How I Built Zero-Downtime SOC 2 & ISO 27001 Cloud Telemetry via Read-Only APIs

Francis Mbabazi KANUGA — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:52:56 +0000

The Problem:

Whenever an early-stage B2B SaaS startup lands a mid-market prospect, sales immediately grind to a halt over Vendor Security Assessments (VSAs) and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 readiness checks. Legacy compliance tools cost $15k–$30k/yr and require weeks of agent configuration and sprint halts.

The Engineering Fix:

I built Kanuga Shield to map cloud multi-tenant infrastructure automatically without disrupting active production builds.

Key Architecture Highlights:
⚡ Read-Only API Handshake: Plugs into AWS/GCP IAM roles in <5 minutes with zero deployment downtime.

📁 Automated Evidence Collection: Streams telemetry logs directly into a live audit vault.

📊 Real-Time Readiness Metrics: Continuously parses infrastructure policies against compliance control frameworks.

We're offering flat startup pricing ($5,000/yr all-in) so lean dev teams don't burn capital just to pass vendor security checks.

I'd love to get feedback from the Dev.to community on our telemetry approach! Check out the live platform here: kanugatech.netlify.app

DEV Community: Francis Mbabazi KANUGA

How I Built Zero-Downtime SOC 2 & ISO 27001 Cloud Telemetry via Read-Only APIs