PRACTICE AREAS & METHODOLOGIES
Comprehensive Cybersecurity Services
RajSecure provides 34 specialized offensive security assessments, architecture reviews, and continuous security retainers across 7 specialized practice categories.
Category A — Application Security
Web Application Security
Best for: SaaS companies, e-commerce platforms, fintech portals, customer-facing web applications
Thorough manual and automated security assessment evaluating authentication, access controls, business logic, injection risks, and data handling.
What We Assess:
- Authentication & session management
- Authorization & role privilege escalation
- Business logic flaws & payment manipulation
- Input validation, XSS, SQLi, and SSRF
- Sensitive data exposure & API token leaks
- Security misconfigurations & CORS policies
Deliverables:
- Executive Summary with risk breakdown
- Technical Vulnerability Findings report
- Severity & CVSS 3.1 risk ratings
- Reproducible Proof of Concept (PoC) evidence
- Step-by-step developer remediation guidance
API Security
Best for: REST, GraphQL, gRPC and microservice architectures powering web, mobile, and B2B integrations
Comprehensive security testing of API endpoints covering OWASP API Security Top 10, broken object-level authorization (BOLA), and data leakage.
What We Assess:
- Broken Object-Level Authorization (BOLA/IDOR)
- Broken Function-Level Authorization (BFLA)
- Token validation (JWT/OAuth2) & replay issues
- Excessive data exposure & object property binding
- Rate limiting, resource starvation & DoS vectors
- Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via webhooks/endpoints
Deliverables:
- Executive Briefing for engineering leadership
- Per-endpoint technical vulnerability report
- CVSS risk ratings & business impact analysis
- CURL/HTTP request reproduction steps
- Remediation guide with secure code patterns
Mobile Application Security
Best for: iOS & Android applications handling authentication, financial transactions, or sensitive user data
In-depth static and dynamic analysis of mobile binaries, local storage, runtime manipulation, and associated backend APIs.
What We Assess:
- Static (SAST) & Dynamic (DAST) binary analysis
- Keychain / Keystore & local data storage security
- TLS certificate pinning & traffic interception
- Reverse engineering, decompilation & code obfuscation
- Runtime tampering, jailbreak & root detection bypass
- Mobile-to-API communication boundaries
Deliverables:
- Mobile Security Report (OWASP MASVS aligned)
- Binary vulnerability evidence & screenshots
- Risk impact analysis on user privacy & credentials
- Engineering remediation code snippets
Secure Code Review
Best for: High-security microservices, payment modules, authentication libraries, and cryptographic implementations
Manual expert review combined with automated code analysis to find deep logic flaws, concurrency bugs, and subtle architectural vulnerabilities.
What We Assess:
- Authentication & authorization control implementations
- Cryptographic key storage & encryption routines
- Input sanitization & parameter binding mechanisms
- Database access layers & ORM injection nuances
- Error handling, logging & sensitive data leakage
- Concurrency, race conditions & resource leakage
Deliverables:
- Line-by-line secure code audit findings
- Code diff recommendations & secure patches
- Architectural risk overview
- Dev team walkthrough call
Threat Modeling
Best for: New product launches, major refactors, multi-tenant architectures, and cloud migrations
Structured STRIDE and attack-tree analysis identifying design-level security risks before code is written or deployed to production.
What We Assess:
- System architecture & data flow diagrams (DFD)
- Trust boundaries, actors, and entry points
- STRIDE threat categorization across components
- Privilege escalation & data tampering vectors
- Third-party integration risk exposure
- Defensive mitigation architecture
Deliverables:
- Comprehensive Threat Model document
- Data Flow & Trust Boundary Diagrams
- Prioritized Threat & Mitigation Matrix
- Architecture Security Recommendations
Software Supply Chain / Dependency Review
Best for: Engineering organizations managing extensive open-source dependencies and CI/CD pipeline automation
Audit of third-party packages, transitive dependencies, build pipelines, and container base images for supply-chain vulnerability exposure.
What We Assess:
- Third-party dependency vulnerabilities (CVE/GHSA)
- Typosquatting & malicious package risks
- CI/CD pipeline build & secret exposure risks
- Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation & validation
- Artifact signing & provenance verification
Deliverables:
- Supply Chain Vulnerability Matrix
- Dependency upgrade & deprecation roadmap
- CI/CD pipeline security hardening guidelines
- SBOM compliance artifact
Category B — Offensive Security
Penetration Testing
Best for: SaaS, FinTech, and technology enterprises requiring thorough authorized offensive testing for risk reduction or client compliance
Goal-oriented offensive security engagement simulating real-world attacker techniques across applications, APIs, and infrastructure.
