Product Hardening & Technical Audit

Independent technical review and practical recommendations to strengthen product security, reliability, update strategy, and long-term maintainability.

Who This Is For

Teams with an existing connected product who need an experienced second pair of eyes before a major release, customer deployment, compliance milestone, or remediation effort. It is also valuable when inheriting a codebase, assessing a supplier's work, or evaluating technical risk in an acquisition.

Why Product Audits Matter

Connected products operate in untrusted environments, depend on complex hardware and firmware interactions, and often need to remain supportable for years. A good audit identifies weaknesses early, before they become failures in the field or expensive remediation work later.

Beyond Security

Security is only part of the picture. Product hardening also covers reliability, update and rollback strategy, observability, failure modes, and the practical realities of supporting devices after launch. The goal is to help you ship with confidence and avoid avoidable long-term support problems.

What We Review

Security architecture review
Source code audit
Vulnerability assessment
Secure boot and firmware update evaluation
Communication security analysis
Cryptographic implementation review
Reliability and failure mode analysis
OTA and rollback strategy review
Observability and logging strategy
Power and performance constraints review
Compliance gap analysis
Remediation guidance and support

Deliverables

At the end of an audit, you receive a detailed report covering:

Executive summary of findings
Detailed technical findings with severity ratings
Prioritised remediation recommendations
Implementation guidance for each finding

How Engagement Starts

Audits begin with a scoping call to understand your product, concerns, and timeline. From there, we define a fixed-scope review covering the agreed technical areas and deliver a prioritised report with actionable recommendations rather than vague observations.

What Usually Follows

After the audit, many clients engage for remediation work to address the findings, either as a defined phase or through ongoing support. For new products, an audit often leads to a broader development engagement.