Improving cybersecurity awareness training with an AI-powered platform
Dune Security, an AI-powered cybersecurity risk mitigation platform, was aiming to enter their next seed round and wanted an overhauled product experience that reflected the company's future-facing ideals.
I joined the team to lend my expertise in redesigning the end-to-end user experience while simultaneously building out a design system to improve development efficiency.
Company
Lightspeed
Role
Principal Designer
Year
2025
Problem
An inconsistent and complex system
While Dune Security had gained some traction in the cybersecurity space, the current user base expressed difficulty in understanding how to use the platform, while the engineering team struggled with scaling the platform with new features due to lack of a design system.
The first iteration of the Dune Security platform lacked in design language and component usage, resulting in a difficult to use platform.
User pain points were significant
We began by mapping the platform’s architecture, talking to real users (CISOs, analysts, internal teams), and benchmarking best-in-class tools (CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks).
Key insights
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of users struggled with understanding alerts
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increase in dev time due to lack of component reuse
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longer onboarding for users than projected
Approach
A coherent design system that scales
Dune Security's product had outgrown its UI.
The lack of a design system led to:
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fragmented layouts and inconsistent navigation
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no reusable components, causing dev slowdowns
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visual clutter eroding trust and usability
We built a modular, WCAG-compliant design system that emphasized:
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Consistency across typography, colors, and layouts
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Scalable components tailored to cybersecurity needs
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Polished visual hierarchy to improve scanning and decision-making
The Dune Security Design System was designed with intuitiveness and scalability at its core.
Solution
Minimal, focused, effective
We built a modular, WCAG-compliant design system that emphasized:
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Consistency across typography, colors, and layouts
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Scalable components tailored to cybersecurity needs
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Polished visual hierarchy to improve scanning and decision-making
UI Highlights
Risk Radar with quadrant-based clarity
Compliance Dashboards grouped by standards (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA
Training Modules with status indicators and completion tracking
The main dashboard provides admins with an overview of their organization's cybersecurity health, identifying the worst factors and actors.
They can also navigate to a specific department for a more granular look at their risk insights.
Individual user dashboards offer more detailed insights to better understand the contributing risk factors.
Reviewing Testing Simulations lets users see the types of phishing simulations they're most susceptible to.
Trainings are assigned dynamically utilizing AI to monitor employee risk levels and recommend the most relevant trainings.
Once users have completed a training video, they're asked to provide a short summary, which the AI grades based on how accurate they are.
Admins can adjust the frequency of trainings-per-risk level, as well as the types of training content be distributed.
Admins can create their own teams and deputize other employees, such as department heads, with access.
Implementation
From concept to launch, fast
To ensure success, we embedded design ops directly into engineering workflows, syncing weekly with engineers to keep velocity high and feedback loops tight.
Task Management
Linear
Wireframes
mIRO
Design
Figma
Prototyping
Framer
Coding Stack
Rust
GO
Code Repository
Github
Results
Startup speed meets enterprise security
Addressing user needs through intentional alerts and interactions and developing these within a scalable design system drove our success.
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in time to complete trainings
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reduction in front-end dev time
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seed round funding raised
Takeaways
Design that builds traction
This project was more than a redesign — it was a transformation in how Dune Security delivered trust to its customers and velocity to its engineers. I walked away with key lessons in cross-functional alignment, scaling systems with speed, and designing for confidence in critical environments.
What Worked
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Smarter UI through testing
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Rapid dev cycles thanks to reusable components
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CISO buy-in with polished, data-forward experience
What I'd Improve
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Earlier integration of design ops to support scaling
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Stronger governance post-launch to maintain consistency
Get in touch
Let’s talk. Whether you’re building something new or improving what’s already working, I’d love to hear about it.
Sean Finn
Product Designer
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