Security architecture & hardening — design review + operational uplift
Architecture-level review and operational hardening across cloud, identity, network and endpoint — driven by validated attack paths from the KeenSafe platform.
Where teams get stuck
Hardening guides are generic. Architecture diagrams age. The real question is whether the controls in your environment, configured as they are today, actually break the attack paths an adversary would use.
How we engage
We review architecture against the attack paths the platform actually finds in your environment. Every recommendation is tied to a specific path it closes. Hardening tasks are sequenced by impact, owner and effort.
Four-step engagement model
Same rigour every engagement, calibrated to your environment, threat model and regulatory exposure.
Architecture & control inventory
Cloud, identity, network, endpoint and application controls captured against ATT&CK.
Path-driven gap analysis
Each platform-found attack path is mapped to the control that should have broken it.
Hardening backlog
Sequenced by impact, owner, effort. Each item references the path it closes.
Closure validation
Re-run the same attack path after the fix is deployed — proven closure, not assumed.
Deliverables
Every engagement ships these outputs — reproducible, evidence-backed and ready for executives, engineers and auditors.
Architecture review report
Trust boundaries, identity plane, segmentation and data-flow risk findings.
Path-mapped hardening backlog
Each task carries the attack path it closes, with owner and effort estimate.
Reference architectures
Sector-appropriate target architectures for identity, cloud and network segmentation.
Validated closure
Platform replays the same paths after fixes ship — proven, not assumed.
What this engagement covers
Concrete coverage. Clear boundaries. Optional add-on tracks where customers want to extend.
- Architecture review: cloud, identity, network, endpoint, application
- Trust boundary mapping with attack-path validation
- Microsoft Tier-0 model design + privileged access workstation pattern
- Cloud workload identity hardening (AWS / Azure / GCP)
- Network segmentation + microsegmentation review and validation
- Endpoint baseline + EDR tuning to ATT&CK coverage targets
- Sequenced hardening backlog: each task references the path it closes
- Closure validation: same attack path replayed after fix to prove it broke
- OT / ICS hardening under IEC 62443 alignment + safety-first model
- AI / LLM application hardening (RAG, agent, prompt-injection defences)
- Microsoft Defender / Entra ID deep-dive (sectoral focus)
- Reference architectures delivered as IaC (Terraform, Bicep, CDK)
- Quarterly retainer with continuous re-validation
- ✕Implementation labour for hardening tasks (we design, your team implements; or extend with managed delivery partner)
- ✕GRC documentation for compliance audit (covered by Compliance Readiness)
How we deliver
- Enterprise architects
- Cloud security teams
- Identity / Tier-0 owners
- Mature security teams hardening against attack-path data
What lands on your desk
Sections customers actually see in the engagement deliverable.
- 01Architecture review report
Trust boundaries, identity plane, segmentation and data-flow risk findings with attack-path mapping per finding.
- 02Path-mapped hardening backlog
Each task references the attack path it closes. Owner, effort and impact estimated.
- 03Reference architecture
Sector-appropriate target architectures for identity, cloud and network segmentation. Where requested, delivered as IaC.
- 04Validated closure record
Per-fix replay: same attack path re-run after deployment to prove the fix actually broke the chain.
Frameworks & regulations
Frequently asked
Do you cover cloud and on-prem?
How do recommendations stay current?
Can you do Microsoft Tier-0 / privileged access?
Pairs well with
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Business and technical risk assessments grounded in real, exploitable attack paths — not theoretical likelihood × impact tables.
Read moreWork with the team behind KeenSafe
Continuous adversarial validation, managed security operations and executive-grade risk visibility — delivered by senior offensive security engineers.