Enterprise SaaS product for Fortune 500 clients, focused on information security
A business intelligence tool to help companies ditch spreadsheets and discover better ways to manage security.
Techstack
- React
- Node.js
- Amazon AWS
- PostgreSQL
Time
- 05.2020 - Ongoing
Our Team
- 4 Frontend Developers
- 4 Backend Developers
- Tech Lead
- QA Specialist
- Proxy Product Owner
- Scrum Master
Business Challenge
Every company has its own security policy. They have it in many different formats — spreadsheets, text documents, internal platforms, etc. And that's ok. The problem comes when companies decide to cooperate. It becomes time-consuming and inefficient to match the security requirements from every side. Texas-based startup Tentacle has created a universal information platform (including a set of defined questions) to unify security policies between companies.
Creating meaningful products is what we do.
What we did
Scope of work
Architecture Design
Building the product.
Web Development
Creating scalable and flexible software.
Quality Assurance
Making sure the product is secure, cost-efficient and fully serverless.
Project Management
Guiding the product lifecycle.
Our Goal
Our goal was to develop meaningful and intuitive software to support the information security assessment process.
Our work
Tentacle was our first big project. Our task was to create the architecture design from scratch. That gave us total discretion to make our own decisions, but at the same time, it was a huge responsibility. We engaged both backend (Node.js) and frontend (React) developers to create the main application and the administration panel.
Throughout the project, we split complex tasks into manageable sprints using the Agile Scrum methodology. Our team worked closely with a Tentacle product owner to deliver small but firm features that real users could test. Through this iterative process, we had to find a balance between fast and perfect.
With a solid foundation of trust and clarity, we not only worked for Tentacle, but also learned and grew alongside them. We had the freedom to use our own methods to form teams and constantly improve our sprints. We deliver results. On time.
What We Did
Main app
Algorithmic challenges (relationships between questions)
Planning the architecture and models for a large application
Modular monolith, CQRS
What we did
Main app
Original algorithms
for calculating statistics and the level of company's profile advancement (“How risky is your company's activity?”)
Authorization, authentication, and user management
Stripe subscription model
Security questions
What we did
Admin panel
Managing questions and users
Tentacle is the client that trusts us and believes in us. We got a great team and a lot of independence to set our process the way it works for us.
This makes it the best project that I've been working on so far!
Magda Respondek
MasterBorn PPO with +10 years of experience
The Outcome
We created a customizable data management platform that supports companies in strengthening their data security program. But our work isn't done yet. We're continuously supporting Tentacle in their product development. We're able to implement new features or respond to market changes very quickly.
300+ companies using the platform
Investors who strongly appreciate the system
What We Learned
While this project may sound perfect, there were times when it wasn't. From the beginning, we knew that Tentacle was an important and very exciting project. That's why we focused too much on the initial phase of the project. We wanted everything to be perfect and it took us way too long to show any progress or first features to the client. Thankfully, instead of looking for a culprit, we realized that it's ok to see errors on the demo, it shows that we're working through complex challenges and that we're human. It's not real to keep everything on point. Big lesson learned — better done than perfect.
Our partnership with MasterBorn has far exceeded my expectations and continues to do so every day.
Our teams began our journey from a mere scratch pad and are now iterating on a best-in-class enterprise software. Our journey in getting here has only been possible through the impenetrable foundation of trust we have developed between our teams.
Matt Combs
Tentacle Founder & CEO
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