You’re a startup fresh out of your development-focused cycle, starting to gain traction and demo your product to potential clients. As someone working at a freshly minted Series A company, I understand the priority: get the product working. In our case, that meant demonstrating our data insights solution worked — before implementing sophisticated (but necessary) controls like role-based access control (RBAC).

But now, it’s time. Clients are onboarding, and you need to ensure that only the right people can access the right customer data.