Offensive · Application Security
Security built into the way your team ships.
We review code and design with your engineers, find the flaws scanners miss, and leave behind threat models, guardrails and habits that keep new code safe.
- Typical length
- 2–4 weeks
- Languages
- Most mainstream stacks
- Standards
- OWASP ASVS, SAMM
Review · payments-serviceSimulated environment, real workflow.
Scope
What we cover.
Pick what matters for this engagement. We help you scope it in the first call.
Secure code review
Manual review of authentication, authorization, crypto and data handling, guided by tooling.
Threat modeling
Data-flow diagrams and abuse cases for new features, before they are built.
Architecture review
Trust boundaries, service-to-service auth, secrets and multi-tenant isolation.
Secure SDLC / DevSecOps
SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, SBOMs and policy gates tuned to your pipeline.
AI coding assistants
Safe use of coding assistants and agents: review of AI-written code, repo and secret exposure, and agent permissions in CI.
Developer training
Hands-on sessions built from the flaws we found in your own code.
Methodology
How the engagement runs.
- 01
Walkthrough
Your engineers show us the system, the riskiest flows and what changed recently.
Output: Walkthrough notes
- 02
Threat model
We map assets, trust boundaries and the attacks that matter most.
Output: Threat model
- 03
Review
Targeted manual review of high-risk code paths, backed by tuned scanners.
Output: Code findings
- 04
Fix together
Findings come as pull-request-ready guidance; we pair on the hard ones.
Output: Fix pull requests
- 05
Embed
Guardrails go into CI so the same class of bug cannot ship again.
Output: CI guardrails
Guardrails that stop the bug class, not one bug.
Every finding ends in a rule in your pipeline, so the same mistake can't ship twice.
Simulated environment, real workflow.
Remediation
Fixes get faster when the rule ships with the finding.
Each guardrail turns a fix into a check, so repeat findings drop out and the time from report to verified fix keeps falling.
| Period | Value (h) |
|---|---|
| Jan | 38.0 |
| Feb | 31.0 |
| Mar | 27.0 |
| Apr | 19.0 |
| May | 15.0 |
| Jun | 11.0 |
| Jul | 9.0 |
| Aug | 6.5 |
Simulated environment, real workflow.
Deliverables
What you walk away with.
Written for the engineers who fix things and the leaders who fund them.
- Named lead for the whole engagement
- Critical issues flagged the same day
- Retest included
Findings with code references
File, line, impact and a suggested patch for each issue.
Threat models
Diagrams and abuse cases your team can keep updating.
Pipeline guardrails
Tuned scanner rules and CI policy gates, committed to your repo.
Team training
Sessions built from your codebase, recorded for new hires.
FAQ
Questions we hear most.
Do you need access to our source code?
For code review, yes, read-only. We can work in your environment or on a secured copy.
How is this different from a pentest?
A pentest attacks the running system from outside. AppSec review reads the code and design, so it finds flaws a black-box test cannot reach.
Will you slow our releases down?
No. Guardrails are tuned for low noise, and we agree which findings block a release before turning anything on.
Which languages do you cover?
Most mainstream web, mobile and backend stacks.
Related
Often paired with.
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ExploreScope your Application Security engagement.
A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a scope, a timeline and a fixed quote.