What We Assess:
- Application logic & multi-stage attack chaining
- External attack surface & perimeter exposure
- Authentication bypass & privilege escalation
- Data exfiltration & unauthorized access paths
- Network service vulnerabilities & misconfigurations
- Manual exploitation validation with proof of concepts
Deliverables:
- Executive Summary & Risk Dashboard for board/clients
- Detailed Technical Findings with step-by-step reproduction
- Attacker Path & Blast Radius Analysis
- Prioritized Engineering Remediation Playbook
- Official Letter of Attestation upon retest completion
Network & Infrastructure Security
Best for: Organizations with self-hosted, collocated, or hybrid cloud/on-prem network perimeters
Offensive assessment of external network perimeters, VPNs, exposed services, firewalls, and server operating system hardening.
What We Assess:
- External port scanning & service banner analysis
- Exposed administrative interfaces (SSH, RDP, DBs)
- Outdated software versions & known CVE exploits
- Firewall rule validation & network egress paths
- TLS configuration, weak ciphers & certificate health
Deliverables:
- Network Infrastructure Vulnerability Report
- Exposed Asset Inventory & Attack Surface Map
- Host & OS Hardening Recommendations
- Remediation Priority Matrix
External Attack Surface & Vulnerability Review
Best for: Startups, growing teams, or organizations seeking rapid external exposure visibility before higher-value penetration tests
Entry-level external asset discovery and vulnerability review identifying publicly exposed systems, subdomains, and critical misconfigurations.
What We Assess:
- External asset discovery & subdomain enumeration
- Exposed services, admin panels, and staging environments
- Vulnerability identification & false-positive elimination
- DNS misconfigurations & subdomain takeover checks
- Validation of high-priority external risks
Deliverables:
- Executive Summary of external exposure
- Prioritized Risk & Vulnerability Checklist
- High-impact immediate remediation recommendations
- Clear scope demarcation: (Note: This is not a full penetration test)
Red Team Engagement
Best for: Mature organizations with established SOC/detection controls looking to test detection and incident response capabilities
Full-scope adversary simulation modeling specific threat actor tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) across technology, detection, and operations.
What We Assess:
- Multi-vector perimeter breach & initial access
- Evasion of endpoint detection (EDR/SIEM/SOC)
- Lateral movement & Active Directory privilege escalation
- Crown-jewel data access & target objective achievement
- Defensive response timeline & alert fidelity evaluation
Deliverables:
- Comprehensive Adversary Simulation Narrative Report
- Timeline of Red Team Actions vs. Blue Team Detections
- MITRE ATT&CK Matrix mapping
- Blue Team / Engineering Debrief & Workshop
Identity & Active Directory Security
Best for: Enterprises and hybrid companies managing Entra ID (Azure AD), Okta, Google Workspace, or on-premises Active Directory
Deep audit of identity configurations, access delegation, Kerberos weaknesses, privileged account hygiene, and lateral movement paths.
What We Assess:
- Active Directory / Entra ID attack paths (BloodHound analysis)
- Privileged account hygiene & shadow admin discovery
- Kerberoasting, AS-REP roasting & DCSync vulnerabilities
- MFA bypass, conditional access & SSO trust boundaries
- Service account permissions & credential exposure
Deliverables:
- Identity Attack Path Report & Graph visualization
- Privilege escalation mitigation playbook
- Conditional access & tiering recommendations
Attack Path / Adversary Simulation
Best for: Enterprises wanting targeted scenario-based testing against specific high-risk business assets and data flows
Scenario-driven testing simulating specific breach vectors — such as insider threat, compromised API key, or partner vendor breach.
What We Assess:
- Custom threat scenario execution
- Compromised credential blast-radius analysis
- Cross-environment pivoting (e.g. AWS to SaaS to GitHub)
- Data exfiltration channels & DLP control efficacy
Deliverables:
- Scenario-Specific Attack Path Deliverable
- Control failure analysis & architectural remediations
- Executive risk briefing
Category C — Cloud & Modern Infrastructure
Cloud Security Assessment
Best for: Organizations running workloads on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or multi-cloud environments
Comprehensive configuration, IAM, network boundary, and storage review identifying privilege escalation paths and exposed cloud assets.
