Security Architecture Review Services

From Diagrams to Defenses

Design Systems That Break the Kill Chain

Controls work best when they’re designed in, not bolted on. This review analyzes how your system actually works—entry points, trust boundaries, data classifications, workload identities, and the assumptions teams rely on during failure. We trace credible attack paths (identity abuse, lateral movement via services, misused secrets, noisy/quiet exfil routes) and show where small architecture choices create big risk. The emphasis is on defense-in-depth that developers and operators can run: sane identity models, least-privilege access, segmentation that follows the app, and data protections that fit performance and reliability needs.

We also make architecture operational. That means reference patterns your engineers recognize, IaC guardrails that prevent drift, and validation steps tied to CI/CD and cloud policy. You’ll see which decisions pay off immediately (e.g., private connectivity, managed identities, egress controls) and which deserve a phased redesign. The outcome is a design that resists abuse, supports incident response, and scales without reinventing security for every new service.

Focus On What Matters

Inside Your Security Architecture Review

We examine context, attack paths, guardrails, and validation—turning diagrams into operational security.

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Know what you’re protecting.

Business goals, critical transactions, data classes, and recovery expectations.
System map with trust boundaries, third-party integrations, and user-to-service-to-data paths.
Assumptions under failure: identity outage, region loss, degraded logging.

See how it breaks.

Identity abuse (tokens, service principals, workload IDs), secret exposure, and cross-tenant risks.
Lateral movement via messaging, queues, and shared services; egress/data exfil options.
What detections exist vs. what’s silent; choke points to break the chain.

Make secure the default.

Identity: SSO/MFA, roles vs. attributes, JIT/JEA for admin, workload identities > keys.
Network: private access, tiering, egress control, service-to-service allowlists.
Data: encryption & key custody, tokenization/masking, least-privilege stores.
Platform: baseline images, patch channels, policy-as-code (cloud, K8s), secrets management.

Prove it—and keep it.

IaC controls, pre-deploy checks, and pipeline tests for risky changes.
Runbooks and diagrams updated for IR/ops; evidence packs (configs, policies) to show it works.
Backlog with owners and phases for practical rollout.

Why teams choose Forgepath

Key Benefits You Can Expect

Fewer Exploitable Paths

Design decisions close identity, network, and data shortcuts attackers rely on.

Guardrails Engineers Use

Reference patterns and policy-as-code that fit CI/CD and cloud realities.

Workload Identity Over Keys

Managed identities replace long-lived secrets across services and automation.

Containment by Design

Segmentation and private access shrink blast radius without breaking flows.

Proven Controls

Validation in pipelines and evidence packs show the design actually holds.

Faster Incident Handling

Clear boundaries and telemetry make detection and response more effective.

Cloud Systems & Security Manager

Zero.health

Working With Forgepath

Forgepath delivered outstanding service on our network and app security tests.
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Cloud Systems & Security Manager
Zero.health

Forgepath delivered outstanding service on both our network penetration test and application security assessment.

When a critical customer need arose, they quickly adjusted their schedule to meet our urgent timeline without compromising quality.

Their technical expertise, clear guidance, and hands-on remediation support helped us meet our EOY goals efficiently.

We were especially impressed by their flexibility, responsiveness, and professionalism throughout the process.

Chief Executive Officer

parsysco.com

Working With Forgepath

Forgepath separates themselves from the rest as they’re a true security partner.
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Chief Executive Officer
parsysco.com

Forgepath separates themselves from the rest as they’re a true security partner to Parsysco. They took the time to understand our requirements and how things were working with our previous provider.

We were impressed by how quickly they formulated a new strategy and approach. They helped us identify our challenges and consistently brought forward solutions that were in Parsysco’s best interest.

Most vendors only care about selling something, Forgepath took the personal relationship and partnership approach that we value greatly.