Built by a consultant who's survived the trenches (and lives in a van)
Security by Design exists because I got tired of seeing generic "hacker" merch that has nothing to do with actual cybersecurity work.
The background:
I've spent 15+ years in offensive security — 400+ assessments across power plants, hospitals, casinos, Fortune 100 companies. Built Vulsec to $1.79M in revenue before it died during COVID. Lost everything.
Rebuilt by working event security at ACL Festival, Formula 1 races, Moody Center. Living full-time in a converted 2014 Honda Odyssey. Running incident response assessments from parking lots. Closing consulting deals from rest stops.
Why this shop matters:
Every design here comes from someone who actually does this work:
Compliance humor from surviving ISO 27001, SOC 2, CMMC, and GDPR audits
Reference materials that don't suck — mouse pads and desk mats with frameworks you'll actually use
Tour shirts and trading cards nobody else is making because they're not in the trenches
No generic "I'm a hacker lol" designs. No script kiddie nonsense. Just merch for practitioners who know what a finding remediation deadline feels like at 2 AM.
The operation:
All products are USA. I design everything between consulting gigs. New drops weekly based on whatever breach, incident, or compliance nightmare is trending.
Currently operating the CISO Marketplace ecosystem — 100+ cybersecurity websites, 50+ micro tools, daily podcast covering real breaches. This shop funds the free tools the community uses.
The promise:
You're not buying from some dropshipper in a WeWork. You're buying from someone who's been in the SOC at 3 AM, survived audit season, and knows exactly what "just one more finding" means to your mental health.
Welcome to Security by Design. We're all tired here.
— Andrew
15 years cybersecurity | 8 years robotics | 400+ security assessments
Currently consulting from a Honda Odyssey somewhere around Texas and the next incident
Donations: https://pay.cisomarketplace.com/donate
