About XploitScan

Built by a cybersecurity industry veteran for the new wave of AI-generated code.

The story

I've spent the last 5+ years inside the MSP cybersecurity industry — building, supporting, and selling security tools to the small and mid-sized businesses that have always been a step behind the enterprise. I watched the same gap play out over and over: powerful security tools existed, but the people who needed them most didn't know what to look for, didn't have the budget for a full security team, and didn't have time to learn an entire discipline just to ship a product.

Then AI coding tools changed the game. Suddenly anyone could ship a full-stack app in a weekend. The security gap didn't close — it got dramatically wider. So I built XploitScan.

Why XploitScan

The “vibe coding” wave — Cursor, Bolt, Lovable, Replit — lets non-technical founders and indie hackers ship full-stack apps in hours. The tools generate working code. They almost never generate secure code. Hardcoded API keys. SQL injection. Unverified Stripe webhooks. CORS wildcards. Missing auth middleware on admin routes. Every project I scan has the same patterns.

The existing security tools were designed for enterprise teams with security engineers. They're expensive, they're complicated, and their findings are written in language only a security professional understands. That's the wrong shape for someone who built their app with Cursor and just wants to know what to fix.

XploitScan is the safety net for that audience. 131 security rules tuned specifically for the patterns AI tools skip. Plain-English explanations. Copy-paste fixes. A free tier that actually works. Built so a non-technical founder can run it before they ship and understand the result without a security background.

The founder

Brian Gage — Customer Success and Operations leader with 5+ years in SaaS and cybersecurity. Most recently Director of Operations at Evo Security (Identity and Access Management for MSPs). Before that, spent nearly four years at Zorus Inc. — a web security and content filtering startup serving the MSP channel — in roles spanning Senior Implementation Strategist, Billing Operations Director, Customer Success Manager, and QA Lead.

In January 2025 I launched Cipherline LLC, an independent consulting practice in Fairfield County focused on operational efficiency, technology integration, and cybersecurity posture for small and mid-sized businesses. XploitScan is its first SaaS product.

The company

  • Cipherline LLC — an independent, bootstrapped consulting and software practice
  • Based in Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Founded 2025
  • First product XploitScan, launched 2026

Get in touch

Questions about XploitScan, security consulting, or anything else? I'd love to hear from you.

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