Security engineering is what turns a one-time audit into lasting protection. We give your team practical, engineering-focused support — fixing the gaps in your pipelines, cloud config, and infrastructure that scanners flag but nobody has time to actually close.
Scope
CI/CD & Pipeline Security
- Secrets scanning in commits, PRs, and history
- Dependency risk gates and SCA integration
- Policy enforcement on merge (branch protection, required checks)
- Pipeline permission hardening (least-privilege tokens)
Secrets Management
- Audit of hardcoded and leaked secrets
- Vault integration (HashiCorp, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault)
- Rotation strategy and automation
- Developer workflow to prevent re-introduction
Container & Image Hygiene
- Base image CVE review and upgrade path
- Dockerfile best-practice hardening
- Runtime scanning integration
- Registry policies and image signing
Cloud & Perimeter
- Cloud configuration sanity checks (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- WAF rule review, tuning, and bypass testing
- API gateway hardening (rate limits, auth enforcement, logging)
- Network posture review (security groups, public exposure)
Deliverables
| Deliverable | What you get |
|---|---|
| Practical Checklist | Reference snippets and config examples your team can implement directly |
| Quick Wins Backlog | Prioritised list with ownership, estimated effort, and ETA |
| Hardened Configs | IaC snippets, Dockerfile examples, or pipeline YAML where applicable |
| Debrief Call | 30-minute walkthrough with your engineering team |
When this helps
- Growing team or release frequency — security process hasn’t kept up with the team
- Configuration drift — alerts firing, but nobody owns the fix
- Customer security review — a customer or partner has asked for evidence of controls
- Pre-compliance audit — SOC 2, ISO 27001, or Cyber Essentials readiness work