Your Architecture Is Either a
Competitive Edge or a Liability.
We design security-native architecture from scratch — technology agnostic, tailored to your product, with monthly progress checks so nothing drifts out of posture.
From IAM design and API security layers to CIS-aligned cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure — we blueprint your security posture before the first line of code, then stay with you as you build.
11%
of wrongly designed architectures generate over $1M in additional costs per year through repeated incidents and remediation
$250K–$3M
incident cost range for architecture-rooted breaches in corporate environments — per incident, not per year
83%
of cloud breaches are caused by misconfiguration — not exploits — according to Gartner. Architecture decisions made early become the hardest to fix.
What You Walk Away With
Concrete, actionable deliverables — not slide decks full of generic advice. Every output maps to a specific security risk in your product, verified against CIS Benchmarks and your chosen cloud platform.
Technology Stack Planning
Framework and runtime selection with security trade-offs documented. We help you avoid inheriting known vulnerability surfaces before you start.
IAM Platform Design
Identity provider selection, OAuth/OIDC flow design, RBAC structure, and privilege policies — preventing broken access control from day one.
API Security Layer
Gateway architecture, rate limiting strategy, authentication enforcement, input validation design — built for your specific API footprint.
Secrets Management Strategy
Vault selection, secret rotation policies, environment segregation — eliminating hardcoded credentials and key exposure risks across your pipeline.
Secure CI/CD Pipeline
SAST/DAST integration points, dependency scanning, container hardening checkpoints — security baked into every deploy, not bolted on after.
Secure Engineering Practices
Coding standards, threat modeling templates, security review processes — giving your team a repeatable security culture, not just a one-time audit.
Secure Architecture, Built and Watched Over.
We design your architecture from scratch, then check in every month to make sure it stays aligned as your product evolves. No one-off blueprints that go stale.
per month · billed monthly · annual commitment
Scoped on the call based on system complexity, number of services, and cloud provider
12-Month Retainer
Annual commitment — monthly billing cycle
Monthly Subscription
Billed each month — no large upfront sum
Monthly Progress Check
Architecture review call every cycle
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Why an annual retainer with monthly billing?
Architecture is not a one-time deliverable. Your product ships new features, your team adds third-party integrations, your cloud config changes — every change can introduce architectural drift that erodes your security posture. Monthly check-ins let us catch that drift before it becomes a $250K incident. The annual commitment gives you a dedicated expert on your codebase; monthly billing keeps your cash flow predictable.
Technical Security Training
Expert-led, company-tailored training delivered remotely — your team learns by breaking real systems, not watching slides.
Fundamental
- Ethical Hacking Fundamentals & Ethics
- The Art of Research
- Security mindset & attacker thinking
Intermediate
- Multi-tier Architecture & Security
- Network & OS Security
- OWASP Top 10
- Manual Web App Pentesting
- Android Security
Advanced
- Enumeration & Exploitation
- Incident Recovery
- Scripting & Automation
- Social Engineering
- Cloud Security & Real-life Lab Scenarios
CIS Benchmarks & Cloud Hardening
Every architecture decision we make is validated against the CIS Controls and cloud-specific benchmarks — the gold standard trusted by governments, banks, and critical infrastructure worldwide.
CIS Critical Security Controls (v8)
Key controls applied to every architecture we design
Inventory of Enterprise Assets
Every service, instance, container, and data store documented and owned before go-live
Data Protection
Classification, encryption at rest and in transit, access controls, and data flow mapping
Secure Configuration of Assets
Hardened baseline configs for all cloud resources, containers, and runtimes from day one
Account Management
Least-privilege IAM design, lifecycle policies, MFA enforcement, and service account controls
Access Control Management
RBAC structure, zero-trust segmentation, and privileged access workstation design
Network Infrastructure Management
VPC design, micro-segmentation, ingress/egress controls, and private endpoint architecture
Application Software Security
SAST/DAST integration, dependency management policies, and secure SDLC design patterns
Penetration Testing
Architecture designed with testability in mind — works seamlessly with ongoing pentest cycles
Cloud-Specific Hardening Benchmarks
Applied to your specific platform from the architecture design phase
CIS Amazon Web Services Foundations
135+ prescriptive controls covering IAM, Config, CloudTrail, VPC, S3, RDS, and monitoring — applied to your AWS account design from day one
CIS Microsoft Azure Foundations
Comprehensive controls for Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault, Storage, SQL, and network security groups — hardened architecture blueprints for your Azure environment
Who This Retainer Is Built For
Building their first product and want security baked in from day one — not bolted on after a breach costs them their first enterprise client.
Established companies rethinking their architecture after a security incident, failed audit, or compliance gap that costs more every month it is unresolved.
Products moving into regulated markets — fintech, healthtech, enterprise SaaS — where architecture decisions made today determine compliance outcomes for years.
Common Questions
When should I think about security architecture?
As early as possible — ideally before writing code. Every sprint you ship without a security-native architecture is technical debt that compounds. We work with greenfield projects and legacy systems needing redesign. The earlier you start, the less the retainer costs relative to the risk it removes.
What does the monthly progress check actually cover?
Each month we review any architecture changes made in the previous sprint — new services, integrations, permission changes, infrastructure updates. We flag posture drift, validate CIS control alignment, and update your architecture diagrams. It takes one hour and prevents the kind of slow drift that turns into a $250K incident six months later.
We use a mix of AWS and Azure — can you handle multi-cloud?
Yes. We apply CIS Foundations Benchmarks for both AWS and Azure independently, then design the security controls for the integration layer between them. Multi-cloud architecture actually benefits most from an ongoing retainer since the attack surface across platforms changes frequently.
Does technical training come included?
Training is an optional add-on scoped and priced separately on the call — covering your team's specific stack and the security patterns we've built into your architecture. Many clients add it during onboarding so their developers understand the decisions behind the design.
Wrong architecture decisions cost millions. Right ones cost a monthly retainer.
11% of poorly designed architectures generate $1M+ in extra costs per year. We design yours right — then stay with you every month to make sure it stays that way.
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