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Architecture & security audits
An independent read on what will break, and what it will cost
Sometimes the question is not what to build but whether what you already have will hold. We review existing systems for security exposure, scaling limits and cost leakage, and give you a prioritised written report — the same one we would use to scope the work, whether or not you ask us to do it.
You may recognise
- An investor or client is asking for technical due diligence
- You inherited a system nobody fully understands
- A compliance or certification deadline is approaching
- Growth is coming and nobody knows if the system will hold
How the work runs
- 01
Assess infrastructure exposure
Network boundaries, access control, secrets handling, patch position and public surface area. We report what is genuinely exploitable, ranked, rather than handing over an unfiltered scanner dump.
- 02
Stress-test the scaling assumptions
We load the system beyond its expected peak to find where it actually fails, because the limit teams assume is rarely the limit that exists. Knowing the real ceiling is what makes capacity planning possible.
- 03
Identify cost leakage
The same audit surfaces spend that buys nothing — idle capacity, duplicated services, oversized commitments. In most audits this alone covers the cost of the engagement.
- 04
Map the modernisation route
Where systems are past economic life, we set out what replacing them involves, sequenced and costed, so the decision can be made commercially rather than emotionally.
- 05
Hand over something usable
One prioritised report with severity, effort and business impact per finding. Written to be read by a CTO and a CFO, not only by an engineer.
What you get
Infrastructure vulnerability assessment
Scalability stress-test results and true ceiling
Cost leakage identification
Multi-cloud resilience review
Legacy modernisation roadmap
Prioritised findings with effort and impact
Common questions
How is this different from a penetration test?
A penetration test asks whether a specific system can be broken into. An architecture audit asks whether the design itself is sound — security, scaling, resilience and cost together. The two are complementary, and we will tell you if what you actually need is a pen test.
How long does an audit take?
Typically two to three weeks depending on estate size. You get the written report at the end regardless of whether any further work follows.
Will you audit systems you did not build?
Almost always, yes — that is the point of an independent review. We have no incentive to defend decisions we did not make.
Can the report be shared with investors or auditors?
Yes. It is written to be shared, with an executive summary that does not require a technical reader.
Start with the free two-week assessment.
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