Security · Engineering
A hardening programme that survives an audit
Threat-led security work that builds controls into the architecture and proves they hold under external review.
In short
Security build, in short
- A threat model driving control priorities
- Authentication, authorisation and encryption built into the architecture
- Automated security checks in the delivery pipeline
- Audit trails and evidence ready for external review
What made this hard.
Security bolted on before a deadline rarely holds. Controls that nobody designed for become gaps an attacker, or an auditor, finds first.
The goal was to make security a property of the system: designed in, tested continuously and demonstrable to a third party.
Stack
- TypeScript
- Go
- OAuth/OIDC
- Vault
- AWS
- OWASP tooling
The build, step by step.
Threat model first
We start from how the system could actually be attacked and prioritise controls against real risk, not a generic checklist.
Controls in the architecture
Authentication, authorisation, encryption and audit logging are structural decisions, so they cannot be quietly skipped under deadline.
Tested continuously
Security checks run in the pipeline and known issues are tracked to closure, so posture does not drift between audits.
Built to be reviewed
Evidence and audit trails are produced as a by-product, so an external review confirms what is already true.
What you walk away with.
- A threat model driving control priorities
- Authentication, authorisation and encryption built into the architecture
- Automated security checks in the delivery pipeline
- Audit trails and evidence ready for external review
Services involved
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Because bolted-on controls leave gaps nobody planned for. When authentication, authorisation, encryption and logging are architecture decisions, they hold up under both attack and audit.
Security checks run in the pipeline and known issues are tracked to closure, so posture is maintained continuously rather than rediscovered at the next audit.
The work produces audit trails and evidence as a by-product, so a third-party review confirms controls that are already in place rather than scrambling to create them.
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