Application Audit
Citadel’s Application Audit examines every security layer of your application -architecture, data flows, integrations, environments, logging, and identity controls. We work alongside your team (and, when needed, a developer representative) to obtain controlled access, collect evidence screenshots, and deliver a clear, defensible report with prioritized fixes.
Verify your app from the inside out
Modern applications grow fast and their risks often hide in the gaps. Complex microservices, APIs, and third-party integrations create blind spots where vulnerabilities slip through. Weak queries, secrets handling, or backup configurations can expose sensitive data. Environment drift between dev, stage, and prod opens unexpected attack paths. And fragile identity controls—from authentication to logging—make both prevention and investigation harder. These are the hidden weaknesses that demand a deeper, inside-out audit.
Blind spots across complex stacks
microservices, APIs, and third-party integrations hide risks between systems.
Data exposure risks
weak DB queries, secrets handling, and misconfigured backups can leak sensitive information..
Environment drift
dev/stage/prod inconsistencies create surprising attack paths in the real world.
Identity gaps
fragile authentication/authorization, session handling, and logging make incidents hard to prevent—or investigate
A Structured, Evidence-Driven Audit Process
Citadel runs a structured, evidence-based audit aligned with secure engineering best practices. We map your architecture, document data flows and trust boundaries, and review service-to-service interfaces and external integrations. We examine database interactions (queries, permissions, encryption, secret management) and verify configurations across dev, stage, and prod – including CI/CD and infrastructure dependencies.
Identity is assessed end-to-end: authentication (MFA, SSO, session lifecycle), authorization (roles, permissions, least privilege), and account recovery flows. We also review logs and telemetry for coverage, integrity, and retention to ensure effective detection and forensics.
Throughout the audit, we collect securely transferred screenshots and artifacts as verifiable evidence. When needed, we coordinate with a developer representative for temporary access. Deliverables include an executive summary, a prioritized remediation plan with risk ratings and effort estimates, quick-win hardening steps, and optional validation of fixes.
Equip Your Organization With a Hardened, Audit-Ready Application
Clear, prioritized remediation plan
Each finding ranked by severity and business impact, with practical steps and effort estimates for fast resolution.
Strengthened access & data controls
Improved authentication, authorization, and data-handling practices reduce the risk of breaches and unauthorized access.
Enhanced monitoring & traceability
better logs, alerts, and audit trails enable faster incident detection, investigation, and response.
Audit-ready documentation
Evidence-backed report and artifacts that support compliance needs, stakeholder review, and future security validations.