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Mobile application security assessment

Examine security weaknesses in your mobile product and the way it handles data and interacts with its backend. Agree the client and API boundaries before testing.

  • Mobile client
  • Local data
  • Backend boundaries

For mobile product owners and development teams preparing a release, introducing sensitive data flows or arranging an independent customer assessment.

Before a mobile release or a change to sensitive data handling.

What we examine

  • Confirm the platform, application build, access and backend services in scope.
  • Examine relevant data handling, trust boundaries and client-server interactions.
  • Validate findings and distinguish client-side issues from backend risks.

A clear start. A useful finish.

Tell me the problem

Share the product, stack, goal and deadline. A short overview is enough to start the conversation.

Agree the engagement

Receive a written scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, price and schedule before we begin.

Review the work as it develops

For assessments, examine the evidence and priorities. For engineering, review agreed implementation milestones.

Put the result to work

Get a technical walkthrough and useful handoff. Agree any further implementation or verification your team needs.

I can build the system behind the solution.

My work spans software architecture, implementation and security research. I designed and developed Hendra’s context-aware scanning architecture. That experience is useful when your challenge needs engineering as well as investigation.

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Questions before we begin

Which mobile platforms can you assess?

Share the platform, framework and build requirements. We confirm suitability and the testing approach before agreeing the engagement; the proposal names the supported targets.

Is backend and API testing included?

Only when it is explicitly in scope. A mobile application assessment and a backend assessment have connected but different boundaries, which the proposal makes clear.

What access do you need?

This depends on the agreed approach. Relevant builds, test accounts, environment details and, for code-assisted work, selected source code may be needed.

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Let’s solve the next hard problem.

Tell me what you’re building, what is at stake and when you need a result. I’ll discuss the fit and propose a defined scope, deliverables and price.