Secure Code Review

Seal every vulnerability in your source code before it ever reaches production.

What It Is

A Secure Code Review is a detailed manual and automated security assessment of your application’s source code to identify vulnerabilities, logic flaws, insecure architecture, data-handling weaknesses, and poor coding practices. Our experts use Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) techniques to ensure your software is secure by design. Detecting these issues early strengthens your application security posture, prevents data breaches, and improves software quality.

Why proactive review matters

  • Nearly 75% of successful cyberattacks exploit insecure applications or poorly written code, a result of functionality-first development that ignores secure coding standards.

  • Fixing security defects during the code phase is up to 6× cheaper than post-release remediation (Gartner SDLC studies).

  • Continuous code security reviews enhance developer awareness, promote secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices, and accelerate compliance certification and audit sign-offs.

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Our Proven 5-Step Secure-Code Review Methodology

  • Scoping & Goal-Setting

    Define critical application modules, compliance objectives, and review depth aligned with OWASP, ISO 27001, and secure SDLC requirements. Establish focus areas to ensure full security coverage of sensitive components.

  • Automated Static Analysis

    Run industry-leading Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools to identify common coding errors, open-source vulnerabilities, and supply chain risks scanning up to 70% of code automatically for faster vulnerability detection.

  • Manual Deep Dive

    Our senior security engineers perform manual code review of high-risk modules, inspecting logic, authentication flows, and cryptographic implementations line-by-line to uncover flaws unreachable by automated tools.

  • Risk Analysis & Reporting

    Prioritize all findings based on risk severity, business impact, and exploit likelihood. Map vulnerabilities to the OWASP Top 10 and SANS 25, delivering an executive-ready security report with clear developer remediation guidance.

  • Remediation & Validation

    Collaborate with development teams to implement secure coding fixes, provide patch snippets, and re-test using vulnerability validation tools to confirm every issue is fully resolved. Continuous retesting and verification ensure lasting code security.

Testing Modes We Offer

  • Black-Box
        We conduct external penetration testing from an outsider’s perspective with no prior knowledge of your systems exactly how a real-world cyberattacker would operate. This approach helps uncover vulnerabilities in exposed assets, network perimeter weaknesses, and unauthorized access risks without internal bias.

  • White-Box
        With full access to system credentials, source code, and network architecture diagrams, we perform a deep application and infrastructure security review. This reveals hidden vulnerabilities, logic flaws, misconfigurations, and data exposure risks that attackers could exploit internally.

  • Grey-Box
        A hybrid testing approach where testers have partial knowledge of the system simulating insider threats or skilled attackers with limited access. This mode identifies internal security gaps, privilege escalation risks, and flaws hidden beneath the surface that are not visible to the public.

  • All testing strictly adheres to NIST SP 800-115, PTES (Penetration Testing Execution Standard), and CIS Security Benchmarks, ensuring every engagement meets global cybersecurity standards.

What We Review For

  • Injection & Deserialization flaws – Detecting SQL injection, NoSQL injection, command injection, XML injection, and object deserialization vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution or data breaches.

  • Weak Authentication / Session Handling – Identifying issues like token theft, session fixation, missing MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication), and insecure credential handling that compromise user identity security.

  • Sensitive-Data Exposure – Finding hard-coded secrets, insecure data storage, weak cryptography, or unencrypted transmissions that expose PII and confidential business information.

  • Access-Control & Privilege Issues Assessing authorization bypass, broken access controls, and privilege escalation vulnerabilities including vertical and horizontal privilege attacks.

  • Insecure API Calls & Error Handling - Reviewing APIs for verbose stack traces, mass assignment flaws, improper input validation, and insecure API authentication issues.

  • Logic & Workflow Bugs – Detecting business logic flaws, workflow manipulation, and race condition vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit to bypass rules or gain unauthorized benefits.

  • Static Code Hygiene – Identifying deprecated functions, insecure libraries, unpatched dependencies, and code style violations to improve overall software security hygiene and maintainability.

What You Receive

  • Executive Risk Report
        A concise, C-suite-ready cybersecurity summary outlining key risk metrics, business impact, and strategic security recommendations.

  • Detailed Vulnerability Matrix
        Comprehensive vulnerability assessment report featuring CVSS scores, proof-of-concept exploits, attack traces, and annotated screenshots for full transparency.

  • Remediation Playbook
        Step-by-step vulnerability remediation guide with secure coding best practices and code-level fixes mapped to OWASP Top 10 and SANS 25 standards.

  • Complimentary Retest
        After patching, we conduct a free security retest to verify every fix closes the gap ensuring zero false assurance and complete vulnerability validation.

Benefits for Your Business

  • Stop Breaches Early – Eliminate exploitable code vulnerabilities before deployment to strengthen your application security posture.

  • Demonstrate Compliance – Generate audit-ready evidence for ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR, RBI, and SEBI compliance frameworks.

  • Cut Rework & Debug Costs – Save time with prioritized findings, developer-friendly remediation guidance, and DevSecOps integration.

  • Boost Customer & Investor Trust – Leverage third-party security validation to enhance brand credibility and stakeholder confidence.

  • Embed DevSecOps Culture – Empower developers to adopt secure coding patterns, shift-left security, and continuous vulnerability management.

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When should we run a Secure Code Review?

Conduct a Secure Code Review near the end of every major development sprint or release cycle, and after significant code updates, refactors, or new feature integrations. Regular reviews ensure continuous application security and early vulnerability detection within the Secure SDLC.

Will it slow down our release cycle?

No. Our automated and manual code review process seamlessly integrates into CI/CD pipelines, scanning only code deltas for real-time feedback. This approach supports DevSecOps practices, maintaining speed while ensuring security compliance.

How is this different from a vulnerability scan?

A vulnerability scan highlights surface-level issues or known patterns, whereas a secure code review traces exploit paths, validates business logic vulnerabilities, and uncovers logic and authentication flaws that automated tools often miss.

Typical engagement length?

Most secure code review engagements take 2–7 business days per 100 KLOC (thousand lines of code), depending on the programming language, application architecture, and risk profile.

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Book a 30-minute cybersecurity consultation and receive a tailored secure code review proposal within hours protect your software before attackers find the flaws.