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Dev tools · September 5, 2024

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Assertly – scriptable monitoring for infosec, IT, compliance, DevOps

Hey HN! Jaka here, solo founder of Assertly (https://www.assertly.com). Assertly is a monitoring tool for continuous infosec, IT, compliance and DevOps regression testing. It enables teams to automate periodic checks using JavaScript. Before Assertly, I was the CTO of Celtra (https://celtra.com), a B2B SaaS company, for over 10 years, from “git init” to 250 people and the company’s sale to private equity. I was primarily responsible for product strategy, engineering, QA, DevOps, but also for IT and InfoSec. I found that ensuring security, integrity, privacy, and…

Assertly – scriptable monitoring for infosec, IT, compliance, DevOps launched on September 5, 2024 with 53 votes, #597 of 5,281 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

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In plain words

Assertly is a monitoring tool that automates continuous checks for security, IT, compliance, and DevOps using JavaScript. It enables teams to periodically verify system integrity and policy adherence across infrastructure and internal systems. The tool is designed for engineers and DevOps teams who need to ensure security and compliance requirements are actively monitored rather than manually verified or documented.

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Hey HN! Jaka here, solo founder of Assertly (https://www.assertly.com). Assertly is a monitoring tool for continuous infosec, IT, compliance and DevOps regression testing. It enables teams to automate periodic checks using JavaScript. Before Assertly, I was the CTO of Celtra (https://celtra.com)…

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