CERT-In
Empanelled Firm
OWASP ASVS
Architecture Aligned
Design-Level
Control Assessment
Risk-Based
Recommendations
Key Areas We Assess
We assess how your application's design and controls protect its users, data, and functions.
Identity & Access Design
Authentication, authorization model, session design, and service-to-service trust.
Data Protection
Data classification, encryption, key management, and data flow controls.
Integrations & APIs
API gateways, third-party services, webhooks, and partner connections.
Trust Boundaries & Isolation
Tenant isolation, component separation, and privilege boundaries.
Deployment & Hosting
Cloud, container, and hosting design supporting the application.
Logging & Resilience
Security logging, monitoring hooks, error handling, and failure modes.
Our Architecture Review Methodology
A design and control assessment grounded in documentation, workshops, and evidence.
Scope & Objectives
Agree the application, components, review depth, and outcomes.
Documentation Review
Review architecture diagrams, designs, data flows, and security standards.
Architect Workshops
Validate design intent and decisions with architects and engineers.
Control Assessment
Assess identity, data protection, integration, and logging controls in the design.
Boundary Analysis
Assess trust boundaries, isolation, and service-to-service trust.
Evidence Validation
Confirm key controls against configurations or implementation samples.
Reporting & Debriefing
Receive design findings, risk ratings, and target-state recommendations.
Roadmap & Follow-Up
Agree a phased improvement roadmap and review progress.
Deliverables
Every engagement delivers design findings your architects can act on.
Strengthen Your Security Coverage
Extend architecture review into application testing, code review, and cloud security.
Benefits of Application Security Architecture Review
Fix structural weaknesses that testing alone cannot resolve.
Fewer Design Flaws
Address weaknesses before they repeat across features.
Consistent Controls
Apply identity, data, and logging controls the same way across components.
Clear Roadmap
Plan and budget security improvements in phases.
Improved Compliance Readiness
Support secure design evidence for ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS.
Why Security Teams Choose QRC
Recognized credentials and practical, design-level security expertise.
Assessments delivered by a CERT-In empanelled cybersecurity firm.
Architecture intent checked against evidence, not diagrams alone.
Assessment aligned with OWASP ASVS architecture requirements and secure design principles.
Recommendations phased so teams can plan and deliver them.
Case Studies
How organizations have used QRC architecture reviews to strengthen application design.
Application Architecture Resource Center
Practical guides, checklists and templates for designing and reviewing secure applications.
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Frequently Asked Questions
An architecture review assesses design and controls from documentation, workshops, and evidence. Penetration testing attacks the running application to confirm exploitable weaknesses.
Threat modelling identifies threats against a design. An architecture review assesses whether the design and its controls meet security requirements. They often complement each other.
Architecture diagrams, data flows, security standards, and time with architects and engineers for workshops.
No active testing is performed by default. Penetration testing or code review can be added to validate findings.
Before building or re-platforming, before major integrations or cloud moves, and when customers or auditors ask for design assurance.
Ready to Strengthen Your Application Design?
Tell us about your application, architecture, and review goals. Our experts will help define the right scope, approach, and next steps.