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Cybersecurity

Application security

Assess your risk and uplift application security maturity to combat tomorrow’s threats, today.

Develop resilient apps that protect your most critical information.

We provide a range of comprehensive services to help businesses overcome a range of challenges related to software application security (AppSec). These challenges include protecting against cyber-attacks, preventing data breaches, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing risk, and maintaining business continuity.

Datacom's AppSec services are designed to identify and address vulnerabilities in software applications, including web and mobile apps, using a multi-layered defence strategy and a combination of automated and manual testing techniques. We work with leading technology partners and use the latest tools, techniques, and security frameworks to provide scalable AppSec solutions tailored to deliver the best possible outcome for our customers.

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Prioritisation
Customisation
Roadmap
Flexibility
Deep expertise
Cost savings
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Prioritisation

Identify and document AppSec priorities, risk appetite, and goals to impact operations and teams.

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Prioritisation
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Prioritisation

Identify and document AppSec priorities, risk appetite, and goals to impact operations and teams.

Customisation

Customisation

Offer customised services that support your requirements and budget, whether looking for a short-term snapshot or a longer-term focus on the future.

Roadmap

Roadmap

Provide a tailored roadmap that offers a clear and predictable path to improve your AppSec maturity over time with proportional recommendations for investment.

Flexibility

Flexibility

Offer flexible scope for assessments, which can focus on the entire organisation or specific teams and apps, while tracking improvements in security posture for demonstrable business value with appropriately sized engagements.

Deep expertise

Deep expertise

Provide deep expertise to formalise protections, policies, and procedures for a robust approach to security, achieving peace of mind that applications are built securely and that critical business and customer data is protected.

Cost savings

Cost savings

Building security into the design of applications leads to cost savings over the application's life cycle, reduces risk exposure with resilient applications, and strengthens the cybersecurity posture, which can provide a competitive advantage and align with international cybersecurity standards, ultimately leading to long-term savings.

About our service

  • Collaboration

    Datacom’s AppSec Maturity Assessment services uses a collaborative approach to understand your organisation’s unique application security fabric.
  • Security expertise

    Draw on our deep experience of AppSec, supported by interviews with key stakeholders responsible for delivering and managing applications, to assess your organisation’s vulnerabilities.
  • Tailored roadmap

    Guide your continued investment in AppSec over time with a tailored roadmap to safeguard your organisation from future threats.​

Safeguard your organisation.

Cybersecurity threats come in many forms, so it’s critical for organisations to build awareness and implement robust protective measures to keep their systems and data safe from attacks. 

We recommend the following protective measures:

  1. Regularly test your applications for vulnerabilities, including using automated tools and manual testing.

  2. Implement security controls, such as firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, and data encryption.

  3. Regularly train your employees on how to recognise and avoid common threats, such as phishing emails and social engineering attacks.

  4. Use secure coding practices when developing applications, including following industry-standard guidelines, such as the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP).

  5. Monitor your applications and networks for suspicious activity, such as unusual login attempts or data exfiltration.

  6. Let our cybersecurity experts conduct an application security assessment to pinpoint any vulnerabilities when developing your applications and DevOps processes.
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