About episki

Security and compliance that move as fast as your team

episki is built for teams that need to prove trust without slowing the team down. We connect programs, frameworks, and the work to close gaps in one fast workspace.
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Why we started episki

Security work should feel fast, collaborative, and reusable. We built episki after spending too many cycles stitching together frameworks, evidence, and tickets by hand.

Teams lose time hopping between docs, spreadsheets, scanners, and ticketing systems. Frameworks drift out of date, evidence hides in shared drives, and owners are unclear just when an audit is due.

episki keeps the work connected: programs, assessments, controls, tasks, and issues live in one workspace so teams can ship confidently and prove it when customers, auditors, or execs ask.

What that means

  • ✓Shared controls across frameworks so updates propagate everywhere.
  • ✓Evidence that is collected once and stays attached to the right control or task.
  • ✓AI that suggests next steps while keeping humans in control of decisions.

Meet the founder

episki is led by a practitioner who has lived the audits — not just built software for them.
Justin Leapline, founder of episki

Justin Leapline

Founder · 20+ years in security & compliance

Justin has spent two decades running security and compliance programs — at BNY Mellon, GiftCards.com, and Diebold — and leading the GRC practice at TrustedSec. He advises teams as a fractional CISO, serves on the board of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Pittsburgh chapter, is an IANS Research faculty member, and co-hosts the Distilled Security Podcast.

He built episki to be the tool he kept wishing for on the other side of the audit — one that connects frameworks, controls, and evidence instead of scattering them across spreadsheets and ticket queues.

Previously: TrustedSec · BNY Mellon · GiftCards.com · Diebold

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What we focus on

The platform is opinionated around speed, reuse, and trust—so security teams can stay ahead of the next request.
Programs and assessments stay linked
Run recurring programs and point-in-time assessments with shared controls, tasks, and owners.
Reusable frameworks and crosswalks
Map once and reuse everywhere so evidence, controls, and responses stay consistent across standards.
Human-paced AI
AI drafts responses and next steps while keeping people in the loop for context and approvals.
Evidence that travels with work
Collect once, attach to controls, and keep everything auditable with activity trails by default.

By the numbers

A remote-first team building in the open with customers who expect fast, auditable workflows.
2024
Founded to give security and compliance teams a faster control plane.
Remote-first
Built across time zones with async rituals so customers see progress every week.
Security-led
Shaped with leaders who have run programs, audits, incident response, and vendor reviews.

Principles we build with

The guardrails that shape how episki feels to use and how we partner with teams.
Start with outcomes
Automation matters, but audit readiness, customer trust, and a calmer team matter more.
Design for clarity
Plain language, visible owners, and live status so nobody wonders what to do next.
Respect time
Keyboard-first navigation, reusable templates, and smart defaults to skip the busywork.
Earn trust daily
Audit-ready trails, tight permissions, and transparent changelogs shipped with customers in the loop.

Building alongside customers

We ship weekly, publish changelogs, and co-design with security leaders who want less ceremony and more proof.

Feedback loops with customers shape every release. We pair on workflows, embed with teams during their assessments, and prioritize the pieces that remove the most toil.

If you want a faster way to run programs, respond to questionnaires, or prove controls to auditors, we would love to build with you.

What you can expect

  • -Fast responses from the team that is building the product.
  • -Changelog updates that document what shipped and why.
  • -A clear path to migrate frameworks, controls, and evidence without heavy lift.

Build the next release with us

Start a free trial or schedule time with the team to see how episki can support your next audit, customer request, or program update.
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