Security & Identity

Systems your users
can trust

Authentication and identity are foundational — get them wrong and everything above them is compromised. We design and implement robust identity solutions and help you build security into your software from the ground up.

What We Cover

Identity and security
end to end

From single sign-on implementation to architectural security reviews — we help you protect your users, your data, and your reputation.

Authentication & Authorisation

Properly implemented auth that goes beyond the basics — MFA, session management, token security, and role-based access control that scales with your product.

Single Sign-On & Federation

SSO integration using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SAML. Connect to existing enterprise identity providers — Microsoft Entra, Google Workspace, Okta — or deploy your own.

Open-Source Identity

Self-hosted identity providers — Keycloak, Authentik, Zitadel — give you enterprise-grade identity management without per-seat SaaS fees or proprietary lock-in.

Security Reviews

Targeted security reviews of your application and infrastructure — identifying vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and gaps in your security posture before attackers do.

Secrets & Credential Management

Get secrets out of environment files and into proper vaults. We design secrets management workflows that are both secure and operationally practical for your team.

Secure Development Practices

Security isn't just a deployment concern. We embed secure coding practices, dependency scanning, and threat modelling into your development workflow.

Common Questions

Security questions answered plainly

Should we build our own auth or use a managed service?

Almost never build your own — rolling your own auth from scratch is one of the most common sources of serious security vulnerabilities. The question is really which managed approach fits your situation.

For consumer-facing products, managed services like Auth0, Clerk, or AWS Cognito give you a fast path. For enterprise products with strict data sovereignty or on-premise requirements, a self-hosted identity provider like Keycloak is often the right call. We'll help you evaluate the tradeoffs specific to your context.

What is OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect and do we need it?

OAuth 2.0 is an authorisation framework — it lets applications access resources on behalf of a user without sharing credentials. OpenID Connect (OIDC) is a thin identity layer on top of OAuth 2.0 that adds user authentication.

Together, they're the modern standard for how applications authenticate users and integrate with identity providers. If you want "Log in with Google/Microsoft/GitHub", or if enterprise customers will need to connect their own identity provider via SSO, you need OIDC. We implement it correctly, which matters — the spec has numerous footguns.

What does a security review involve?

Our security reviews are targeted and pragmatic — not exhaustive penetration tests, but a structured assessment of the areas that matter most for your application type.

Typically this covers: authentication and authorisation design, input validation and injection risks, secrets and credential handling, dependency vulnerabilities, and infrastructure exposure. We deliver a prioritised findings report with concrete remediation steps, not a raw CVSS score dump.

Ready to take security seriously?

Whether you need an auth implementation, an SSO integration, or a review of what you already have — let's talk.