External cybersecurity assessment since 2014

Cyber risk findings that hold up under board review — not generic NIST checklists.

External cybersecurity assessment for mid-market and enterprise teams that handle regulated data. Penetration testing (network, web, mobile, cloud), SOC 2 Type II readiness, HIPAA / PCI-DSS / FedRAMP / CMMC compliance gap analysis, and quantitative risk frameworks (FAIR, NIST CSF). Our findings come with reproducible test artifacts, prioritized remediation, and the documentation pattern your auditor expects. We are an external firm — we do not sell software, we do not resell tools.

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cybersecurity assessments delivered for regulated enterprises since 2014
01 Independent — no software resale
02 OSCP / CISSP / CCSP on every engagement
03 Findings backed by reproducible artifacts
01Why teams call us

Three patterns that bring security teams to us.

Cybersecurity assessment engagements typically start with one of these. The first call is about which one is yours — and whether the answer is penetration testing, compliance gap remediation, or risk framework design.

State 01

Pen test results from last year sit in a PDF — nothing has been remediated

Annual penetration test was performed 13 months ago. Report came back with 7 critical, 14 high, 28 medium findings. Security team triaged the critical findings, fixed 4 of the 7, ran out of cycles. Mediums never got reviewed. Now the new pen test is starting and last year's report shows up at the kickoff meeting with the same findings reappearing. Board asks why the remediation rate is so low. Nobody owns the answer.

State 02

SOC 2 controls show "implemented" but evidence collection is a 6-week scramble each audit

The platform passed SOC 2 Type II last year. Controls are documented in Vanta or Drata. But continuous evidence collection is theater — half the control evidence is collected manually in the two weeks before audit fieldwork. Logs that should run automatically are misconfigured. Access reviews are paper-only. The audit firm has flagged it as a finding twice but not yet failed it. Compliance team is one personnel change away from a real problem.

State 03

CISO cannot give the board a quantitative answer about cyber risk exposure

Board meeting next week. Board chair asks: 'What is our biggest cyber risk exposure in dollar terms?' CISO has a heat map with red/yellow/green tiles. Has no quantitative model. The question gets deferred to next quarter for the third time. Insurance renewal is approaching and the underwriter wants the same number. The team has heard of FAIR framework but has no internal capability to apply it.

02What we build

Seven engineering practices priced by deliverable.

External cybersecurity assessment priced by deliverable. Senior assessors only — OSCP / OSCE / CISSP / CCSP credentialed, minimum 8 years in offensive security or compliance consulting. We have delivered assessments to teams in healthcare, fintech, SaaS, defense contractors, and federal agencies.

01

Network + infrastructure penetration test

External and internal network penetration testing against your infrastructure. Hybrid manual + automated approach: Nmap, Nessus baseline + manual exploitation of findings. Includes Active Directory assessment for environments with AD, segmentation testing for PCI-DSS scope. Final report includes proof-of-exploit artifacts (screenshots, packet captures), CVSS-scored findings, and prioritized remediation roadmap. We do not deliver report-only engagements.
$28,000 – $95,000
02

Web + mobile application security assessment

Web app pentest aligned to OWASP ASVS Level 2 (or Level 3 for high-assurance), plus mobile app testing (iOS + Android) covering MASVS standards. Authenticated and unauthenticated test paths. API security included. Includes business logic flaw analysis — the findings that automated scanners miss. Output: prioritized findings, remediation guidance per finding, and re-test verification pass after fixes.
$32,000 – $110,000
03

Cloud security configuration assessment

AWS, Azure, or GCP environment assessment against CIS Benchmarks, cloud-native security best practices, and your specific compliance framework (HIPAA, PCI, FedRAMP). Covers IAM, network security groups, storage configurations, logging coverage, and Kubernetes if applicable. Includes Infrastructure-as-Code review (Terraform / CloudFormation) if templates available.
$24,000 – $85,000
04

SOC 2 Type II readiness + gap remediation

Pre-audit readiness assessment for SOC 2 Type II coverage. Maps current controls against Trust Services Criteria, identifies gaps with prioritized remediation plan, and provides templates for missing policies and procedures. We are familiar with documentation patterns for major SOC 2 firms (Deloitte, EY, Schellman, A-LIGN, Crowe). Output is a gap remediation roadmap and the documentation pack your auditor expects.
$45,000 – $145,000
05

