About This Service
Application Security Code Review for UAE Software Teams
Scanners catch patterns; reviewers catch logic. This engagement combines manual secure code review with SAST tooling (Semgrep, CodeQL-style analysis) under a signed NDA and authorized repository access, so the flaws automated tools miss — broken access control between tenants, insecure direct object references, business-logic bypasses — get found before an attacker finds them. The review focuses on the areas where real applications break: authentication flows, session handling, injection points, and authorization checks on every sensitive route.
Your dependency tree gets the same scrutiny. I audit npm, Composer, and pip manifests for known-vulnerable packages, abandoned libraries, and supply-chain risks like typosquatted or unmaintained transitive dependencies — a common blind spot for startups in Dubai Internet City and agencies building client platforms across Abu Dhabi and Sharjah.
Findings come with fix guidance that includes actual code examples in your stack — not generic advice — and the engagement closes with a live developer walkthrough session so your team understands the why behind each fix. UAE SMEs shipping SaaS, e-commerce, or fintech products use this review before major releases or enterprise sales cycles where buyers ask hard questions about secure development.
What's included
- Manual review + SAST — Human line-by-line review of critical paths combined with static analysis tooling across the codebase.
- Auth & session review — Login, password reset, token issuance, and session lifecycle examined for bypasses and fixation.
- Injection & access-control hunting — SQL/NoSQL injection, SSRF, and missing authorization checks on sensitive endpoints.
- Dependency & supply-chain audit — npm, Composer, and pip dependencies checked for known CVEs and risky transitive packages.
- Fix guidance with code examples — Each finding paired with a corrected code snippet in your language and framework.
- Developer walkthrough session — Live session with your team to explain findings, answer questions, and agree fix priorities.
How it works
- 1NDA & repo access
We sign an NDA, agree which repositories and branches are in scope, and you grant read access.
- 2Review & analysis
I run SAST across the codebase, then manually review auth, session, payment, and permission code paths.
- 3Findings & walkthrough
You get the report with code-level fixes, then we hold the developer walkthrough session together.
Why work with me
| With me | Typical agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Human reads the critical code paths | SAST report re-badged | |
| Fixes shown as code in your stack | Generic remediation text | |
| Live session with your developers | ||
| Supply-chain audit included | npm / Composer / pip | Extra line item |