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SaaS Security Scorecard
The
Scorecard
15-Point
SaaS SecurityScorecard
Check your app before your enterprise clients do. A structured, honest self-assessment you can complete in 20 minutes โ no consultant required. Walk away knowing exactly where attackers would walk in.
5 Security Categories
15 Actionable Items
Instant Risk Score
20 Minutes to Complete
Built for SaaS Founders & CTOs
Provided free by Kuboid Secure Layer ยท kuboid.in
Sample Score โ Typical Early-Stage SaaS
6
/ 15 pts
MFA enforced on admin accounts
API endpoints tested for IDOR
PII absent from application logs
Written incident response plan
Cloud buckets verified private
Data encrypted at rest & transit
Know Your Blind Spots
Stop flying blind on security. This scorecard gives you a structured, honest view of your actual posture โ in 20 minutes.
Built for SaaS Founders
No enterprise jargon. No fluff. 15 checks that directly map to how real attackers evaluate your app.
See What Attackers See
Every item here is something a real attacker would probe. Answer honestly, and you'll understand your app the way a hacker does.
How to use this scorecard
15 Items. 5 Categories.
One Honest Answer Each.
Go through each item. Tick Yes if it's fully in place, No if it isn't. Be completely honest โ this is your private assessment. Most early-stage SaaS startups score below 9. That's not a failure of character; it's the predictable outcome of moving fast without a dedicated security function.
Instructions: For each of the 15 items below, mark YES or NO using the boxes on the right side of each row. Tally your total YES answers at the end, then find your risk tier in the scoring guide above. A score of 12 or below means you have gaps a real attacker would find โ and that's exactly what Kuboid Secure Layer's pen test will surface.
0โ4
Critical
Your app is an open door. An attacker with basic skills can compromise user data today.
5โ8
High Risk
One targeted attack from a serious incident. Gaps are real and exploitable right now.
9โ12
Moderate Risk
Some gaps remain that a skilled attacker will find before your security review does.
13โ15
Low Risk
Rare at early stage. Verify it formally โ your enterprise clients will want documented proof.
The Checklist
Rate Your App Honestly
Authentication & Access
Items 01โ03 ยท 3 points available
01 / 05
01
MFA enforced for all internal admin accounts
All dashboards, cloud consoles & internal tools require multi-factor authentication
02
Principle of least privilege applied โ no overprivileged roles
Users and services only have access to what they strictly need; no wildcard permissions
03
Default credentials removed from all tools, dashboards, and cloud consoles
No admin/admin, root/root, or factory-default passwords remain anywhere in your stack
API Security
Items 04โ06 ยท 3 points available
02 / 05
04
All API endpoints require authentication โ no unauthenticated routes in production
Including internal, legacy, and undocumented routes. IDOR vulnerabilities are a top enterprise concern.
05
API rate limiting is implemented
Brute-force and enumeration attacks are throttled at the API layer, not just the UI
06
Sensitive data is not exposed in API responses unnecessarily
No full PII returned when partial suffices (masked emails, no passwords, no excess user fields)
Data Handling
Items 07โ09 ยท 3 points available
03 / 05
07
Customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit
TLS 1.2+ in transit ยท AES-256 (or equivalent) at rest ยท no exceptions for legacy endpoints
08
You know exactly where all customer PII is stored
Database, logs, backups, third-party tools โ all mapped, documented, and reviewed
09
Sensitive data does not appear in application logs
No passwords, tokens, card numbers, or raw PII in any log files โ including error logs
Third-Party & Cloud
Items 10โ12 ยท 3 points available
04 / 05
10
All third-party SaaS tools and integrations have been reviewed for data access permissions
You know what data each integration touches and whether that access is strictly necessary
11
Cloud storage buckets / blobs are not publicly readable
S3, GCS, Azure Blob โ all verified private with no accidental public exposure or misconfigured ACLs
12
IAM roles in your cloud environment use least privilege
No wildcard permissions (e.g. S3:*), no over-scoped service accounts, cross-account access reviewed
People & Process
Items 13โ15 ยท 3 points available
05 / 05
13
Employees have received security awareness training in the last 12 months
Phishing, social engineering, and safe password hygiene โ documented and attended by the whole team
14
You have a written incident response plan
A documented playbook for what to do when โ not if โ a breach or security incident occurs
15
You have a process for revoking access when an employee leaves
Offboarding checklist covers all systems โ not just email and Slack, but every SaaS tool and cloud console
My Score Summary
0 of 15 answered โ keep going!
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Total YES
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Total NO
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My Score / 15
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Risk Tier
Score Interpretation
What Does Your Score Mean?
Most early-stage SaaS startups land between 5 and 9. That's the natural outcome of building fast without a dedicated security function. The question isn't whether you have gaps โ it's how exploitable they are.
0โ4
Critical
Your app is an open door. An attacker with a weekend and basic skills can compromise your users' data today. Immediate action required.
5โ8
High Risk
You are one targeted attack away from a serious incident. The gaps are real and are being exploited in apps just like yours right now.
9โ12
Moderate Risk
You have a baseline โ but don't let it fool you. Gaps remain that a skilled attacker will find before your next security review does.
13โ15
Low Risk
Rare at this stage. You're ahead of most. Validate it with a formal pen test โ your enterprise clients will want documented proof.
Get Your Personalised Security Report
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Your next step
If You Scored Below 12,
Attackers Already Know It.
You've found your gaps. Now find out exactly how deep they go โ before an attacker does, before an enterprise client asks, before a breach forces the conversation.
Kuboid Secure Layer offers a Web Application Penetration Test that maps every exploitable path in your app. You receive a full executive summary and technical findings your dev team can act on immediately.
Starting at $500 ยท Web Application Penetration Test
Don't wait for a breach to decide
3 Reasons You Need a Pen Test Today
Not next quarter. Not after your Series A. Today.
1
Enterprise Clients Will Ask Before They Sign
The moment you start closing deals above $10K ACV, procurement teams send security questionnaires. Without a pen test report, you're asking them to trust your word over documented evidence. Most enterprise buyers won't proceed without it.
๐ Security assessments are now a standard requirement in enterprise procurement processes globally (2025)
2
Attackers Don't Wait for a Convenient Time
A breach doesn't happen after your launch celebration. It happens during the sprint โ when you're moving fastest, cutting corners, and have the most to lose. The attack surface is widest precisely when the team is smallest.
๐ Average time to detect a breach: 194 days โ IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2024
3
A $500 Test Costs Less Than One Hour of a Breach
The average cost of a data breach for a small business exceeded $4.88M globally in 2024. Even at the SMB end, a single breach can cost $120,000+. A pen test that catches one critical vulnerability pays for itself many times over โ before a single record is exposed.
๐ Avg. global breach cost: $4.88M ยท SMB average: $120K+ โ IBM, 2024 ยท Your pen test starts at: $500