Service

Security & Compliance

We audit and harden websites, applications and servers, and build systems with privacy requirements in mind. Our work suits companies handling customer, patient or business-critical data.

At a glance
$3,500 starting

Security audits, hardening and privacy-aware builds for sensitive data.

Laravel security featuresEncrypted castsPolicy-based authorizationRate limitingCloudflare WAFServer firewall & IPSEncrypted backupsAudit logging

Who it is for

This service is for organizations that handle information they cannot afford to lose or expose: healthcare and clinic platforms, pharmaceutical and medical-equipment companies, online stores holding customer data, and businesses running internal software. It is also for companies that simply do not know how secure their current site is, or that have had an incident and want to prevent another.

What we do

  • Security audits of Laravel and WordPress code, dependencies, configuration and servers
  • Hardening of applications and servers based on audit findings
  • Privacy-aware architecture for new builds, including data minimization, access control and audit logs
  • Backup and recovery planning, with encrypted off-site backups and tested restores
  • Access reviews for admin accounts, API keys and third-party integrations
  • Incident response to contain, clean up and recover from a compromised site

Privacy regulations

We build with common privacy frameworks in mind, including Canada's PIPEDA, British Columbia's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and the UAE's Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). In practice that means collecting only the data you need, controlling who can see it, recording who changed it, encrypting it where appropriate, choosing hosting locations deliberately and making it possible to export or delete personal data on request.

We are engineers, not lawyers. Our work supports your compliance programme, but it does not replace legal advice. For regulated data, especially health information, we recommend confirming your obligations with a qualified privacy lawyer, and we are happy to work alongside them.

How we approach it

Audits begin with an agreed scope and read-only access. We review code, packages, server configuration, authentication, file uploads, forms and admin access, then deliver a report that ranks issues by risk and explains each one in plain language. Fixes can be done by our team or yours. For new projects, security is part of the design: roles and permissions, input validation, rate limiting, secure sessions, encrypted fields and logging are planned from the start.

Technology

We work with Laravel's built-in protections, policy-based authorization, encrypted casts, signed URLs and rate limiting. Servers are hardened with firewalls, intrusion prevention, automatic security updates and least-privilege access. Cloudflare provides a web application firewall and DDoS protection, and backups are encrypted and stored off-server.

Security as an ongoing habit

Security is not a one-time project. New vulnerabilities appear in packages every month, staff change roles and integrations are added. We recommend a short review at least once a year and after any major change, and we keep track of the advisories that affect your stack.

What you get

You get a clear picture of your risks, a prioritized plan, and the fixes to close them. For new builds, you get documentation of how personal data is collected, stored and protected, which is useful for your privacy policy and any assessment you need to complete.

Combine this with a care plan to keep protection current, or contact us to scope an audit.

Capabilities

What's included

Code and server audits

Laravel, WordPress, dependencies and server configuration reviewed against known risks.

Risk-ranked reports

Findings explained in plain language and ordered by impact and likelihood.

Privacy-aware builds

Data minimization, access control, audit logs and encryption designed in from the start.

PIPEDA, BC PIPA and UAE PDPL aware

Systems built with these frameworks in mind, alongside your legal advisers.

Tested backups

Encrypted off-site backups with regular restore tests and a recovery plan.

Incident response

Containment, cleanup and recovery for compromised sites, followed by hardening.

Process

How this engagement runs

  1. Scope

    Agree systems, access and goals, and sign confidentiality terms.

  2. Assess

    Review code, dependencies, servers, access and data flows.

  3. Report

    Risk-ranked findings with clear explanations and recommended fixes.

  4. Remediate

    Fixes applied by our team or yours, then verified.

  5. Maintain

    Ongoing updates, monitoring and periodic reviews.

FAQ

Questions about security & compliance

Does your work make us legally compliant?

Our engineering supports compliance, but it is not legal advice. We recommend a qualified privacy lawyer confirm your obligations, and we can work with them.

Can you audit a site you did not build?

Yes. Most audits are of existing sites. We need read access to the code and server, and we agree the scope in advance.

Our site was hacked. Can you help?

Yes. We contain the problem, remove malicious code, restore from clean backups where possible and harden the site to prevent a repeat.

Where should health data be hosted?

It depends on your jurisdiction and contracts. We help you choose hosting locations and document them, with legal confirmation from your advisers.

Next step

Have a project in mind?

Tell us what you need to build or fix. We will reply within one business day with questions, a rough budget range and next steps.