Threat modelling
Structured analysis of architecture, trust boundaries and abuse cases, kept current as the system changes.
Capability 01
Application Security
Secure software from architecture through runtime. We help engineering teams build security into design, code and delivery pipelines, and prove that it holds release after release.
- Delivered as
- Assessment, project or programme
- Works with
- Engineering, platform and risk teams
- Related perspectives
- Secure by design: start left, then shift left
- Know what you ship: the SBOM as a security control
- The board's next question just changed
The challenge
Software now changes faster than it is reviewed.
Delivery pipelines ship several times a day, depend on hundreds of third-party components and increasingly include code written with AI assistance. A threat model written at design time and a penetration test before go-live no longer describe the system in production.
Application security has to move at the speed of delivery: automated where it can be, expert where it must be, and measured so leaders can see whether risk is going up or down.
What we deliver
Offerings.
Take one offering on its own, or combine them into a programme with a named lead and agreed exit criteria.
Secure SDLC and DevSecOps
Security gates, secrets handling and software supply chain controls engineered into your CI/CD pipelines.
Code and dependency review
Static analysis, software composition analysis and expert review, tuned to cut noise and surface real risk.
Application and API testing
Manual and automated testing of web, mobile and API surfaces against current attack techniques.
Runtime protection
Configuration and tuning of runtime controls, with monitoring that feeds your detection and response.
Programme metrics
Measures of exposure, fix time and coverage that engineering and risk leaders both trust.
Approach
How an engagement runs.
A named practice lead from scoping to close, with deliverables agreed before work starts.
Scope
Agree the applications, pipelines, obligations and acceptance criteria.
Baseline
Measure current exposure and control coverage.
Engineer
Implement and tune controls with your engineering teams.
Hand over
Runbooks, metrics and a plan your teams can sustain.
Outcomes
What changes for you.
Measured outcomes from real engagements will be published here once clients consent.
Fewer vulnerabilities reach production
Issues are caught in design and pipeline, where they cost least to fix.
Faster, evidenced releases
Security checks run in the pipeline, not as a queue at the end.
Clear line of sight for leaders
Metrics that show whether application risk is going up or down.
Questions
Frequently asked.
Do you replace our existing security tools?
No. We start with what you already own, tune it, and recommend additions only where there is a measured gap.
Can you work inside our delivery pipelines?
Yes. We engineer controls into your CI/CD platform alongside your platform team, under your change process.
Do you test AI-assisted code differently?
We treat AI-assisted code as untrusted input to review and test, and we can help govern how coding assistants are used in the first place.
How is pricing structured?
Fixed price for defined assessments; time and materials or milestone pricing for projects and programmes.