Bussiness Ideas

CurlSek is a cybersecurity technology company building an AI-driven platform for continuous security assessment, validation and risk management. The business addresses a growing problem faced by organizations as applications, APIs, cloud infrastructure and AI-enabled systems are developed and changed at a much faster pace than traditional security processes can accommodate. Today, organisations largely depend on periodic Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), multiple security tools and manual security reviews. While these approaches are valuable, they provide a point-in-time view of security and often generate large volumes of findings without sufficient context on which risks can actually be exploited or should be addressed first. By the time the next assessment takes place, the organisation's attack surface may have changed significantly. CurlSek aims to bridge this gap through continuous monitoring and AI-assisted security analysis. The platform discovers and monitors internet-facing assets, applications, APIs and cloud environments, identifies vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, validates security exposures, correlates findings with threat intelligence and analyses relationships between weaknesses to identify potential attack paths. It then prioritises risks based on factors such as exposure, exploitability, asset context and potential impact, helping security and engineering teams focus on the issues that matter most. The business targets technology-driven startups, MSMEs and enterprises, initially focusing on sectors such as SaaS, fintech, BFSI, healthcare, e-commerce, IT/ITeS and other digital businesses. CurlSek follows a SaaS-led business model supported by enterprise security services, partnerships and ecosystem programs. Our broader vision is to make cybersecurity continuous, accessible and risk-driven, while building a globally competitive cybersecurity technology company from India. Through initiatives supporting Indian startups and MSMEs, CurlSek also aims to improve security maturity across India's growing digital ecosystem.

Startup Teams

• 1 Rinkish Khera (Founder)
• 2 Mohd Sohaib (Founder)

Incubation Details

• Incubator Name
  Kalam Centre for Innovation and Incubation of Startup Foundation AKTU
• Incubator Host Institution
  Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
• State
  Uttar Pradesh
• City
  Lucknow