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Application Security Services

Forgepath helps engineering find and fix exploitable issues in code, APIs, and architecture with guardrails built for modern release cycles, making us a trusted partner for application security consulting and implementation.
Application Security
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Key Challenges in Application Security Today

Modern software ships fast, often faster than security debt can be paid down. Authentication and authorization are complex, APIs outnumber web pages, dependencies change under your feet, and secrets slip into repos and pipelines.

Without a practical program that blends code review, architecture guardrails, real-world testing, and application security assessment, risk piles up quietly and surfaces loudly in incidents and audits. Forgepath makes AppSec workable for builders and measurable for leadership.

311 B

web attacks in 2024 (+33% YoY) — web and API attacks surged, raising pressure on AppSec.

88 %

of breaches in the “Basic Web Application Attacks” pattern involved stolen credentials — authentication and session defenses remain critical.

11.8 M

secrets leaked on public GitHub in 2023 — hard-coded keys and tokens remain pervasive.

95 %

of organizations experienced API security problems; 23% suffered a breach — API risk is now mainstream.

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We Provide Practical AppSec That Fits How You Build

From architecture and threat modelling to hands-on code review and assessments, Forgepath focuses on exploitable risk and fixes your teams can adopt.

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Secure Code Review

We look at the code that matters—auth and session logic, data handling, secrets, and risky patterns across services and APIs. You’ll get clear, reproducible findings and secure-by-default examples your developers can drop in immediately.

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Application Security Assessment

Our AppSec experts provide tailored consulting and hands-on support to help your teams strengthen code, APIs, and cloud applications.

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Application Security Architecture Review

We evaluate trust boundaries, identity and authorization flows, data protection, and service-to-service access. The outcome is a simplified, defensible architecture with practical guardrails that scale with your release cadence.

Application Threat Modelling

We facilitate lightweight, repeatable sessions that identify plausible abuse paths before code is written. Teams get a living model of threats, plus actionable requirements that flow straight into backlogs.

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Six-Step Framework

Our Application Security Testing Methodology

Our approach weaves security into the SDLC through architecture reviews, code insight, and targeted testing, prioritizing the highest risk cuts and verifying fixes with re-tests. With our application security as a service model, we align to your SDLC and standards you follow (e.g., OWASP, OpenSAMMs), prioritize what reduces risk fastest, and provide enablement and re-testing so fixes stick.

Step 1

Objectives, Scope & Success Criteria

Align outcomes and boundaries before you test or change code

We clarify business goals, risk drivers, in-scope apps/APIs, and what “good” looks like for security and delivery.

Goals For this Phase:

  • Define success metrics (e.g., criticals closed, aged debt reduced, auth defects down)
  • Confirm environments, data sensitivity, and change windows
  • Map stakeholders across engineering, product, and security
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Step 2

App/Asset & Dependency Inventory

Know what you’re shipping—code, services, and third-party risk

We identify services, APIs, data flows, third-party components, and secrets exposure across repos and pipelines.

Goals For this Phase:

  • Catalogue apps/APIs and critical data paths
  • Surface outdated/vulnerable dependencies and hard-coded secrets
  • Flag high-risk external integrations
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Step 3

Threat & Abuse-Path Modelling

Prioritize realistic attacker workflows, not theoretical lists

We map how attackers would chain issues to reach crown-jewel data or actions, focusing on authN/authZ, injection, and misuse of APIs.

Goals For this Phase:

  • Identify exploitable chains and business-logic risks
  • Tie threats to test cases and acceptance criteria
  • Establish owners and a review cadence
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Step 4

Control Design & Guardrails

Choose patterns developers can actually reuse

We define or refine controls for authentication, authorization, secrets management, input/output handling, logging, and CI/CD (including policy-as-code).

Goals For this Phase:

  • Provide secure-by-default examples and templates
  • Publish lightweight standards and checklists within the SDLC
  • Set review cadences (PR checks, pipeline gates) with sensible exceptions
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Step 5

Validation (Reviews & Testing)

Prove what matters—from code-level issues to full attack paths

We perform secure code reviews and focused testing of web and API surfaces, validating exploitability and business impact.

Goals For this Phase:

  • Confirm findings with reproducible steps and evidence
  • Highlight missed detections and logging gaps
  • Prioritize fixes by exploitability and impact
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Step 6

Remediation Enablement & Re-Testing

Turn findings into fixes—then verify closure

We pair with your teams on remediation, provide secure patterns, and re-test critical/high items to prove they’re closed.

Goals For this Phase:

  • Deliver step-by-step fixes aligned to your stack
  • Reduce repeat issues via reusable patterns and training
  • Document residual risk and finalize executive reporting
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Application Security Key Benefits

What You Can Expect from Our Application Security Services

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Exploit-Focused Findings

Clear attack paths and proof of impact—not scanner noise.

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Auth and API Risk Reduced

Stronger authentication/authorization and fewer high-risk endpoints.

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Secrets and Dependency Debt Down

Practical steps to remove hard-coded secrets and risky packages.

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Guardrails Developers Reuse

Secure patterns, examples, and SDLC hooks that keep fixes in place.

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Executive-Ready Evidence

Metrics that show aged debt and critical flaws trending down.

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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.

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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.

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Ship Secure Software with Application Security Services

From architecture and threat modelling to code review and focused testing, Forgepath delivers application security services that help your teams reduce exploitable risk and prove improvements with clear metrics.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Application Security

When done right, no. We embed checks in your SDLC and focus on high-impact risk first, with clear exceptions when needed.

Yes. We assess web and API surfaces, service to service trust, and data flows, plus authZ patterns and rate limit and abuse defenses.

Absolutely. We provide secure patterns, pair with developers on remediation, and re-test critical/high items.

We’ll propose compensating controls such as WAF/API gateway rules, rate limits, or isolation to mitigate immediate risks while planning durable fixes. Our approach ensures your systems remain protected in the short term, while long-term remediation strategies strengthen your overall application security posture and reduce recurring vulnerabilities.

We track metrics like criticals closed, aged debt reduction, secrets removed, missed-detection fixes, and time-to-remediate, giving you clear visibility into progress. These insights help demonstrate measurable improvements, strengthen compliance reporting, and ensure leadership has the data needed to validate ongoing application security efforts.

Depending on the service, you may receive threat models, prioritized findings with proof of impact, secure-by-default patterns, tuned SDLC controls, and executive-ready reporting.

Application security is the process of protecting software applications from threats and vulnerabilities throughout their lifecycle. It involves practices like secure coding, code reviews, penetration testing, and continuous monitoring.

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