Find the gaps before someone less friendly does
Every business running software has security gaps. The only question is who finds them first: you, in a structured audit — or someone with worse intentions, at the worst possible time.
A security audit is a systematic review of your application, infrastructure and access: vulnerability testing against the OWASP standards, dependency and configuration review, and an honest look at who can touch what. You get a plain-English report with every finding ranked by real-world risk — not a 90-page scanner dump.
What gets reviewed
Application testing
Your web app or API probed the way an attacker would — authentication, injection, access control and the OWASP Top 10, by hand, not just by scanner.
Infrastructure review
Servers, cloud configuration, exposed services and TLS — the attack surface mapped and each exposure assessed.
Dependency & access audit
Outdated libraries with known CVEs, forgotten admin accounts, over-broad permissions — the quiet risks that accumulate in every system.
Ranked, plain-English report
Every finding explained in business terms with a concrete fix, ordered by actual risk — so you know what to do Monday morning.
How audits run
Audits are scoped and quoted in writing before anything is touched, and testing is only ever performed with your written authorisation on systems you own. Fixes can be handed to your existing developers with the report — or I can implement the critical ones myself, quoted separately so the auditor isn’t marking their own homework.
Fair questions, straight answers
We’re a small business — are we really a target?
Small businesses are the majority of victims precisely because attackers assume the basics are missing. Most compromises are automated and opportunistic; an audit closes the doors those scans look for.
Will testing take our systems down?
No — scope and rules of engagement are agreed in writing first, destructive testing is excluded, and anything sensitive is tested against a staging copy where one exists.
How often should we audit?
A full audit after any major build or infrastructure change, then a lighter annual review. Security is a practice, not a certificate.
Tell me what’s slowing your business down.
A free thirty-minute call — an engineer’s honest read on what to build, what to buy off the shelf, and what to skip entirely. Call +61 448 274 028 or email hello@qld.engineering
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