What We Assess:
- Cloud IAM permissions, role assumption & least-privilege
- Public storage buckets, databases & exposed resources
- Security group, VPC peering & network isolation
- CloudTrail / Activity log coverage & alerting gaps
- Serverless functions, secrets management & KMS encryption
Deliverables:
- Cloud Posture & Architecture Review Report
- IAM Risk & Over-Privilege Analysis
- Terraform / CloudFormation / Console remediation steps
- CIS Cloud Benchmark comparison
Kubernetes & Container Security
Best for: EKS, GKE, AKS, or self-hosted Kubernetes clusters running mission-critical microservices and container workloads
Offensive and defensive assessment of Kubernetes cluster configurations, RBAC policies, network policies, and container image security.
What We Assess:
- Kubernetes API server, etcd & Kubelet exposure
- RBAC role permissions & service account token abuse
- Pod Security Standards & container escape vectors
- Network policies, ingress controllers & service mesh
- Container image vulnerabilities & registry access controls
Deliverables:
- Kubernetes Cluster Security Audit Report
- Pod escape & privilege escalation findings
- Kubernetes manifest & RBAC hardening guide
Cloud Identity / IAM Review
Best for: Cloud teams with complex IAM roles, cross-account access, automated service principals, and federated identity
Granular evaluation of cloud permissions to eliminate privilege escalation paths, overly broad wildcards, and orphaned access keys.
What We Assess:
- IAM policy wildcards (`*:*`) and dangerous action combinations
- Cross-account trust relationships & external ID usage
- Unused & inactive access keys, service accounts, and roles
- PassRole & AssumeRole privilege escalation paths
- Service control policies (SCPs) and permission boundaries
Deliverables:
- IAM Over-Privilege Matrix & Attack Path Mapping
- Least-Privilege Policy Refactoring Blueprint
- Identity governance recommendations
Cloud Attack Path Assessment
Best for: Fast-moving cloud engineering teams seeking to understand how misconfigurations chain into critical cloud takeovers
Offensive analysis chaining subtle cloud misconfigurations, IAM roles, metadata services, and storage to model real-world cloud breaches.
What We Assess:
- SSRF to IMDS credential extraction & exploitation
- Compute-to-IAM role escalation & lateral cloud pivoting
- Data lake / S3 snapshot exfiltration paths
- Serverless function code & environment variable extraction
Deliverables:
- Chained Attack Path Flowcharts & Technical Evidence
- Blast Radius Evaluation
- Defense-in-depth architectural remediations
Category D — AI & Emerging Security
AI / LLM Security Assessment
Best for: Companies deploying LLM-powered features, chatbots, automated reasoning systems, and AI-enabled software
Specialized testing evaluating LLM applications for prompt injection, sensitive data leakage, training data extraction, and model manipulation.
What We Assess:
- Direct & indirect prompt injection vulnerabilities
- System prompt extraction & confidential instruction leaks
- Sensitive data & PII exposure in model outputs
- OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Models (LLM01-LLM10)
- Model parameter poisoning & context window manipulation
Deliverables:
- AI/LLM Security Assessment Report (OWASP LLM Top 10)
- Proof-of-Concept Prompt Injection Payloads & Responses
- System prompt defense & guardrail architecture guidelines
AI Red Teaming
Best for: Enterprise AI teams, model providers, and autonomous agent deployments facing adversarial abuse
Adversarial testing targeting AI models, multimodal pipelines, safety filters, and alignment guardrails to uncover catastrophic edge cases.
What We Assess:
- Adversarial jailbreaks, multilingual bypasses & roleplay attacks
- Safety filter & content moderation circumvention
- Multimodal input attacks (steganography, adversarial imagery)
- Hallucination-induced security compromise
Deliverables:
- AI Red Team Findings & Adversary Playbook
- Jailbreak taxonomy and bypass reproduction details
- Guardrail hardening & alignment mitigation report
Agentic AI Security Assessment
Best for: Autonomous AI agents with tool-calling capabilities, file system access, SQL/API execution, or automated actions
Security analysis of autonomous AI agents evaluating tool-execution boundaries, arbitrary code execution, and unauthorized actions.
What We Assess:
- Autonomous tool-calling abuse & unintended function execution
- Unauthorized data modification via AI agent permissions
- Indirect injection via ingested web, email, or database data
- Sandboxing, privilege boundaries & human-in-the-loop controls
Deliverables:
- Agentic AI Risk & Boundary Audit Report
- Tool permission least-privilege matrix
- Execution sandboxing architecture recommendations
AI Application / RAG Security
Best for: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures integrating vector databases, document search, and internal enterprise knowledge
Testing of vector databases, embeddings, document ingestion pipelines, and multi-tenant access controls in RAG architectures.
