Application security consulting

Security without
the theater.

Practical application security for financial services, retail, and startups. Assessments, architecture reviews, and threat modeling from people who've spent decades building and breaking real systems.

We work with
Financial services
Retail & e-commerce
Startups
PCI DSS
HIPAA
What we do

No checkbox audits.
Actual security work.

Three core services, delivered by practitioners who've been on the engineering side of these problems.

01 /
Security Assessment

We dig into your codebase, architecture, and processes to find what's actually broken — not just what the automated scanner flagged. You get a clear, prioritized picture of real risk.

You walk away with → Prioritized findings
→ Remediation guidance
→ Risk-ranked report
02 /
Architecture Review

Building something new? Design-level security problems are the most expensive ones. We catch them before they're baked into production and impossible to unwind.

You walk away with → Design gap analysis
→ Secure design patterns
→ Pre-build recommendations
03 /
Threat Modeling

Structured analysis of what could go wrong and where — mapped to your actual system, not a textbook example. Actionable output your engineering team can do something with.

You walk away with → Threat model document
→ Attack surface map
→ Mitigation roadmap
Compliance

Standards you have to meet.
Explained by someone who knows them.

PCI DSS and HIPAA are non-negotiable for your industry. We've lived inside these standards and can translate requirements into engineering decisions your team can actually execute.

PCI DSS
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

If you touch cardholder data — directly or indirectly — you have compliance obligations. We help you understand your scope, identify gaps, and close them before your QSA assessment.

HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act

PHI handling carries serious technical and administrative requirements. We map your architecture against the Security Rule and give you a concrete path to compliance — not a checklist to file away.

The honest version: compliance is a floor, not a ceiling.
Meeting the standard means you've met the minimum. We help you understand what the standard actually requires, close real gaps, and not waste time on controls that don't reduce risk.
Why us

We've been building this stuff
since before it had a name.

Decades of hands-on experience — not just advising, but designing, building, and breaking real security systems across financial services, healthcare, and retail.

30+

Years building and breaking security systems across banking, payments, and enterprise software

IETF  ·  ANSI X9
OASIS  ·  PCI SSC

Active contributor to the standards your compliance team is trying to meet — not just a practitioner, but someone who helped write the rules

Right-sized security

The most secure system in the world is useless if nobody can work in it. We design controls that reduce real risk without becoming the obstacle — because security that blocks productivity eventually gets turned off.

"Most security consultants tell you what's wrong.
We tell you what to do about it — in terms your engineers can ship."

Get in touch

Let's talk about
what you're building.

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