Cybersecurity
Security architecture that regulators, auditors, and attackers all take seriously.
We design and implement security the way banks require it: identity-first, embedded in the pipeline, and mapped to the compliance obligations Canadian organizations actually face.
Overview
Security that lives in the architecture, not in a binder.
Our security practice grew out of delivering inside regulated banking environments — where consent management, single sign-on, encryption key ownership, and audit logging aren't optional. We bring that same rigour to every client: threat modelling during design, identity as the control plane, scanning wired into CI/CD, and privacy compliance (PIPEDA, and readiness for provincial regimes) treated as an engineering requirement with acceptance criteria.
Core capabilities
- Security architecture & review — Threat modelling, reference architectures, zero-trust design, and pre-audit gap assessments.
- Identity & access management — SSO federation (SAML 2.0/OIDC), Azure AD/Entra design, MFA modernization, and passkey (FIDO2/WebAuthn) adoption.
- Application security / DevSecOps — SAST, DAST, SCA, and secret scanning integrated into IDEs and pipelines; AI-assisted code review.
- Privacy & consent engineering — OneTrust consent management integration, consent APIs across channels, and data-subject rights workflows.
- Vulnerability & CVE management — Continuous assessment, prioritized remediation for Java/Spring, Node.js and cloud stacks, and patch governance.
- Security logging & monitoring design — SIEM log-coverage architecture, event taxonomies, and detection use-case design.
Offerings
How clients engage this practice.
Security architecture assessment
A 2–4 week review of your environment against a structured control framework, delivering a prioritized, costed remediation roadmap — written for both the CISO and the board.
IAM modernization program
Design and rollout of federated SSO, conditional access, and phishing-resistant authentication (passkeys/push), including migration paths off SMS and email OTP.
DevSecOps enablement
Security scanning stood up across repos, IDEs, and pipelines with tuned rulesets, developer training, and metrics that track real risk reduction — not alert volume.
Consent & privacy compliance
End-to-end consent management delivery: platform integration, API design for web, mobile, and voice channels, and evidence trails your privacy office can stand behind.
Virtual security architect
Fractional senior security leadership: design reviews on new initiatives, vendor assessments, and a standing seat in your architecture board.
Incident readiness review
Tabletop exercises, runbook development, and logging-coverage validation so your first real incident isn't your first rehearsal.
Tools & platforms
Technology we work in daily.
FAQ
Common questions.
Can you help us prepare for a client or regulator security audit?
Yes — this is one of our most common engagements. We run a gap assessment against the applicable framework, fix what's fixable in the window available, and prepare evidence packages so the audit itself is uneventful.
We're still using SMS one-time passcodes. How hard is it to move to passkeys?
Less disruptive than most teams fear if it's sequenced well. The work is mostly in identity-provider readiness, enrolment journeys, and fallback design. We've architected exactly this migration for enterprise authentication flows.
Do you resell security products?
No. We're implementation and architecture specialists with no reseller commissions, so our tooling recommendations are based on fit, not margin.
How does privacy compliance fit into a security engagement?
We treat privacy as an engineering discipline: consent capture and propagation across channels, retention enforcement, and auditable data-subject workflows — implemented, not just documented.
Know exactly where you stand in four weeks.
Book a security architecture assessment and get a prioritized, costed remediation roadmap.