HIPAA / PCI-DSS / FedRAMP / CMMC compliance gap analysis

Framework-specific compliance gap analysis for healthcare (HIPAA Security Rule), payment processing (PCI-DSS), federal data (FedRAMP Moderate or High), or defense industrial base (CMMC Level 2 or 3). Includes technical control mapping, documentation review, and prioritized remediation. We have experience with assessments for healthcare systems, payment processors, federal SaaS vendors, and DoD contractors.
$38,000 – $185,000
06

Quantitative cyber risk assessment (FAIR framework)

Risk quantification using FAIR (Factor Analysis of Information Risk) methodology — board-ready dollar-value risk estimates instead of red/yellow/green heat maps. Includes loss event identification, frequency and magnitude analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation for risk distribution. Output is a quantitative risk register and the documentation pattern your insurer and board will accept.
$55,000 – $180,000
07

Embedded vCISO / security architect

Senior security leader placed inside your team for 6-18 months. CISSP or CCSP credentialed, minimum 12 years in security leadership at regulated organizations. Same standup, same board prep, same regulator-facing conversations. Named individual on contract — no bench rotation. For teams that need senior security leadership but cannot justify a full-time CISO hire yet.
$28,000 / month
03How we run engagements

Four phases from audit to handoff.

Same shape every time. Scope adjusts, the method does not. Institutional crypto without method becomes another program that fails the regulator review.

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Regulatory + operational assessment

Three-week paid assessment. We interview your compliance lead, CTO, CFO, and head of operations. We map current state against your regulatory jurisdiction requirements (NYDFS / MAS / FCA / FINMA / state-by-state US). We assess custody, KYT, treasury ops, and policy framework. Output: written report with prioritized gap remediation. Flat $26,000 fee whether we proceed.

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Architecture + policy design

Architecture decision records for custody, signer hierarchy, integration boundaries. Policy documents for the operational gaps identified in phase 01. Reviewed against regulator requirements. Approved by compliance officer and legal counsel in writing before implementation.

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Implementation + integration

Vendor onboarding (Fireblocks, Anchorage, Chainalysis as applicable), key ceremony execution with documented witness procedures, KYT rule tuning, treasury system rollout. Implementation done in parallel-run mode where possible — new architecture validated against legacy before cutover.

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Audit-readiness + handoff

Audit-firm-ready documentation package. We sit with you through pre-audit walkthrough with the auditor. Control evidence packages prepared. Handoff to your compliance team with quarterly review cadence option. Documentation reviewed against the specific audit firm patterns (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG).

04What we actually move on Angular

Five performance benchmarks from real engagements.

Outcome data from the last twelve completed institutional crypto architecture engagements — not a timeline restatement. Numbers are median deltas, not best-cases.

LCP
3.8s → 1.6s on mid-range Android (4G)
Largest Contentful Paint reduction across stores we have rebuilt on pipeline architecture / integration logic. Measured on Moto G Power class devices, 4G throttling, 95th-percentile. Median reduction 57%, range 38-71%.
CHECKOUT EXTENSIBILITY
23 store migrations from legacy pipeline architecture slice
Stores migrated to Checkout UI Extensions + Functions since the deprecation announcement. Median engagement length: 7 weeks. Zero downtime cutovers across all 23. Two stores chose to revert one extension after A/B — we removed it at cost.
APP CONFLICTS
Median 4 app removals per engagement
Stores we audit typically have 27-42 protocols installed. Audit identifies redundant, conflicting, or no-longer-used apps. Removing them reduces JS payload 18-30% and eliminates the most common source of intermittent breakage.
CONVERSION RATE
+8.4% median in 60 days post-handoff
Conversion rate measured 60 days after store handoff vs. the 60 days before engagement kickoff. Median lift +8.4%, range -1.2% to +24%. The negative cases were stores where pricing strategy was the issue, not the application — we will tell you that in the audit.
peak-load
Zero downtime across 11 peak-load weekends
Stores under our active engineering during Black Friday / Cyber Monday since 2021. Zero downtime across 11 peak-load weekends including the largest, which handled 14× normal traffic. We load-test starting in September each year.
05/What clients say

What our clients say.

"We had two failed prior engagements. The difference here was that they walked away from parts of the scope they could not own."

Helena Ortega, Head of Platform, at a regulated-industry platform

"Senior engineering practice that took our discovery seriously. The proposal was three pages and it held through delivery."

Janelle Vargas, Founder, leading engineering at a fintech

"Friday demos, Monday changelogs, documented decisions. Felt like working with an internal team, not an outside agency."

Olga Esposito, Principal Engineer, at a healthcare platform

Tell us about your security situation.

Send the rough outline — current component library or application, monthly active users range, what is breaking, what the next quarter looks like. A senior institutional architect responds within one business day with questions or a direct next step.