What We Assess:
- Vector database (Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, Milvus) access control
- Cross-tenant data leakage via semantic search results
- Document poison attacks injecting prompt instructions into search
- Embedding inversion & sensitive document reconstruction
Deliverables:
- RAG Architecture Security Evaluation
- Vector access control & tenant isolation guidelines
- Document ingestion sanitization playbook
Category E — Security Advisory
Security Architecture Review
Best for: Engineering leadership designing greenfield platforms, enterprise migrations, or core infrastructural overhauls
Expert technical evaluation of system architectures, network zoning, encryption protocols, and zero-trust design principles.
What We Assess:
- Zero-trust architecture & network boundary segmentation
- Authentication, authorization & token lifecycle design
- Data-at-rest & data-in-transit encryption architecture
- Third-party integration & API gateway security topology
- High-availability, failover & resilience controls
Deliverables:
- Security Architecture Review Document
- Gap Analysis against industry security standards
- Architectural diagrams & refactoring blueprints
- Leadership briefing session
DevSecOps Security Review
Best for: Fast-shipping engineering organizations embedding security testing into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
Evaluation and implementation advisory for SAST, DAST, SCA, secret scanning, and automated security gates in modern DevOps pipelines.
What We Assess:
- CI/CD pipeline security (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI)
- Secret detection & prevention in source control
- Automated SAST / SCA / DAST integration efficiency
- Branch protection rules, PR reviews & signing policies
Deliverables:
- DevSecOps Maturity Assessment Report
- Automated Security Tooling Roadmap
- Pipeline configuration templates & policy examples
Secure SDLC / Application Security Advisory
Best for: Software development teams scaling engineering organizations and needing formal security practices in sprint lifecycles
Structured guidance embedding secure coding standards, security reviews, threat modeling, and bug tracking into agile development.
What We Assess:
- Current development lifecycle & security check frequency
- Engineering security guidelines & secure coding checklists
- Vulnerability triage, SLA enforcement & remediation tracking
- Security champion program design
Deliverables:
- Secure SDLC Implementation Framework
- Developer Secure Coding Guidelines
- Vulnerability Management Policy & SLAs
Third-Party / Vendor Security Assessment
Best for: Enterprises and SaaS providers evaluating the security posture of critical vendors, suppliers, and third-party integrations
Rigorous technical and operational security reviews of vendor systems, questionnaires, SOC 2 reports, and API integrations.
What We Assess:
- Vendor architecture, data handling & privacy practices
- SOC 2 Type II / ISO 27001 report technical evaluation
- API integration boundaries & shared credential risks
- Sub-processor supply chain risk exposure
Deliverables:
- Vendor Security Risk Scorecard
- Identified Vendor Vulnerability & Risk Summary
- Mitigation requirements & contract clause recommendations
Category F — Risk & Compliance Readiness
NIST CSF 2.0 Readiness
Best for: Companies aligning security programs with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 (Govern, Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, Recover)
Gap analysis and technical readiness roadmap measuring your current controls against NIST CSF 2.0 core functions.
What We Assess:
- Governance, risk management & organizational context
- Asset management, vulnerability discovery & supply chain
- Access controls, data security & protective technology
- Detection monitoring & incident response capability
Deliverables:
- NIST CSF 2.0 Maturity Assessment Scorecard
- Detailed Gap Analysis against Subcategories
- Prioritized Remediation & Implementation Roadmap
NIS2 Cybersecurity Readiness
Best for: Organizations operating in or providing critical digital services to the European Union (EU) market
Technical readiness review assessing cybersecurity risk management, incident reporting timelines, and supply chain security under the EU NIS2 Directive.
What We Assess:
- Risk analysis and information system security policies
- Incident handling & rapid 24h early warning reporting readiness
- Supply chain security and vendor relationships
- Cryptography & encryption control adequacy
Deliverables:
- NIS2 Readiness Gap Assessment
- Technical control compliance checklist
- Incident reporting readiness procedure review
DORA Cyber Resilience Readiness
Best for: Financial entities and ICT third-party service providers subject to the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
Evaluation of ICT risk management frameworks, operational resilience testing capabilities, threat-led penetration testing (TLPT) readiness, and ICT vendor risk.
What We Assess:
- ICT risk management framework and governance
- ICT-related incident classification and reporting workflows
- Digital operational resilience testing program review
- ICT third-party service provider risk management
Deliverables:
- DORA Compliance Gap Report
- Resilience Testing Strategy & Roadmap
- ICT Third-Party Risk Review Document
PCI DSS Security Testing
Best for: Merchants, payment processors, and fintech companies requiring penetration testing for PCI DSS (Requirement 11.4)
Authorized internal and external penetration testing tailored to satisfy PCI DSS penetration testing requirements across cardholder data environments (CDE).
