This work package provides organisations with expert guidance to design, assess, and implement a secure-by-design, secure-by-default architecture aligned to OWASP’s leading security frameworks:
OWASP Secure Architecture Principles
OWASP ASVS (Application Security Verification Standard)
OWASP Top 10 (Web & API)
OWASP SAMM (Software Assurance Maturity Model)
OWASP Cloud‑Native Application Security Top 10
OWASP Kubernetes Top 10
The service ensures application, API, and cloud‑native environments are secure, resilient, threat‑informed, and aligned with Zero Trust principles, enabling organisations to modernise their security posture across hybrid and multi‑cloud environments.
Assess application, API, and cloud environments against OWASP standards.
Develop a secure reference architecture aligned to OWASP principles.
Strengthen identity, application, API, workload, and data security.
Improve monitoring, detection, and automated response capabilities.
Establish governance, secure SDLC, and continuous assurance processes.
OWASP‑aligned maturity assessment (ASVS + SAMM).
Secure Reference Architecture mapped to OWASP principles.
Hardened application, API, data, and workload controls.
Updated governance, policies, and secure development practices.
A multi‑phase OWASP‑aligned security transformation roadmap.
Define secure architecture principles aligned to OWASP.
Establish governance for application, API, and cloud security.
Threat modelling (STRIDE, LINDDUN, OWASP Threat Dragon).
Architecture risk analysis and design review.
Secure design patterns for Zero Trust, microservices, and cloud.
Secure Architecture Principles Pack
Threat Modelling Report
Architecture Risk Assessment
ASVS Level 1–3 assessment of applications.
Secure coding standards and developer enablement.
Authentication, session management, and access control design.
Input validation, output encoding, and data protection patterns.
Secure API design aligned to OWASP API Top 10.
ASVS Assessment Report
Application Security Hardening Pack
Secure Coding Standards
API discovery and classification.
API authentication, authorisation, and rate‑limiting design.
API gateway and micro‑segmentation patterns.
API threat modelling and abuse case analysis.
API security testing and continuous validation.
API Security Architecture Pack
API Hardening Standards
API Threat Model & Abuse Case Library
Secure cloud‑native architecture design.
Container and Kubernetes security (OWASP Kubernetes Top 10).
Workload identity and runtime protection.
Serverless security patterns.
CSPM, CIEM, CWPP integration.
Cloud‑Native Security Architecture Blueprint
Kubernetes & Container Hardening Pack
Serverless Security Standards
SAMM maturity assessment across governance, design, implementation, verification, operations.
CI/CD pipeline security integration.
SAST, SCA, DAST, IAST integration.
Secrets management and supply chain security.
Developer training and secure coding workshops.
SAMM Maturity Assessment
DevSecOps Integration Guide
CI/CD Security Blueprint
Data classification and sensitivity‑based access.
Encryption, tokenisation, key management.
Data minimisation and privacy‑by‑design.
Secure storage and secure transmission patterns.
Data Protection & Governance Framework
Encryption & Key Management Design
Privacy‑by‑Design Controls Pack
SIEM, SOAR, XDR integration for application & API telemetry.
Runtime Application Self‑Protection (RASP) patterns.
Behavioural analytics and anomaly detection.
Incident response playbooks for application/API breaches.
Monitoring & Telemetry Strategy
Detection Engineering Use Case Library
Application/API Incident Response Playbooks
Resilience patterns for cloud‑native workloads.
Chaos engineering and failure mode analysis.
Post‑incident review and continuous improvement.
Resilience & Continuity Framework
Cloud‑Native Resilience Architecture
Continuous Improvement Model
Strong authentication & session management
Zero Trust identity patterns
Privileged access governance
ASVS‑aligned design
Secure coding & secure SDLC
Threat modelling & abuse case analysis
API gateway & micro‑segmentation
API authentication & authorisation
API threat detection
Container & Kubernetes hardening
Serverless security
Workload identity & runtime protection
Classification, encryption, tokenisation
Privacy‑by‑design
DLP & insider risk controls
SIEM, SOAR, XDR
RASP & behavioural analytics
Continuous validation & assurance
OWASP ASVS + SAMM Maturity Assessment
OWASP Secure Reference Architecture Blueprint
Identity, Application, API & Data Hardening Packs
Monitoring, Detection & Automation Design Pack
Governance & Secure SDLC Framework
Executive Summary & Board‑Level Presentation
Cloud Zero Trust Landing Zone
Secure DevOps / DevSecOps Integration Guide
Continuous OWASP‑Aligned Monitoring Service
API Abuse Detection Playbooks
Multi‑Cloud Application Security Architecture
Initiation & Discovery
OWASP Maturity Assessment (ASVS + SAMM)
Architecture & Policy Design
Identity, Application, API & Data Hardening
Monitoring & Automation Integration
Governance & Capability Uplift
Optional: Continuous OWASP Assurance
Lead Application Security Architect
Zero Trust Architect
API Security Specialist
Cloud‑Native Security Engineer
DevSecOps & CI/CD Specialist
Governance & Compliance Analyst
Project Manager
Fixed‑price for assessment, architecture, and governance phases.
Time & materials for engineering and integration.
Subscription/retainer for continuous OWASP‑aligned assurance.
Legacy application vulnerabilities → compensating controls & phased remediation.
API sprawl → API inventory & governance.
Cloud misconfigurations → CSPM & IaC.
Developer resistance → training & secure coding enablement.
Tool sprawl → consolidation into cloud‑native controls.