ISO 27001 secure development controls without becoming engineering blockers.
Produce an SBOM posture summary and third-party component risk statement that satisfies procurement review at regulated buyers including federal agencies.
Map your product security program controls to FedRAMP Moderate, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001 requirements so that audit evidence is generated by the program rather than assembled after the fact.
Define the escalation and communication protocol for zero-day and critical CVE events that protects the platform's enterprise relationships during active disclosure.

The 12 modules

Module 1. The Product Security Program Scope at a SaaS Platform

Defines what a product security program owns at a scaled SaaS company versus what belongs to infrastructure security, compliance, or legal. Maps the function against the three accountability areas that enterprise buyers evaluate: the product itself (secure design, CVE management), the supply chain (OSS dependencies, third-party components), and the posture documentation (trust page, questionnaire responses, audit artefacts). Establishes the baseline inventory of current-state artefacts so Module 2 through 12 build on what exists rather than starting from zero.

Module 2. Threat Modelling That Engineering Teams Actually Use

Covers how to integrate threat modelling into the product development lifecycle at a pace engineering teams will sustain. Distinguishes between the full STRIDE-per-element model appropriate for new service design and the lightweight data-flow review appropriate for feature sprints. Produces the threat modelling artefact format that doubles as evidence for SOC 2 CC6.8 (design review) and ISO 27001 A.8.25 (secure development lifecycle) so that engineering work generates compliance evidence without a separate documentation step.

Module 3. CVE Lifecycle Management from Discovery to Closure

Builds the end-to-end CVE management process: intake (internal discovery, external researcher report, upstream OSS advisory), triage and CVSS scoring, fix prioritisation against release cadence, and closure verification. Covers the internal communication protocol that keeps engineering, product, legal, and executive teams aligned during an active CVE without creating noise. The output is a written CVE lifecycle document that can be shared with enterprise buyers as evidence of a functioning PSIRT program.

Module 4. PSIRT Runbook Design for Enterprise Buyers

Distinguishes between the internal PSIRT operational runbook (for the security and engineering team) and the external PSIRT statement (what enterprise buyers, researchers, and regulators see). Covers what a mature PSIRT disclosure policy contains, including the coordinated vulnerability disclosure timeline, the safe harbour statement for researchers, the communication channel for receiving external reports, and the SLA commitments for acknowledgement and remediation. The deliverable is a PSIRT statement that survives procurement review at a bank or federal agency.

Module 5. SBOM Production, Maintenance, and Buyer Communication

Covers the practical implementation of software bill of materials at a SaaS platform: tooling selection for SBOM generation (Syft, Grype, or equivalent), integration into CI/CD so the SBOM is current at every release, and the process for identifying and triaging OSS vulnerabilities against the live SBOM. Covers the format enterprise buyers and federal procurement teams request (SPDX, CycloneDX) and how to produce the third-party component risk summary that answers the supply chain security section of a CAIQ or FedRAMP assessment.

Module 6. CI/CD Security Checkpoints That Do Not Block Releases

Maps the security gates in a SaaS CI/CD pipeline against the control requirements they satisfy: SAST mapped to SOC 2 CC7.1 and ISO 27001 A.8.29, dependency scanning mapped to NIST SSDF PW.4, container image scanning mapped to FedRAMP SI-3, secrets detection mapped to SOC 2 CC6.3. Covers threshold configuration (blocking versus non-blocking by severity) and the exception workflow that allows engineering to ship with a documented risk acceptance rather than a silent bypass.

Module 7. The Enterprise Security Questionnaire Response System

Builds the maintained artefact library covering recurring items across CAIQ, SIG Lite, VSAQ, and custom buyer questionnaires. Identifies the questions that appear in 90 percent of enterprise security questionnaires and maps each to a specific internal document, control evidence, or policy statement. The goal is a response system where the first draft of a new questionnaire is populated from standing artefacts in under four hours, with consistent answers across concurrent deals.

Module 8. Trust Documentation: The Security Page, Whitepaper, and SOC 2 Packet

Covers the three buyer-facing artefacts enterprise procurement teams evaluate before a security review: the security page on the vendor website (what passes a CISO's five-minute scan), the security whitepaper (architecture overview, control framework alignment, data handling summary), and the SOC 2 Type II packet (report plus management response to exceptions and bridge letter). Covers how to sequence production of these artefacts against the sales cycle rather than the audit calendar.

Module 9. Mapping the Product Security Program to SOC 2, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP

Produces the control mapping that lets a product security program generate compliance evidence as a natural by-product of operations. Maps threat modelling to SOC 2 CC6.8 and ISO 27001 A.8.25. Maps PSIRT runbook to SOC 2 CC7.3 and FedRAMP IR controls. Maps SBOM and dependency scanning to NIST SSDF and FedRAMP SA-12. Maps CI/CD checkpoints to SOC 2 CC7.1 and FedRAMP SA-11. Output is a program-to-control crosswalk an auditor can verify without an interview.

Module 10. Zero-Day and Critical CVE Response: The Communication Protocol

Covers the specific decisions and communication artefacts required when a product security team is managing a zero-day or critical CVE that affects active enterprise customers. Defines the stakeholder notification sequence (engineering lead, product, legal, executive, customer success, affected customers), the customer communication template that balances transparency with precision, the regulatory notification obligations that apply when the vulnerability involves personal data under GDPR or CCPA, and the post-incident review format that captures lessons for the PSIRT runbook.

