I'm Akilesh Nairy, founder of Monarc (usemonarc.com) — a cybersecurity
platform I've been building solo since February 2026.
The problem I kept seeing
UAE SMEs face AED 20M penalties under the Personal Data Protection Law
(PDPL) but most have no idea if their websites are even secure. Every
tool I found was either enterprise-priced or required a dedicated
security team to operate.
What I built
Monarc scans websites for vulnerabilities using Nuclei under the hood,
runs on a Next.js + Railway architecture, and explains every finding in
plain English using GPT-4o with SecureBERT for classification.
The compliance angle
UAE PDPL enforcement is live. India's DPDP Act deadline is 2027.
Monarc automates compliance workflows for both — the only platform
built specifically for SMEs operating in these two markets.
Where we are
Pre-launch, Q1 2027 target. Waitlist open at usemonarc.com.
Happy to answer any technical questions about the scanner architecture
or the compliance automation layer.
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