Vulnerabilities start in code.
Find them before production does.

Code Security Review: security before deployment

Vulnerabilities originate in code. A code security review examines your source code for security flaws before they reach production. This is the most direct and efficient way to find and fix vulnerabilities early in the development process.

The team combines automated static analysis (SAST) with manual code review by experienced security engineers. Automated tools detect known patterns (SQL injection, XSS, hardcoded secrets) but generate false positives and miss context-dependent vulnerabilities. Manual review provides depth: business logic flaws, insecure architectural patterns, and subtle cryptographic mistakes are only found by a human expert.

The review covers not only application code but also configuration files, dependency management, and build pipelines. Supply chain attacks via compromised dependencies are a growing risk. The team checks that your dependency management is sound and that known vulnerable libraries are not in use.

Three code security problems that reach production undetected

• SAST tools miss logic and context

  Automated scanners find pattern-based vulnerabilities but miss business logic flaws, insecure design decisions, and context-dependent risks. A human expert finds what tools cannot.

• Cryptographic mistakes are easy to make, hard to spot

  Using the wrong algorithm, weak key sizes, predictable IVs, or rolling your own crypto: these mistakes are common and devastating. They are invisible to automated scans without cryptographic expertise.

• Vulnerable dependencies introduce risk you did not write

  Most modern applications are 80% third-party code. Compromised or outdated libraries, transitive dependency risks, and supply chain vulnerabilities are an attack surface many teams do not actively manage.

Deliverables

• Technical report with findings per module/component
• Per finding: description, risk, code location, fix suggestion
• Dependency vulnerability overview
• Secure coding recommendations for the technology stack in use
• Optional: developer workshop on found patterns

Who is a code security review for?

A code security review is most valuable when security needs to be validated before it reaches users, or when recurring vulnerabilities need to be addressed at the source.

• Development teams that want to integrate security into the SDLC
• Organisations preparing an application for go-live or compliance audit
• Companies validating code quality after an acquisition or outsourcing
• SaaS companies that want to give customers confidence in the security of their platform