Renew Customer Story

Renew operates in the real estate industry, where protecting sensitive data is a baseline requirement for working with enterprise partners. While the company was progressing toward SOC 2 using a GRC tool, CTO Jason Byck realized that passing an audit didn’t necessarily mean the platform was actually secure.

They ran into several issues:

• A cobbled-together stack: Security work relied on a mix of disconnected SaaS tools and manual processes. With no single source of truth, it was difficult to understand overall risk or what needed attention.
• Operational overhead: Monitoring multiple tools and manually collecting evidence took up too much time for a small startup team already balancing product delivery and customer needs. The manual effort required to monitor various tools and collect evidence was taking too much time for a small startup team.‍
• Anxiety over blind spots: Even after passing audits, the team had a lingering sense that vulnerabilities were slipping through because their tools weren’t providing a complete view of the environment.

Renew chose Fencer to replace their fragmented system with a "one-stop shop" that fits naturally into their modern engineering stack.

• One system instead of many tools: Fencer consolidated security workflows into a single platform integrated with the tools in their tech stack.
• Continuous security, not point-in-time checks: Rather than relying on an annual penetration test, Renew uses Fencer for ongoing monitoring that surfaces issues as they happen.
• Developer-native experience: Fencer feels like the tools the team already uses, making adoption straightforward without forcing engineers into unfamiliar workflows.
• Automated guardrails in pull requests: Security checks run directly in GitHub pull requests, catching risks like exposed secrets or injection vulnerabilities before code reaches production.
• Built-in supply chain visibility: Fencer automatically scans dependencies and licenses, meeting enterprise expectations for software composition and SBOM transparency.

With Fencer in place, Renew moved from reactive concern to proactive confidence, while directly supporting revenue growth.

• Enterprise deals unblocked: When prospective partners ask detailed questions about license usage or request SBOMs, the team can respond immediately with clear reports instead of scrambling for answers.
• Simpler SOC 2 audits: Required evidence is captured automatically, reducing audit overhead.
• Prevention of critical risks: Automated checks in the development workflow prevent vulnerabilities from making it into production.

More time for product: By removing manual security busywork, the engineering team can focus on building features and supporting partners.