Assurance service

Application Security Review

Structured review of application design and development to identify security weaknesses before they introduce unnecessary risk.

Application security reviews are structured assurance engagements focused on how applications are designed and built. They examine architecture, data flows, trust boundaries, and implementation choices to identify security weaknesses that automated tools and testing often miss.

The objective is not to find every flaw, but to surface design and implementation risks early, when they are still cheap to fix and before they harden into operational exposure.

When it’s a fit

  • You are building or significantly changing an application
  • Security decisions are being made implicitly
  • You want early visibility into design risk, not post-release findings
  • Developers need actionable security input, not generic guidance
  • You want to reduce downstream remediation cost and rework

What you get

  • A structured review of application architecture, data flows, and trust boundaries
  • Identification of design and implementation weaknesses that increase security risk
  • Findings grounded in how the application is actually built and used
  • Clear articulation of why issues matter, not just that they exist
  • Practical remediation guidance aligned with engineering reality
Discuss scope and approach

Most clients engage us while design decisions are still being made, or when an application is moving toward production. We help determine what level of review makes sense based on the application’s role, exposure, and rate of change.

We’ll propose an appropriate review approach, outline scope options, and provide a pricing range based on complexity and depth.

Pricing is project-based and defined by application complexity and review depth.

What determines the scope of a review
  • Application context: purpose, exposure, and sensitivity of data
  • Review depth: architecture, code-level review, or focused risk areas

How this fits into the bigger picture

Application security reviews validate whether development practices and design decisions align with the organization’s risk tolerance before exposure occurs. They surface structural weaknesses that are difficult to detect through testing alone and provide assurance that security is being considered at the right point in the lifecycle.

This review focuses on design and implementation decisions, rather than exploit validation performed during Penetration Testing.

Application security reviews do not guarantee secure outcomes. They provide early evidence of design and implementation risk, which teams can interpret against risk appetite, delivery pressure, and acceptable tradeoffs.

Leadership
Provides early visibility into application risk and security tradeoffs.
Operations
Reduces downstream remediation and operational disruption.
Assurance
Validates design and implementation decisions before exposure.
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