What We Assess:
- CDE perimeter & network segmentation validation testing
- Web application testing (OWASP Top 10 / Requirement 6 & 11)
- External & internal network attack surface testing
- Validation of isolation controls between CDE and corporate systems
Deliverables:
- PCI DSS Penetration Testing Report (Auditor-Ready)
- Segmentation Verification Testing Evidence
- Remediation confirmation documentation upon retest
Enterprise Security Readiness
Best for: B2B SaaS companies preparing for enterprise client security reviews, procurement questionnaires, and SOC 2 / ISO 27001 audits
End-to-end security preparation verifying technical controls, penetration testing evidence, and policies to pass enterprise vendor reviews.
What We Assess:
- Technical security posture & penetration testing coverage
- Enterprise security questionnaire readiness (CAIQ, SIG, VSA)
- Data encryption, backup resilience & access governance
- Vulnerability management processes & disclosure policies
Deliverables:
- Enterprise Security Readiness Scorecard
- Auditor & Enterprise Buyer Technical Package
- Executive Summary for Procurement Teams
Category G — Continuous Security
Retesting / Remediation Verification
Best for: Teams that have fixed vulnerabilities discovered in an assessment and require independent verification and report updates
Targeted technical re-evaluation of specific reported vulnerabilities to confirm that engineering patches effectively resolve root causes without regressions.
What We Assess:
- Specific vulnerability reproduction verification
- Bypass attempts against newly deployed patches
- Side-effect & regression vulnerability checks
- Updated risk rating re-calculation
Deliverables:
- Updated Security Assessment Report with "Remediated" status
- Official Letter of Remediation Verification
- Technical validation logs and evidence
Continuous External Attack Surface Review
Best for: High-growth technology companies constantly deploying new domains, APIs, staging environments, and cloud assets
Monthly recurring monitoring and validation of external digital perimeters to detect newly exposed assets, leaked credentials, and emerging CVEs.
What We Assess:
- Continuous external asset & subdomain discovery
- Monitoring for newly opened ports, services & staging panels
- Vulnerability tracking against newly published CVEs
- Monthly expert validation of discovered findings
Deliverables:
- Monthly Attack Surface Delta Report
- Immediate alert notifications for critical exposures
- Quarterly security trend analysis
Quarterly Security Assessment
Best for: SaaS and FinTech platforms deploying frequent code updates and requiring continuous compliance and risk assurance
Structured recurring quarterly security testing covering key applications, APIs, and cloud infrastructure as features evolve.
What We Assess:
- Quarterly delta penetration testing of new features
- Updated API endpoint & permission reviews
- Cloud configuration & IAM drift audits
- Continuous remediation guidance
Deliverables:
- Quarterly Full Security Assessment Report
- Executive Trend & Security Posture Dashboard
- Quarterly Attestation Letters for enterprise customers
Application Security Retainer
Best for: Product engineering teams requiring on-demand security testing, pull-request reviews, threat modeling, and expert guidance every month
Dedicated monthly AppSec hours allocated toward pre-release security testing, code reviews, architectural advisory, and rapid vulnerability triage.
What We Assess:
- Pre-release feature security testing
- Pull request & secure code reviews
- Threat modeling for new architecture designs
- Direct Slack/email access to security experts
Deliverables:
- Monthly Retainer Activity & Findings Report
- Priority SLA on security assessment requests
- Continuous direct engineering advisory
Security Advisory Retainer
Best for: Founders, CTOs, and CISOs seeking trusted executive security advisory, risk strategy, and customer security inquiry support
Fractional security leadership and advisory supporting enterprise customer security reviews, policy decisions, and risk management.
What We Assess:
- Security roadmap & strategic risk planning
- Assistance with customer enterprise security questionnaires
- Incident readiness & technical response planning
- Vendor evaluation & security policy reviews
Deliverables:
- Monthly Security Strategy Briefings
- Completed customer security questionnaires
- Strategic risk management documentation
Scope & Pricing Clarity
Starting prices represent baseline engagements for single applications or standard scopes. Final pricing depends on scope, complexity, application size, number of endpoints, authentication roles, infrastructure, testing depth, and specific engagement requirements. Custom enterprise quotes are provided following technical discovery.
Strictly Authorized Engagements
RajSecure performs security testing only with prior written authorization, clear scope definition, and explicit permission from asset owners under a signed Non-Disclosure Agreement.
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