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Bastion

Zero trust compliance for enterprise developer environments

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Engineering teams adopting modern developer environments are unknowingly exposing enterprise codebase secrets and internal APIs through unvetted workstation configurations.

Bastion brings enterprise-grade security visibility to desktop integrations across Cursor, VS Code, and modern developer workstations. By instantly evaluating local configurations, permission boundaries, and supply chain dependencies, Bastion ensures teams move fast without leaking sensitive credentials or granting elevated access to untrusted binaries. Engineering leaders gain centralized compliance dashboards, policy enforcement, and real-time posture reporting across their entire organization.

Bastion creates the global standard for secure workstation connectivity in modern engineering organizations.

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Problem
  • When I manage software engineering teams adopting workspace extensions, I want to allow rapid integration of local workflows, but unvetted connections expose hardcoded API keys and internal endpoints.
  • Why Now: Explosive growth in workstation server integrations across Cursor and desktop environments has created a massive, unmanaged enterprise shadow infrastructure attack surface.
  • When I conduct SOC 2 compliance audits, I want to verify developer endpoint security, but local desktop configurations remain a blind spot for traditional security scanner solutions.
  • When I onboard new developers, I want standardized workspace configs, but manual setup leads to over-privileged local file permissions and unpinned software dependencies.
  • Existing Alternatives: Manual code reviews of configuration files, blanket ban policies on developer extensions, and generic network monitoring solutions that lack context.
Solution
  • High-Level Concept: Snyk for local developer workspace integrations and server protocols.
  • Automated background scanning of local workstation configuration files to catch hardcoded secrets and remote code execution vulnerabilities before execution.
  • Centralized security console providing CTOs and CISOs real-time visibility into active endpoint integrations across all engineering machines.
  • One-click policy enforcement that automatically locks down over-privileged filesystem permissions and enforces pinned dependency versions.
Distribution
  • Early Adopters: Security-conscious CTOs, DevSecOps leads, and engineering directors at mid-market SaaS companies with 50 to 500 developers.
  • Open-source lightweight CLI scanner distributed via Homebrew and npm that provides instant local health scores to individual developers.
  • Targeted developer-focused content strategy on Hacker News and engineering community hubs detailing real-world workspace extension breach vectors.
Pricing
  • Value Ladder: Free forever CLI scanner for individual developers, Pro at $19 per developer per month for small teams, Enterprise at $45 per seat per month with centralized policy control.
  • One Metric That Matters [OMTM]: Percentage of active developer endpoints maintaining zero high-severity configuration vulnerabilities.
  • Market Sizing: Targeting 50k software teams using modern development environments; securing 1% in Year 1 yields $2.7M in ARR.
Scale Costs
  • Continuous threat intelligence feed maintenance and vulnerability database research operations.
  • Enterprise SOC 2 Type II compliance certification and continuous third-party penetration testing fees.
Expert Opinions
Avg: 9.2
  • Chief Information Security Officer in SaaS with 15+ years enterprise experience
    9.5
  • VP of Engineering managing 300+ remote software engineers
    9
  • Cybersecurity Venture Capital Partner with $500M+ AUM
    9
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