Take the 2-minute tour ×  A common statement start-up executives
make regarding security is that they are in a race to market and
if they consciously choose to build in security from the get-go
it may slow them down so much as to take them out of the race.
Hence they choose to do little to no security early on (or for
several years) – accepting the risk in the hopes that the
business first makes it.  Is there a strong challenge to be made
against this line of thinking?  share|improve this question This
is similar to your other question --
security.stackexchange.com/questions/157/… -- anything else you
are looking for? –  atdre May 15 '11 at 8:06 Hopefully the
answers to this question lead executives to talk more about what
is asked in the question you linked to. This question doesn't
presume they are interested in doing anything yet. –  Tate
Hansen May 15 '11 at 8:16 Part of the answer here could depend
on what industry the start-up is in. Is it health/financial?
There could be major regulatory violations in