We help you assess the architecture of your applications and AI systems to ensure resilience and security
A major U.S. electronics distributor needed to pass a rigorous security audit of its chip-programming facility, which ran legacy systems with outdated operating systems, to secure a multi-million-dollar contract. With time running out, Nexta Security implemented a dedicated isolated network, strict access controls, and secure file-handling procedures based on Application Security and DevSecOps best practices. The distributor passed the audit on the first attempt, winning the contract while strengthening security without costly system replacements.
What is a Security Architecture Review
Our Application Security architecture review evaluates the security posture and controls of your web application stack to identify flaws and weaknesses. We apply industry standards, security frameworks, and decades of hands-on experience to ensure thorough, actionable insights.
The outcome is a detailed report with findings and practical recommendations to strengthen your application stack, improve resilience, and reduce risk across your software delivery pipeline.
How we conduct a Security Architecture Review
We begin by mapping the application’s business context, risk profile, and data sensitivity, then break it into core components to evaluate key security controls, including:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Input Validation
- Data Classification
- Data Protection
- Session Management
- Configuration Management
- Exception Management
- Auditing and Logging
Our review provides actionable insights to strengthen your application stack, reduce risk, and integrate security into your software delivery processes.
We streamline threat modeling by establishing reusable blueprints, selectively reviewing critical applications, and applying statistical sampling, hence accelerating development velocity while ensuring security.
When to perform a Security Architecture Review
A security architecture review evaluates security controls across your application stack and supporting cloud or network infrastructure.
Conducting the review during the application design phase is critical, as addressing architectural flaws early avoids the higher cost and effort of fixing security weaknesses after development and deployment.
We recommend performing an application security architecture review in the following scenarios:
- During the design phase of a new application
- For critical existing applications
- During any application re-design
- For applications with known architecture vulnerabilities
- To meet compliance requirements
What is Application Threat Modeling
Application threat modeling is a natural progression following a web application security architecture review, providing a deeper analysis of potential threats and risks.
We take a proactive approach to application security, using threat modeling to identify design flaws and potential early in the design phase and integrated into the development lifecycle. This helps you understand the application attack surface and implement stronger security controls, reducing risk and exposure.
The outcome is a detailed report with findings and actionable recommendations to strengthen your application stack and reduce risk.
Why perform Threat Modeling
Application threat modeling is one of the most cost-effective and durable methods for securing applications early in the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC), where remediation is fastest and most efficient.
Through threat modeling we:
- Identify potential threats and uncover design-related security flaws and weaknesses
- Recommend appropriate security controls to mitigate identified risks
- Provide documentation demonstrating due diligence in addressing security risks
- Educate and support your development team in building secure and resilient software
Threat modeling is a foundational element of DevSecOps, aligning seamlessly with Agile development methodologies. Organizations that successfully adopt DevSecOps typically have a mature threat modeling process, ensuring security is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle.
How we conduct Threat Modeling
Threat modeling is a structured, systematic process. We assess your application against industry-recognized security best practices, including OWASP Top 10, CSA CCM, and NIST CSF, and map identified threats to the STRIDE model:
- Spoofing
- Tampering
- Repudiation
- Information Disclosure
- Denial of Service
- Elevation of Privilege
At the end of this exercise, we will help you:
- Understand the security boundaries of your application
- Identify attack vectors
- Identify threats and associated vulnerabilities
- Define security requirements
- Prioritize remediation efforts
- Identify additional security recommendations