- Security activities exist, but different teams apply them inconsistently across design, build, release, and operations.
- Release gates are missing, overly permissive, or so noisy that developers learn to work around them.
- Enterprise customers or assurance teams are asking how secure development is actually governed and evidenced.
Service 02
Secure SDLC Assessment
Review how security is embedded across requirements, design, development, testing, release, deployment, and operations — then turn gaps into pragmatic engineering controls.
Lean-team friendlyRemote-first · worldwideFrom $4,500
SSDLCAppSecReleaseControls
Starting priceFrom $4,500
Indicative USD baseline for a clearly bounded scope.
Typical delivery1–2 weeks
Calendar timing depends on access, evidence, target size, and stakeholder availability.
Commercial modelFixed scope
Scope, assumptions, deliverables, timeline, and price are confirmed before delivery begins.
Baseline scopeOne focused product or delivery organization; control placement, ownership, release criteria, vulnerability workflow, and engineering enablement.
No surprise hourly overages on agreed packaged work. If the scope changes materially, additional work is agreed in writing before it starts.
When this service fits
Recognize the decision before choosing the scope.
01
Where should security controls sit in the lifecycle to reduce real risk without creating a parallel process?
02
Which controls are missing, duplicated, or producing poor signal?
What we review
Focused on the controls that change real product risk.
The exact evidence set is tailored during discovery. A typical engagement covers the areas below.
- Security requirements and design-stage decision points
- Secure coding guidance and review practices
- SAST, SCA, DAST, secrets, IaC, and container coverage
- Release criteria, quality gates, exceptions, and evidence
- Vulnerability ownership, SLAs, verification, and closure
- Security Champions and developer enablement touchpoints
Deliverables
A decision package — not a scanner export.
Recommendations are prioritized, contextualized, and structured so engineering and leadership can move from findings to action.
Lifecycle control map
Included or adapted to the agreed engagement scope.
Gap analysis by SDLC phase
Included or adapted to the agreed engagement scope.
Recommended security gates
Included or adapted to the agreed engagement scope.
Ownership and escalation model
Included or adapted to the agreed engagement scope.
Engineering-ready improvement backlog
Included or adapted to the agreed engagement scope.
Target Secure SDLC blueprint
Included or adapted to the agreed engagement scope.
“Security is treated as part of delivery design: controls should be placed where they reduce real risk without creating unnecessary friction.”Engagement principle
Engagement shape
Clear scope. Evidence. Priorities. Remediation.
01Discover
Goals, environment, constraints, evidence, and success criteria.
02Review
Technical and process assessment with targeted automation where useful.
03Prioritize
Risk, attack paths, engineering effort, and business context.
04Enable
Report, roadmap, workshop, and optional remediation validation.
Typical engagement: 1–2 weeks for a focused product or delivery organization.
Client side of the engagement
Know what changes, what is needed, and what can follow.
What changes after
- The lifecycle has a clearer set of risk-based security decision points and ownership.
- Release criteria and exceptions become more consistent, explainable, and engineering-friendly.
What we need from you
- An overview of the software lifecycle, release process, and major engineering workflows.
- Representative repositories, pipeline/tooling configuration, security outputs, and vulnerability workflow evidence.
Natural next steps
Related
Build a broader engagement.
01
Product Security Program Assessment
Know where your Product Security program stands — and what to improve first.
03Secure Architecture & Threat Modeling
Find architectural risk before it becomes production vulnerability.
04DevSecOps & CI/CD Security Assessment
Turn security checks into scalable engineering controls — not pipeline friction.
Discuss this service
Start a conversation →Bring the architecture, problem, or current security backlog.
We can define the smallest useful scope and a clear output before work begins.