{"slug": "how-i-built-a-website-vulnerability-scanner-for-uae-pdpl-compliance-as-a-solo", "title": "How I built a website vulnerability scanner for UAE PDPL compliance as a solo founder", "summary": "Akilesh Nairy, founder of Monarc (usemonarc.com), built a website vulnerability scanner for UAE PDPL compliance as a solo founder. The platform uses Nuclei for scanning, runs on Next.js and Railway, and explains findings in plain English using GPT-4o and SecureBERT. Monarc targets SMEs facing penalties up to AED 20 million under UAE PDPL and also automates compliance for India's DPDP Act, with a pre-launch target of Q1 2027.", "body_md": "I'm Akilesh Nairy, founder of Monarc (usemonarc.com) — a cybersecurity\n\nplatform I've been building solo since February 2026.\n\nUAE SMEs face AED 20M penalties under the Personal Data Protection Law\n\n(PDPL) but most have no idea if their websites are even secure. Every\n\ntool I found was either enterprise-priced or required a dedicated\n\nsecurity team to operate.\n\nMonarc scans websites for vulnerabilities using Nuclei under the hood,\n\nruns on a Next.js + Railway architecture, and explains every finding in\n\nplain English using GPT-4o with SecureBERT for classification.\n\nUAE PDPL enforcement is live. India's DPDP Act deadline is 2027.\n\nMonarc automates compliance workflows for both — the only platform\n\nbuilt specifically for SMEs operating in these two markets.\n\nPre-launch, Q1 2027 target. Waitlist open at [usemonarc.com](https://www.usemonarc.com/).\n\nHappy to answer any technical questions about the scanner architecture\n\nor the compliance automation layer.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-built-a-website-vulnerability-scanner-for-uae-pdpl-compliance-as-a-solo", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/akilesh_864dae62398fb356a/how-i-built-a-website-vulnerability-scanner-for-uae-pdpl-compliance-as-a-solo-founder-ki7", "published_at": "2026-06-14 13:34:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-14 14:10:47.647767+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "developer-tools", "natural-language-processing", "large-language-models", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Akilesh Nairy", "Monarc", "Nuclei", "Next.js", "Railway", "GPT-4o", "SecureBERT", "UAE PDPL"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-built-a-website-vulnerability-scanner-for-uae-pdpl-compliance-as-a-solo", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-built-a-website-vulnerability-scanner-for-uae-pdpl-compliance-as-a-solo.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-built-a-website-vulnerability-scanner-for-uae-pdpl-compliance-as-a-solo.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/how-i-built-a-website-vulnerability-scanner-for-uae-pdpl-compliance-as-a-solo.jsonld"}}