Security Architecture Review

A resilient security architecture is essential for a secure product

Not all vulnerabilities can be efficiently detected through technical means alone. Conducting a Security Architecture Review (SAR) helps identify weaknesses and improvement opportunities within an IT architecture, ideally before significant efforts are made to implement it. However, performing a Security Architecture Review after the solution has been implemented is also valuable, as it can reveal weaknesses, particularly at the interfaces and in the interactions between individual components. Gain from a comprehensive security assessment and review that considers every aspect of your architecture.

Advantages of a security architecture review

• A holistic view of all components involved
• Uncovering weak points that cannot be detected by technical means
• Identifying weaknesses, especially at the interfaces and in the interaction of several components
• Suitable recommendations for a more secure overall architecture tailored to your technology stack

Procedure

A security architecture review is carried out in line with the respective development progress. The following elements are part of our review process and can be adapted to your technology stack:

1 – Document study:

We review the existing documentation as part of a document study. Depending on the technology stack of the architecture to be reviewed, we focus on design specifications, system design, operating documents, interface descriptions, network plans and diagrams.

2 – Interviews and workshops:

As the existing documentation does not always reflect the most up-to-date status, we supplement the first step with interviews and workshops together with your specialists where appropriate and necessary, thus completing our understanding of the overall architecture.

3 – Overall picture and countermeasures:

The information collected is now compiled into an overall picture. This is compared with relevant best practices and reference architectures to identify possible improvements and weaknesses.