Application security services: built in, not bolted on
Application security reviews, secure architecture, dependency management, and remediation — for teams that would rather find issues before someone else does.
found by us, before someone else finds it
- Application security review
- Secure architecture
- Access control review
- Best when
- You handle sensitive data, a client or investor is asking, or the software has never been reviewed.
- Not a fit when
- You want a certificate rather than the issues fixed.
- First thing you get
- A prioritised findings report with remediation, then a re-test.
What is application security?
Application security is protecting the software itself, meaning its code, access model, dependencies and delivery pipeline, from being exploited. Most breaches in business software are ordinary: a missing authorisation check, an outdated dependency, leaked credentials. We review what you have, fix the highest risks first, and automate checks so the same problems do not return.
Most breaches in business software are unglamorous. Not sophisticated attacks — an authorisation check missing on one endpoint, a dependency with a known advisory nobody updated, credentials in a repository, or an S3 bucket left open.
Our focus is application security: the code, the access model, and the delivery pipeline. We review what you have, fix what matters most first, and set up the automation that stops the same class of problem returning.
What this includes
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Application security review
Auditing authentication, authorisation, data handling, and input validation.
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Secure architecture
Designing the security model before the code, where it is far cheaper to get right.
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Access control review
Verifying permissions are enforced server-side and not only hidden in the interface.
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Dependency management
Automated scanning and a patching cadence for known vulnerabilities.
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Secrets and credentials
Getting credentials out of code and into managed secret storage.
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Remediation support
Fixing what is found, prioritised by real exploitability rather than scanner severity.
Situations we see most often
A client or investor is asking
Security questionnaires and due diligence that need real answers about your practices.
You handle sensitive data
Health, financial, or personal data where a breach carries regulatory as well as reputational cost.
Your software has never been reviewed
Built quickly under pressure, with security assumed rather than verified.
You need continuous coverage
Automated scanning and patching in your pipeline rather than an annual audit.
What to know before you start
What is an application security review?
It is a review of the software itself: reading the code, the access model, the dependencies and the delivery pipeline to find weaknesses before an attacker does. Because it looks inside the application, it finds issues black-box testing often misses, such as an authorisation check absent on one endpoint.
The output is a prioritised findings report with clear remediation steps, followed by a re-test once fixes are made.
What are the most common security issues in business software?
They are rarely sophisticated. Missing or inconsistent authorisation checks, dependencies with known advisories nobody updated, credentials committed to repositories, overly broad cloud permissions, and storage buckets left open account for a large share of real incidents.
Each is cheap to fix once found, which is why systematic review pays off far better than waiting for a breach to reveal them.
How do you stop the same problems coming back?
With automation in the delivery pipeline: dependency scanning, static analysis and secret detection run on every change, so a known-vulnerable package or a leaked key is blocked before it ships.
A deeper review then makes sense annually, or whenever something significant changes, such as a new integration, a new type of sensitive data, or a major refactor.
How do you review the access model?
We map every role and what each can see and change, then test that the rules hold at the server, not just in the interface: whether one customer can reach another's data, whether a regular user can call an admin endpoint, and whether permissions are removed when they should be.
Access control errors are among the most common and most serious findings in business software, and they are invisible to anyone who only looks at the screens.
What should you do while findings are being fixed?
Fix in order of risk, not convenience. Critical findings, such as exposed data or broken access control, are addressed first, sometimes with a temporary mitigation the same day, while lower-severity items are scheduled into normal work.
What drives the cost of a security review?
Review effort follows how much there is to read and how sensitive it is. These factors move it most.
| Factor | Effect | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Size of the application | High | More code, endpoints and roles mean more to review, and more combinations of access to test. |
| Number of components | Medium | Web, mobile, APIs, background jobs and infrastructure each need their own review. |
| Data sensitivity | Medium | Personal, clinical and financial data raise the depth of access-control and encryption checks. |
| Remediation support | Medium | Fixing findings ourselves, rather than reporting them, adds engineering time and gets them closed faster. |
| Compliance mapping | Medium | Mapping controls to ISO 27001, SOC 2 or 21 CFR Part 11 expectations adds documentation work. |
| Ongoing automation | Low | Adding scanning to the pipeline is a modest one-time setup that keeps protecting every release. |
What a typical engagement looks like
- 011–3 weeks
Discover
Process map
- 022–4 weeks
Design
Interactive prototype
- 03two-week cycles
Build
Working software each cycle
- 04ongoing
Ship & support
Automated pipeline
What we build it with
- Scanning
- Dependency scanningSASTSecret detection
- Identity
- OAuth 2.0RBACMFA
- Infrastructure
- Secret managersNetwork policyAudit logging
Where we have done this
Questions we get asked
01Do you do penetration testing?
We do application security review — reading the code and the access model, which finds a different and often larger class of issue than black-box testing. For formal certified penetration testing, we work alongside specialist firms and handle the remediation.
02Can you help with compliance requirements?
We build to the technical controls frameworks like ISO 27001, SOC 2, and 21 CFR Part 11 expect — access control, audit logging, encryption, change management. Certification itself involves organisational process and an external auditor, which we support but do not issue.
03How often should software be reviewed?
Continuously for dependencies, which is automation rather than an event. A deeper architectural review makes sense annually, or whenever something significant changes — a new integration, a new data type, or a major refactor.
04Do you need access to our source code?
Yes, for an application security review. Reading the code is what lets it find issues black-box testing misses. Access is scoped, logged and covered by an NDA if you want one.
05What do we receive at the end?
A prioritised findings report with severity, evidence and remediation steps for each issue, and a re-test confirming which are resolved.
06Can you review our cloud configuration too?
Yes, as part of the review: storage access policies, network exposure, identity and access permissions, and secrets handling, which is where many real incidents begin.
Adjacent capabilities
Tell us what you are building.
Share the problem and we will come back with an approach, a rough shape of the work, and what it would take to deliver it.