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Cybersecurity
The part nobody budgets for until the week it matters. Reviewing what you already run, closing what it leaves open, and making the next failure survivable.
In shortAspireco reviews the software you already run — authentication, access, secrets, dependencies and deployments — closes what it leaves open, and makes the next failure survivable. It is for businesses that have not budgeted for security yet and would rather find the gaps before the week it matters.
What we deliver
- Application security review — authentication, authorisation, session handling, tenancy boundaries
- Access modelled in the schema and enforced server-side, not hidden in the view layer
- Secrets out of code and into a managed store, with rotation that someone actually performs
- Dependency and supply-chain audit — what you ship, what it pulls in, what is unmaintained
- Hardened deployments: least-privilege service accounts, private networking, verified TLS
- Backup and restore you have tested, plus a written path for the day something is breached
Questions about cybersecurity
What does an application security review cover?
Authentication, authorisation, session handling and tenancy boundaries in the applications you already run, with access modelled in the schema and enforced server-side rather than hidden in the view layer. It also covers secrets, moved out of code into a managed store with rotation someone actually performs, and a dependency and supply-chain audit of what you ship and what it pulls in. It finishes with hardened deployments and a backup and restore you have tested.
Can you review the security of a system you didn't build?
Yes. Reviewing systems we did not build usually starts with the free audit, because the finding is often that the risk sits somewhere other than where it was expected. The audit includes an integration, data-quality and security assessment, and the written findings are yours to keep whether or not you hire us.
How much does a cybersecurity review cost?
It is scoped and priced in writing after the free audit, and the audit itself includes a security assessment. What drives the cost is how many applications and integrations are in scope, how access is modelled today, where secrets and credentials live, and whether backups have ever been restored. Security is also built into every programme, because it is cheap to do while a system is designed and expensive to retrofit.
How long does a security assessment take?
The free audit runs for one week and includes a security assessment alongside the technical and commercial review. You get a written dossier with ranked findings and a scope and cost range for the work worth doing. Closing what it finds runs as a fixed-scope build, or under retained capacity, where dependency, access and infrastructure reviews happen on a schedule.
Do you fix the security issues you find, or only report them?
Both. The written findings are yours regardless, and if you continue, closing what the review found is the work itself: access enforced server-side, secrets in a managed store with rotation, least-privilege service accounts, private networking, verified TLS, and a restore you have actually tested. A written path for the day something is breached is part of it.