Find Vulnerabilities Where They Start - In Your Code
Every vulnerability begins as a line of code. Automated SAST tools generate mountains of alerts but miss the most dangerous flaws - insecure business logic, subtle authentication bypasses, race conditions, and cryptographic misuse. Our secure code review pairs automated scanning with deep manual analysis by security engineers who understand both offensive exploitation and secure software development, finding the critical vulnerabilities that only a human reviewer can identify.
What we test
Our testers systematically evaluate every attack vector relevant to this assessment type.
Authentication & Authorization Logic
We trace every authentication and authorization code path to identify implementation flaws - insecure password hashing (MD5, SHA1, unsalted), broken session management, JWT vulnerabilities (algorithm confusion, missing expiry, weak secrets), OAuth implementation errors, role-based access control gaps, and missing server-side authorization checks that rely solely on client-side enforcement.
Input Validation & Injection Prevention
We review how your application handles untrusted input at every entry point. This includes analyzing parameterized query usage, ORM injection risks, template engine contexts, command execution patterns, XML parsing configuration, deserialization handling, and file upload processing. We verify that input validation is applied consistently at the server side, not just the client.
Cryptographic Implementation
Cryptography is easy to implement incorrectly. We review your encryption at rest and in transit, key management practices, random number generation, password storage mechanisms, TLS configuration, certificate validation, digital signature verification, and custom cryptographic protocol implementations. We identify deprecated algorithms, weak key lengths, and improper initialization vector handling.
Sensitive Data Handling
We trace how sensitive data (PII, credentials, financial data, health records) flows through your application - from input to storage to output to logging. We identify sensitive data in logs, error messages, URLs, client-side storage, and temporary files. We verify data classification enforcement, data masking in non-production environments, and proper data retention and deletion implementation.
Dependency & Supply Chain Security
Your application's security includes every library it imports. We analyze your dependency tree for known vulnerabilities (CVEs), evaluate dependency update practices, identify typosquatting risks, review lock file integrity, assess vendored dependencies, and flag libraries with known security issues or unmaintained status that pose ongoing risk to your application.
Error Handling & Logging
Improper error handling leaks sensitive information and creates security gaps. We review exception handling patterns for information disclosure, evaluate logging practices for completeness and sensitive data exposure, assess security event logging coverage for monitoring and incident response, and verify that errors fail securely rather than defaulting to permissive behavior.
Our approach
A structured methodology that ensures thorough coverage and actionable results.
Scoping & Architecture Review
We review your application architecture, identify high-risk components (authentication, payment processing, data access layers), define review scope and priorities, and set up the review environment. We analyze the technology stack, frameworks used, and integration points to focus our review on the areas most likely to contain critical vulnerabilities.
Automated SAST Scanning
We run multiple SAST tools calibrated for your language and framework to achieve broad coverage. Automated findings are triaged and deduplicated to identify confirmed issues and areas requiring deeper manual analysis. We configure tools specifically for your codebase to minimize false positives and maximize signal-to-noise ratio.
Manual Code Analysis
Our security engineers manually review critical code paths - tracing data flows from input to output, analyzing authentication and authorization logic, evaluating cryptographic implementations, and identifying logic flaws that automated tools cannot detect. We focus review time on the highest-risk components identified during architecture review.
Reporting & Developer Education
We deliver findings with exact code locations (file, line number, function), vulnerable code snippets, secure code alternatives, and references to relevant secure coding standards. We conduct a walkthrough session with your development team to explain each finding class and provide secure coding patterns they can apply across the codebase.
Technologies and frameworks we use
What you receive
Executive Summary
High-level assessment of your codebase security posture with risk ratings per application component, trending vulnerability patterns, and strategic recommendations for improving your secure development lifecycle.
Detailed Findings Report
Every vulnerability documented with exact file paths and line numbers, vulnerable code snippets, exploitation scenarios, severity ratings mapped to CWE identifiers, and corrected code examples your developers can implement immediately.
Secure Coding Guide
Custom secure coding guide for your technology stack based on vulnerability patterns found during the review - covering recurring issues, framework-specific best practices, and security patterns your team should adopt as coding standards.
SAST Integration Recommendations
Guidance on integrating automated security scanning into your CI/CD pipeline - tool recommendations, custom rule configurations based on findings, pre-commit hook setup, and a phased adoption plan that minimizes developer friction while maximizing security coverage.
Get Your Code Reviewed by Security Experts
Automated scanners generate alerts. Expert code reviewers find the vulnerabilities that actually matter. Invest in a review that makes your entire development process more secure.