When a company grows quickly, security tends to grow by accident. New tools are adopted team by team, access is granted and never revoked, and infrastructure is configured under deadline pressure. None of it is malicious — but together it creates real exposure.
A structured audit turns that uncertainty into a prioritized list of actions. Here are the areas we examine first.
1. Identity and access
- Is multi-factor authentication enforced for email, cloud consoles and code repositories?
- Do former employees and contractors still have active accounts?
- Are administrator privileges limited to the people who genuinely need them?
- Is single sign-on used wherever possible?
Compromised credentials remain one of the most common causes of breaches. Tightening identity is almost always the highest-value first step.
2. Asset inventory
You cannot protect what you do not know about. We build an inventory of servers, cloud accounts, SaaS applications, domains and devices — and frequently uncover forgotten test environments still exposed to the internet.
3. Patching and vulnerability management
We check how quickly operating systems, frameworks and third-party libraries are updated, and whether anyone is alerted when a critical vulnerability is published. Automated dependency scanning in your build pipeline is an inexpensive way to stay ahead.
4. Data protection
- Is sensitive data encrypted at rest and in transit?
- Are backups automated, encrypted, stored separately and — critically — tested by actually restoring them?
- Do you know where personal data lives and who can access it?
5. Cloud configuration
Misconfigured storage buckets, overly permissive network rules and unused access keys are common findings. Cloud providers offer native posture-management tools that flag many of these issues automatically.
6. Logging, monitoring and response
When something goes wrong, can you tell what happened? We review whether logs are centralized and retained, whether alerts reach a person who will act on them, and whether there is a written, rehearsed incident response plan.
7. People and policies
Short, practical policies and regular security awareness training reduce the likelihood of phishing and accidental data exposure. Policies should reflect how your company actually works — not a template nobody reads.
Turning findings into progress
An audit is only valuable if it leads to change. We score every finding by likelihood and impact, separate quick wins from longer projects, and map the results against the frameworks your customers care about — such as SOC 2, HIPAA or PCI DSS — so security work also supports sales.