Find the Gaps Before
Attackers Do
Your cloud infrastructure may be running, but is it secure? We conduct an independent, architecture-level security review that goes beyond automated scanners — examining IAM design, network boundaries, data protection, and compliance posture with the eyes of someone who's seen real breaches.
Review Deliverables
Actionable findings with remediation guidance — not a 200-page compliance checklist.
Security Findings Report
Every finding documented with severity, affected resources, exploitation scenario, and step-by-step remediation instructions. Prioritized by actual risk, not theoretical severity.
IAM & Access Review
Analysis of IAM policies, roles, service accounts, and cross-account access patterns. We identify overprivileged identities, unused permissions, and lateral movement paths.
Network Security Assessment
VPC architecture, security group rules, NACLs, and public exposure review. We map every ingress path and flag unnecessary attack surface.
Data Protection Audit
Encryption at rest and in transit coverage, key management practices, backup security, and data classification gaps — with recommendations for each finding.
Compliance Gap Analysis
Mapping of your current security posture against PCI-DSS, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR requirements — with a remediation checklist for each gap.
Remediation Roadmap
Prioritized 30/60/90-day remediation plan organized by risk severity and implementation effort. Quick wins separated from structural improvements.
How We Conduct the Review
Scoping & Access
Define review scope, provision read-only access, and establish secure communication channels. Understand your threat model and compliance requirements.
Day 1Automated Scanning
Run cloud-native and third-party security scanners across your accounts to establish a baseline and identify obvious misconfigurations.
Days 2-3Manual Architecture Review
Expert review of IAM design, network topology, data flows, and security controls that automated tools miss — lateral movement paths, privilege escalation chains, and blast radius analysis.
Days 4-7Finding Validation
Verify each finding, assess exploitability in your specific context, assign risk scores, and draft remediation guidance with implementation effort estimates.
Days 8-9Report & Walkthrough
Deliver the full report, walk your security and engineering teams through every finding, and answer questions. Provide 30 days of async support during remediation.
Day 10When Was Your Last Independent Security Review?
If you can't remember, it's been too long. Our reviews typically uncover 10-20 findings that automated tools miss.
Schedule Free ConsultationWho Needs a Security Architecture Review
An independent review is most valuable at these moments.
FinTech Preparing for PCI-DSS or SOC 2 Audit
You need to know what auditors will find before they find it. Our pre-audit review gives you a remediation runway instead of audit surprises.
ComplianceCompanies After a Security Incident
Something happened and you need an independent assessment of your posture. We identify how it happened, what else is vulnerable, and how to prevent recurrence.
Incident ResponseFast-Growing Startups with Debt
You shipped fast and security was deprioritized. Now you're handling real customer data and need to understand your actual risk exposure.
Tech DebtOrganizations Before M&A or Fundraising
Acquirers and investors conduct technical due diligence. A clean security posture protects valuations and accelerates deal timelines.
Due DiligenceWhy OpenMalo for Security Reviews
Our reviewers have secured payment processors, trading platforms, and regulated healthcare systems. We know what real threats look like.
Request a Security Architecture Review
Share your environment details and compliance goals. We'll scope the review and provide a fixed-price proposal within 48 hours.
17 Critical Findings Fixed Before SOC 2 Audit
Security Review at Apex Lending
Apex Lending was 8 weeks from their first SOC 2 Type II audit with no independent security review. We found 17 critical and 23 moderate findings — including an IAM misconfiguration that gave every developer admin access to production databases. All critical issues were remediated in 4 weeks.
Approaching audit with unknown security posture
Apex Lending had grown from 5 to 45 engineers in 18 months. Infrastructure was provisioned ad-hoc, IAM policies were copy-pasted between projects, and no one had a complete picture of the security posture. Their SOC 2 audit was 8 weeks out.
Our Approach: 10-day review: automated scanning with Prowler and ScoutSuite, manual IAM analysis, network topology review, data protection audit, and a prioritized 4-week remediation sprint plan — followed by a pre-audit verification to confirm all critical findings were resolved.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. A security architecture review examines your infrastructure design, configurations, and policies. We don't attempt to exploit vulnerabilities. If you need penetration testing, we can recommend partners and our architecture review complements their findings well.
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