Application Security & DevSecOps Services

Security architecture and CI/CD integration engagements typically range from $30,000 to $250,000 depending on application count and compliance scope. SOC 2 or HIPAA readiness programs often run $50,000-$150,000 including control implementation and audit preparation support.

Traditional security review happens at the end of the development cycle, often just before release. DevSecOps integrates automated security scanning (SAST, DAST, dependency analysis) directly into CI/CD, catching vulnerabilities at the pull-request stage — 5-10x cheaper to fix than after production deployment.

Zero Trust replaces broad network-level access (like traditional VPN) with per-request, identity-based authorization. It's most valuable for distributed teams, cloud-native infrastructure, and regulated industries where audit logging of every access matters. Not every organization needs a full Zero Trust migration immediately — we assess whether your current VPN-based risk profile actually justifies it.

Yes. We design and implement the security controls (access management, encryption, audit logging, incident response) that SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA require, and support audit preparation. Compliance architecture is most efficient when designed in from the start rather than retrofitted before an audit deadline.

We coordinate with specialized third-party penetration testing firms for the actual testing (to maintain independence for audit purposes), and handle findings triage, remediation engineering, and retest coordination — turning pentest results into a prioritized engineering backlog rather than a static PDF report.

Our target for actively-exploited critical vulnerabilities is 48-72 hours from discovery to patched and verified. Non-critical findings are typically batched into regular sprint cycles based on exploitability and data sensitivity.

Both. Startups often need security work specifically to unblock enterprise sales (SOC 2 readiness being the most common driver), while regulated enterprises need deeper compliance architecture across more systems. We scope the engagement to what's actually blocking your specific business goal.

We integrate directly into your existing pipeline (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI) rather than requiring a migration to new tooling — SAST, DAST, and dependency scanning are added as pipeline stages with configurable blocking thresholds.

Every engagement includes incident response runbook development early in the process specifically so you're not caught without a plan. If an incident occurs, we support containment and remediation as part of the engagement scope, not as a separate emergency contract.

Yes. Automated software composition analysis is a standard part of our CI/CD integration, flagging known vulnerabilities in dependencies with severity-based patching SLAs rather than quarterly batch updates that leave known CVEs exposed for months.

We're often the right starting point before an organization has the scale to justify a full-time security hire — you get senior security engineering without the 6-16 week hiring timeline. Many clients transition to a hybrid model, hiring their first security engineer once our work has established the architecture and processes they'll maintain.

Every engagement starts under mutual NDA before any infrastructure, access control, or vulnerability details are shared. Discovery is scoped and time-boxed, producing a proposal rather than an open-ended assessment.