Product Security Baseline
From $3,5005–7 business days
A focused current-state review with prioritized risks and a 90-day action plan.
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Product Security services built to fit lean teams.
Focused advisory, assessments, and technical validation for startups, scale-ups, and small-to-mid-sized software companies. Start narrow, solve the real problem, expand only when it adds value.
Capabilities at a glance
A focused Product Security front door.
Start with the problem that matters now. Services can stand alone or combine into a practical Product Security program as the company grows.
Core work spans program assessment, architecture and threat modeling, DevSecOps and CI/CD, AWS and Kubernetes, software supply chain security, security metrics, and fractional Product Security leadership.
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Popular starting points
Three ways to start without overbuying.
Smaller teams rarely need a giant transformation program on day one. These scopes are designed to create useful security signal quickly.
Launch & Customer Readiness
From $7,5002–4 weeks
Secure SDLC, architecture, CI/CD, cloud, and evidence needed for a higher-stakes release or enterprise buyer.
View Secure SDLCFractional Product Security
From $4,000/moMonthly / tailored
Recurring senior security direction without building a large Product Security function immediately.
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One Product Security front door.
Core advisory stays centered on Product Security. Specialized security testing is available where technical validation requires it.
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Product Security Program Assessment
Current state, maturity, risks, ownership, and a prioritized roadmap.
From $4,5001–3 weeks02Secure SDLC Assessment
Security from requirements and design through build, release, and operations.
From $4,5001–2 weeks03Secure Architecture & Threat Modeling
Trust boundaries, attack paths, security controls, and design decisions.
From $3,5003–10 business days04DevSecOps & CI/CD Security Assessment
Security gates, runners, secrets, build trust, release governance, and automation.
From $4,5001–2 weeks05AWS Security Assessment
IAM, exposure, workloads, data, logging, cloud services, and product attack paths.
From $3,5001–3 weeks06Kubernetes & Container Security Assessment
RBAC, workloads, cluster hardening, images, network controls, and runtime risk.
From $4,0001–2 weeks07Software Supply Chain Security
Dependencies, SBOM, builds, artifacts, provenance, signing, and release trust.
From $4,5001–3 weeks08AppSec Toolchain Optimization
Reduce security noise, improve signal, and connect findings to engineering workflow.
From $3,5001–2 weeks09Product Security Metrics & Executive Reporting
Translate engineering security data into risk, priorities, and leadership decisions.
From $2,5003–10 business days10Product Security Automation & Decision Dashboards
Normalize scanner exports and engineering data into prioritization, effort/budget models, metrics, and leadership-ready dashboards.
From $3,5001–3 weeks11Fractional Head of Product Security
Product Security strategy, governance, architecture decisions, metrics, and enablement.
From $4,000/monthMonthly / tailored12Application & Cloud Security Testing
Authorized web, API, mobile, and cloud testing when deeper offensive validation is needed.
From $3,5001–3 weeksTransparent pricing & delivery
Clear starting points. Scope fixed before work starts.
Indicative 2026 starting prices in USD for tightly bounded baseline scopes. After a short scoping conversation, the deliverables, assumptions, timeline, exclusions, and fixed project price are confirmed in writing.
| # | Service | Starting price | Typical delivery | Baseline scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Product Security Program Assessment | From $4,500 | 1–3 weeks | One product or security program; maturity, governance, SDLC/AppSec/DevSecOps controls, metrics, risks, and a prioritized roadmap. |
| 02 | Secure SDLC Assessment | From $4,500 | 1–2 weeks | One focused product or delivery organization; control placement, ownership, release criteria, vulnerability workflow, and engineering enablement. |
| 03 | Secure Architecture & Threat Modeling | From $3,500 | 3–10 business days | One bounded system, major feature, API platform, or architecture change with trust boundaries, abuse paths, and design controls. |
| 04 | DevSecOps & CI/CD Security Assessment | From $4,500 | 1–2 weeks | One primary CI/CD ecosystem covering repositories, runners, identities, secrets, tooling, artifacts, and release governance. |
| 05 | AWS Security Assessment | From $3,500 | 1–3 weeks | A small or bounded AWS environment/account set covering IAM, networking, workloads, data, logging, and product attack paths. |
| 06 | Kubernetes & Container Security Assessment | From $4,000 | 1–2 weeks | One primary cluster or platform pattern covering RBAC, workloads, images, secrets, policies, networking, and runtime paths. |
| 07 | Software Supply Chain Security | From $4,500 | 1–3 weeks | A focused build/release trust path covering dependencies, SBOM, signing, provenance, registries, and artifact integrity. |
| 08 | AppSec Toolchain Optimization | From $3,500 | 1–2 weeks | A focused SAST/SCA/DAST/secrets/IaC/container toolchain review covering coverage, tuning, ownership, triage, and reporting. |
| 09 | Product Security Metrics & Executive Reporting | From $2,500 | 3–10 business days | A core KPI/KRI framework, ownership and data-source map, prototype scorecard, and leadership reporting cadence. |
| 10 | Product Security Automation & Decision Dashboards | From $3,500 | 1–3 weeks | One to three security or engineering data sources normalized into a lightweight prioritization, effort, metric, and decision workflow. |
| 11 | Fractional Head of Product Security | From $4,000/month | Monthly / tailored | Ongoing principal-level Product Security direction with roadmap, architecture/risk decisions, metrics, governance, and engineering enablement. |
| 12 | Application & Cloud Security Testing | From $3,500 | 1–3 weeks | One bounded authorized target such as a web application, API, SaaS product, cloud environment, or mobile surface; depth confirmed during scoping. |
“From” is a planning anchor, not an hourly rate or universal quote. Multi-product, multi-account, urgent, discovery-heavy, regulatory-evidence, or implementation-heavy scopes may require a larger fixed quote. Material scope changes are agreed in writing before additional work begins.
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Open Product Security ecosystem
Useful before, during, and after an engagement.
Bulwark Advisory publishes practical material openly: a Product Security knowledge base, engineering resources, company articles, and community updates.
Open Knowledge Base
Product Security Knowledge Base
A free, continuously developed body of Product Security practices, operating models, Secure SDLC guidance, cloud, Kubernetes, supply-chain, metrics, and leadership material.
Open knowledge base ↗DocumentationGitBook edition
A documentation-first view of the same Product Security knowledge base for readers who prefer a structured handbook and reference format.
Open GitBook ↗Open EngineeringBulwark Advisory GitHub
Company-maintained repositories for practical checklists, scripts, security engineering utilities, reusable templates, and Product Security program material.
Explore GitHub ↗Company WritingBulwark Advisory on Dev.to
Product Security, AppSec, DevSecOps, security engineering, operating-model, and delivery lessons published under the company name.
Read articles ↗Specialized Product Security
Research-led depth where software meets real-world systems.
These are focused capabilities and research areas rather than the center of the service catalog.
Connected Product & EV Security
Product Security thinking for EVSE, software-defined mobility, APIs, cloud, OTA, firmware delivery, identity, telemetry, and operational authority.
View EV Security CasebookCloud Attack-Path Validation
Hands-on adversarial analysis for cloud-native product risks, including application-to-cloud paths such as SSRF, metadata services, IAM exposure, and privilege boundaries.
Explore security testingCustom scopes
Request a scope →Combine only what the product needs.
Architecture + AWS + CI/CD. Secure SDLC + AppSec tooling. Assessment + roadmap + ongoing leadership. Scope follows the problem.