Cybersecurity & Compliance
Security work aimed at the things most likely to actually hurt you: exposed credentials, broken access control, unpatched dependencies and the admin panel nobody remembered was public.
Every finding comes with a reproduction, a severity you can defend to your board, and a fix your engineers can apply — not a scanner export with four hundred rows and no priority.
What We Deliver
The work this engagement actually covers — and what you own at the end of it.
Penetration Testing
Manual testing of web applications, mobile apps and APIs against the OWASP Top 10 and your own business logic, which is where the interesting flaws usually live.
Secure Code Review
Human review of authentication, authorisation, session handling and data access paths, supported by static analysis rather than replaced by it.
Compliance Readiness
SOC 2, GDPR and ISO 27001 gap assessments with a practical remediation plan, evidence collection and support through the audit itself.
Identity & Access Management
OAuth 2.0 and OIDC implementation, role and permission modelling, MFA rollout and least-privilege cleanup across cloud accounts.
Data Protection
Encryption at rest and in transit, key management, tokenisation of sensitive fields and retention policies that match what the regulation actually requires.
Incident Response Planning
A written response plan, defined roles and a tabletop exercise, so the first time you rehearse a breach is not during one.
What you receive
- Penetration test report with reproductions and severity ratings
- Prioritised remediation plan with effort estimates
- Executive summary written for a non-technical board
- Retest report confirming each fix landed
- Compliance gap assessment and evidence checklist
- Incident response plan and escalation contacts
How the Work Runs
No stage is a surprise, and every one of them ends in something you can look at.
Scoping & Rules of Engagement
We agree targets, testing windows, escalation contacts and what is explicitly out of bounds, in writing, before anything is touched.
Reconnaissance & Mapping
Attack surface mapping across applications, APIs, cloud configuration and exposed infrastructure.
Testing & Exploitation
Manual testing against OWASP categories and your business logic. Critical findings are reported the day we find them, not at the end.
Reporting
Every finding with reproduction steps, impact, severity and a concrete fix, plus an executive summary for people who do not read HTTP traces.
Remediation & Retest
We support your engineers through the fixes, then retest and issue a clean report you can hand to customers or auditors.
What Good Looks Like
A test that produces an unread PDF has changed nothing. The engagement is finished when the fixes are verified, which is why the retest is included rather than sold separately.
Technology We Use
Chosen for what your team can hire for and maintain, not for what is new this quarter.
- OWASP Top 10
- Burp Suite
- Penetration Testing
- SOC 2
- GDPR
- ISO 27001
- OAuth 2.0
- OIDC
- MFA
- Encryption
- SAST/DAST
- Threat Modelling
Engagement Models
Three ways to work with us. Which one fits depends on how settled your scope is and how long you need the team.
Fixed-Scope Project
A defined outcome, an agreed timeline
We scope the work up front, agree the deliverables and the date, and carry the delivery risk. Best when you know what you need built and want a predictable commitment.
Best for
- A launch with a hard deadline
- A well-understood rebuild or migration
- First projects with a new partner
What's included
- Written scope, milestones and acceptance criteria
- A named project lead and weekly demos
- Fixed delivery date with change control
- 30 days of complimentary post-launch support
Dedicated Team
Our engineers, your roadmap
A ring-fenced team — engineers, designers and QA — working only on your product, in your rituals and your tools. You set the priorities sprint by sprint.
Best for
- Evolving product roadmaps
- Scaling an in-house team quickly
- Long-running platform work
What's included
- Named team members, not a rotating pool
- Your sprint cadence, standups and board
- Direct access to every engineer on the team
- Scale the team up or down at each sprint boundary
Ongoing Retainer
Someone who already knows your system
A monthly block of engineering time for maintenance, security patching, performance work and steady improvement — from the people who built it.
Best for
- Live products that need care, not a rebuild
- Security and dependency upkeep
- Incremental features after launch
What's included
- Essential, Growth and Enterprise tiers
- Monitoring, security patches and dependency updates
- Agreed response times, up to a 24/7 SLA
- Monthly report on what changed and what it cost
Penetration tests are fixed-scope. Regulated products typically move to a retainer covering quarterly testing and continuous dependency monitoring.
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Cybersecurity Questions
The things prospective clients ask us before committing to this work.
What cybersecurity services does Aquison Technologies offer?
Aquison Technologies provides penetration testing, SOC 2 and GDPR compliance consulting, security code reviews, vulnerability assessments, identity and access management setup, and encrypted data architecture design. Our audits have helped clients reduce data breach risk by 40% on average.
How is a penetration test different from a vulnerability scan?
A vulnerability scan is automated and produces a list of known issues, many of which will not apply to you. A penetration test is manual: a tester chains findings together and attacks your business logic — the pricing flow, the permission model, the export endpoint — which is where the damaging flaws usually are. We use scanning as an input, never as the deliverable.
Will testing disrupt our production systems?
We prefer to test a production-equivalent staging environment. Where production testing is genuinely necessary, we agree the window, throttle anything that could degrade service, and keep an escalation contact live throughout. Destructive testing is never performed without explicit written authorisation.
How long does SOC 2 readiness take?
From a standing start, most companies need 3–6 months to close control gaps and accumulate evidence before a Type II observation window. We begin with a gap assessment that tells you exactly which controls are missing and what each will cost in effort, so the timeline is grounded rather than aspirational.
Do you retest after we fix the findings?
Yes, and it is included. Once your team has applied the remediations we verify each one and issue an updated report you can share with customers, insurers or auditors. A finding is only closed when we have confirmed it.