Compliance Hardening
Frameworks are a map, not a destination. I translate the control language into changes on your infrastructure: who can access what, how authentication works, how logs are retained, how segmentation is enforced. You get a plan your admins can execute and evidence that holds up in review.
- Typical timeline
- 2 to 4 weeks
- Engagement
- Fixed scope, fixed fee
- Deliverable
- Report, PoC evidence and retest
What the work covers.
Gap assessment
Where you are against your target framework, with every gap tied to a system and a control.
Identity & access design
RBAC models, MFA enforcement including GCP IAP-based access, least privilege, and joiner/mover/leaver handling.
Network & data protection
Segmentation, lockdown of management planes, encryption at rest and in transit, including CMEK where it is required.
Logging & monitoring evidence
What has to be logged, retained and reviewed for each control, and how to show it without exporting spreadsheets by hand.
Policy & procedure support
Policy language that matches how your team actually works, so it doesn't get ignored six weeks after sign-off.
Remediation checklist
Ordered by risk and effort, with an owner and a way to verify each item is really done.
How the engagement runs.
No engagement starts without a written scope and agreed rules of engagement. Testing windows, contacts and escalation paths are fixed before anything is touched.
What I need from you
- Scope: URLs, apps, IP ranges or accounts in scope
- One technical contact and one escalation contact
- A testing window, or written approval to test 24/7
- Credentials for the roles that should be tested
- 01
Scope
A short call, then a written scope. Targets, rules of engagement, testing windows and anything that is out of bounds.
- 02
Test
Manual work against the real attack surface, with automated tooling where it helps. Findings are confirmed before they reach the report.
- 03
Prove
Every issue comes with reproduction steps, a CVSS score and a realistic impact statement. Critical is just a word without evidence.
- 04
Verify
After remediation I retest each finding and confirm it is closed. Most engagements stop before this step. This is the one that counts.
Often paired with
Application & API Penetration Testing
Manual, OWASP-aligned testing of your web app and APIs. Authentication, access control, business logic, and the flaws that only appear when someone actually tries to break in.
Cloud & Infrastructure Security Review
A focused review of the cloud and Linux estate your product sits on. Identity, object storage, network exposure, and the CDN edge in front of it.
Ready to scope this work?
Send a short description of the environment and what you need to know. You will get an honest read on scope, timeline and whether this is the right engagement.
Typically replies within one business day. NDA on request.
enes.ismaili@gmail.com