Module 11. Metrics, Reporting, and the Executive Security Posture Brief

Defines the product security metrics that matter to three distinct audiences: engineering leadership (mean time to fix by severity tier, open CVE age distribution, SAST finding trend), the CISO and executive team (critical CVE SLA compliance, PSIRT response time, questionnaire completion rate), and enterprise customers (posture attestation, vulnerability disclosure record). Covers the format and cadence of the executive security posture brief that keeps leadership informed without requiring a security incident to trigger a conversation.

Module 12. Building the 90-Day Product Security Program Roadmap

Consolidates the artefact gaps identified across modules 1 through 11 into a prioritised 90-day action plan specific to a SaaS platform product security function. Covers how to sequence PSIRT runbook, trust documentation, CI/CD checkpoints, and questionnaire library work against the most immediate deal pipeline and audit calendar. Produces the roadmap document that can be presented to a CISO, VP of Engineering, or enterprise prospect as evidence that the program is actively improving rather than static.

How this addresses your situation

Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.

Enterprise buyer sends a security questionnaire three days before contract close: Modules 7 and 8 cover the standing artefact library and trust documentation that make the response fast and consistent.

A CVE is reported by an external researcher and engineering wants to know the disclosure timeline: Modules 3 and 4 cover the CVE lifecycle and the PSIRT runbook that produces a consistent, buyer-readable disclosure.

FedRAMP Moderate is required by a federal prospect and the product security team needs to show control coverage: Modules 6 and 9 cover the CI/CD checkpoints and the program-to-control crosswalk that map existing work to FedRAMP requirements.

Engineering is pushing back on security gates in the CI/CD pipeline because they are slowing releases: Module 6 covers threshold configuration and the exception workflow that preserves engineering velocity while maintaining the security record.

What you get with this course

12 written modules covering PSIRT design, CVE lifecycle, SBOM, CI/CD security checkpoints, enterprise questionnaire response, trust documentation, and compliance mapping.
Downloadable templates: CVE lifecycle document, PSIRT runbook template, SBOM posture summary, questionnaire response library starter, executive security posture brief format, 90-day program roadmap template.
Program-to-control crosswalk mapping product security artefacts to SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP Moderate requirements.
Hand-built implementation playbook tailored to the recipient's role and platform context, delivered alongside course access.

What you will have in hand by Day 1, Week 1, Month 1

Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.

Before and after

Before

Each enterprise security questionnaire requires a bespoke response effort. CVE disclosures are managed as one-off events without a repeatable runbook. Trust documentation is scattered and inconsistent across deals. CI/CD security gates exist but are not tied back to the compliance frameworks buyers require as evidence.

After

A maintained artefact library covers 80 percent of enterprise questionnaire items from standing documents. The PSIRT runbook produces consistent, buyer-readable CVE disclosures. Trust documentation is current and structured around what procurement teams actually evaluate. CI/CD checkpoints generate compliance evidence automatically, mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001, and FedRAMP.

What happens if you do not address this

Enterprise deals at regulated buyers slow or stall when the security questionnaire response is bespoke, inconsistent, or delayed. A CVE disclosure that reads as unstructured damages trust with enterprise customers regardless of how well the fix was handled technically. Without a maintained trust documentation set, the product security team becomes a bottleneck in the sales cycle rather than an enabler of it.

Who it is for

Product security leaders, senior product security engineers, and PSIRT managers at SaaS platforms with enterprise customer bases. You own the security of the product, not just the perimeter. You work directly with engineering teams on threat modelling and secure design, manage CVE lifecycles and external disclosure, handle the security review questions that enterprise sales teams escalate, and are responsible for maintaining compliance posture that buyers in regulated industries require. You are not building security tooling from scratch. You are building the program, the process, and the documentation layer that makes the tooling legible to the people who decide whether to buy.

Who this is NOT for. Network security engineers focused on perimeter infrastructure rather than product-layer security. Security analysts whose primary work is threat detection and response in a SOC context. Compliance managers who do not have a product engineering remit. Founders or solo security hires at pre-enterprise-scale startups who need foundational controls before program design.

How it arrives

Text-based course in the Art of Service learning environment, plus downloadable templates and worked examples for every module, plus the hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access.

Time investment. Each module is designed to be completed in 45-60 minutes. The full 12-module course is structured for completion across two to three focused work sessions, with the implementation playbook providing the action layer for applying each module immediately.

Why $199 is the right number

Security certification courses (CISSP, CSSLP) cover foundational principles but do not produce the operational artefacts a working product security program needs. Generic GRC platforms provide control frameworks but not the PSIRT runbook, trust documentation, or questionnaire response library specific to a SaaS product security function. Internal documentation projects spread across Confluence pages do not produce the coherent, buyer-readable artefact set that enterprise procurement teams evaluate.

FAQ

Does this course assume I am starting a product security program from zero?

No. The course is designed for product security functions that already exist and operate, but whose artefacts, documentation, and compliance mapping have not kept pace with enterprise buyer requirements. Module 1 establishes the current-state baseline so the remaining modules build on what you already have rather than requiring a rebuild.

Is this relevant if my platform is not yet pursuing FedRAMP?

Yes. The course covers SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 throughout, with FedRAMP Moderate as an additional layer for federal-adjacent deals. If FedRAMP is not currently a target, the SOC 2 and ISO 27001 material in modules 6, 9, and 12 is directly applicable to any enterprise SaaS sales cycle.

How do the downloadable templates work with my existing tooling?

The templates are format-agnostic documents designed to be adapted to whatever documentation system you use (Confluence, Notion, Google Docs, or a dedicated GRC tool). The PSIRT runbook, CVE lifecycle document, and questionnaire response library are structured so they can be implemented immediately without a tooling change.

30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.

Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.