Security reviews · penetration testing · red teaming
Find the vulnerabilities. Fix what matters.
Understand how your system could be compromised, what the exposure means for your business, and how to close it. We can assess the weaknesses and carry the engineering work through remediation and retesting.
The cost is more than a broken application
A weakness in access control can expose customer records. A compromised integration can give an attacker access to connected systems. A release with unsafe permissions can put data and business operations at risk.
A useful assessment gives you a concrete picture of the reachable exposure, the conditions an attacker would need, and the smallest effective fix. That makes the next engineering decision clearer.
Choose the assessment that fits the question
- Security review: examine code, architecture, dependencies, configuration, and trust boundaries to identify and validate weaknesses.
- Penetration testing: test agreed applications, APIs, or infrastructure for exploitable paths within an authorized scope.
- Scoped red teaming: evaluate a defined adversarial objective, including the agreed attack scenarios and how controls, detection, and response hold up.
- AI and agent security testing: assess prompt injection, sensitive-data exposure, tool permissions, and the boundaries around agent actions.
Where we can look
- Login, session, account-recovery, and authorization behavior.
- Client and tenant boundaries, including records, files, exports, and privileged actions.
- API inputs, integrations, uploads, and sensitive-data handling.
- Secrets, dependencies, deployment configuration, and cloud permissions.
- AI retrieval, connected tools, approval gates, and untrusted content.
A clear scope before testing starts
We agree the systems you own or are authorized to have assessed, the objectives, access, testing environment, timing, and operational contacts. The engagement defines data handling and the boundaries for testing.
A source review, a pre-launch assessment, and a live-system exercise have different requirements. We choose the approach around the question and the operation.
Findings your team can act on
For confirmed findings, the deliverable explains the affected system, evidence, required conditions, business impact, priority, and recommended fix. Questions that still need validation are identified separately.
You get a prioritized remediation plan and a walkthrough of the results. The depth and coverage are agreed in the scope, so you can see what was assessed and what remains outside the engagement.
We can fix the problem and retest it
The same technical team can implement agreed fixes in the application, data access, infrastructure, or agent workflow. We check the original failure path again and add appropriate regression coverage.
A retest records whether the finding is resolved, partially resolved, or still open. If you want continuing support, security work can become part of retained delivery as the system changes.
Software and systems experience behind the review
Stephan Fitzpatrick brings software, systems, cloud, and cybersecurity experience. He was employed as a software developer/analyst at the National Security Agency and served in the U.S. Navy.
That background complements hands-on engineering across the application and infrastructure layers where findings need to be understood and fixed.
When to bring us in
Useful starting points include a product approaching launch, a client portal holding sensitive records, a new AI agent gaining access to business tools, a customer security question, or a platform that has grown without a focused review.
Bring the system, the concern, and the decisions you need to make. We can scope a focused assessment or discuss a broader exercise.
Questions about the engagement
Can you fix vulnerabilities as well as report them?
Yes. Remediation and retesting can be included in the engagement or scoped after the findings are reviewed. We agree who implements, reviews, and validates the changes.
Is a red-team exercise the same as a penetration test?
A penetration test focuses on finding exploitable weaknesses in the agreed scope. A red-team exercise is organized around a defined adversarial objective and can also evaluate prevention, detection, and response. We scope the engagement to the question you need answered.
Can you review an existing product or AI-generated application?
Yes. We can assess an existing codebase and the surrounding access, data, infrastructure, and operating assumptions. The scope depends on the available source, environment, and authorization.
Does a clean assessment guarantee the system is secure?
An assessment describes the work performed and the evidence found within its scope and time. It cannot establish that every possible vulnerability is absent. Retesting and reviews of material changes help keep the findings useful.
What would an exposed system cost your business?
Start with a scoped assessment and a practical plan to fix what we find.