· 04 · Security-Minded Implementation
Security-Minded Implementation
Defense built in, not bolted on.
· What it includes
Security architecture review
We review your stack for attack surface, misconfigurations, and missing controls before adversaries do.
Secrets management
Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, or GCP Secret Manager — no more credentials in `.env` files.
Identity and access
Least-privilege IAM, SSO integration, and auditable access patterns across cloud and on-prem.
Supply chain hardening
Dependency scanning, SBOM generation, and container image signing baked into the pipeline.
Compliance groundwork
SOC 2, ISO 27001, or CIS benchmark alignment — evidence collection automated where possible.
· How we run it
Three steps. No surprises.
01
Assess
We review the current state — architecture, process, tooling, team capacity. We document what we find, not what you want to hear.
02
Plan
A scoped delivery plan with clear milestones, acceptance criteria, and what done looks like. Agreed before any work starts.
03
Operate
We ship, validate in production, and hand over with documentation. Or stay on as retained support — your choice.
· Recent outcomes
What this looks like in practice.
SaaS company pre-enterprise sales
Problem
No security posture to show prospects; losing deals at security review
Outcome
SOC 2 Type I controls implemented in 10 weeks; first enterprise deal closed
Critical infrastructure operator
Problem
Secrets scattered across repos and Slack channels
Outcome
Vault rollout across 12 services; zero plaintext credentials remaining in codebase
· Tech stack
Tools we work with.
Cloud
- AWS Security Hub
- GCP Security Command Center
- Azure Defender
IaC
- Checkov
- Terrascan
- OPA / Conftest
Observability
- Falco
- OSSEC
- Wazuh
CI/CD
- Trivy
- Snyk
- Grype
- Cosign
Security
- HashiCorp Vault
- AWS IAM
- CIS Benchmarks
- OWASP ZAP
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