Consulting for Software Companies: SOC 2, AppSec, and AI

A software development firm came to us with a decision already made: security and privacy would be designed in from the first sprint rather than reviewed in at the end. What it needed was a partner who could turn that intent into working practice across its development teams.

Adopt a recognized security standard and make it hold across every component the firm shipped, without slowing delivery. The practices had to survive real deadlines, which is where most secure development initiatives quietly die.

We trained the development team on the OWASP Security Knowledge Framework and the Application Security Verification Standard, then moved both off the slide deck and into the work itself: verification requirements attached to the code being written, checked during development rather than in a separate review queue at the end. Security became part of how a feature was considered done.

Privacy obligations were arriving from customers and regulators at the same time, and the firm's answer had to hold across the frontend, the backend, and the cloud infrastructure underneath. Point fixes in one layer would only move the exposure to another.

Client Profile: A software development firm that ships client-facing products and wanted security decisions made at design time.

Client Security Requirements: Security and privacy practices embedded from the design phase, applied consistently across every component.

Deliverables: Developer training on OWASP SKF and ASVS, and a privacy by design architecture covering frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure.

Client Testimonial: "BD Emerson's expertise has been invaluable. Their approach to security and privacy by design has transformed our software development process, ensuring we deliver solutions that our clients can trust." - CEO at Software Development Firm.