Product Security Assessment
The Product Security Assessment is Strata's flagship engagement, combining everything in the Application Security Assessment with hands-on mobile reverse engineering and client-side attack surface analysis. It's built for organizations that need the deepest level of manual validation available, culminating in executive-level presentation of findings.
Starting at $15,000
Who This Is Built For
- Mobile-first products, especially those handling credentials, payment data, or sensitive personal information
- Organizations preparing for a major launch, enterprise deal, or fundraising milestone that depends on demonstrable security rigor
- Products where the client-side attack surface (mobile app, embedded credentials, local storage) is a meaningful part of overall risk
- Teams that want the most comprehensive assessment available before considering the work complete
Typical Engagement Scope
Engagements are scoped collaboratively — this describes typical coverage, not a fixed checklist applied uniformly.
Typically Included
- Everything in the Application Security Assessment
- Mobile reverse engineering (see the dedicated Mobile Reverse Engineering page)
- Client-side attack surface analysis
- Certificate pinning and SSL/TLS implementation observations
May Be Included, Depending on Scope
- Dynamic analysis, where applicable to the platform and artifact
- Executive presentation and technical walkthrough
- Optional remediation validation review
Outside This Engagement
- Infrastructure or network penetration testing
- Social engineering or physical security testing
- Any activity beyond the specific, explicitly authorized application artifact
Representative Deliverables
Deliverables reflect agreed scope — not every engagement includes every item. See the full deliverables breakdown on the Services hub.
What a Report for This Engagement Looks Like
Structure only — no findings are shown here. Every real report reflects the engagement's actual scope and results.
Executive Reporting
Executive Summary
A plain-language overview of business risk and overall posture, for stakeholders who don't need technical detail.
Business Risk Overview
What the findings mean in terms of business impact, not just technical severity.
Executive Dashboard
A single-page visual summary of risk distribution and posture, built for a quick stakeholder read.
Executive Recommendations
Strategic, prioritized next steps aimed at leadership, not implementation detail.
Findings & Risk Analysis
Technical Findings
Each finding documented in full engineering detail — what it is, where it lives, and why it matters.
Risk Prioritization
Findings ranked by severity and real-world reachability, not a raw score alone.
CVSS Summary
Standardized severity scoring applied where a CVSS score genuinely applies to the finding.
OWASP Mapping
Findings mapped to OWASP categories where a mapping is applicable.
Affected Components
The specific files, endpoints, or modules a finding touches, so engineers know exactly where to look.
Attack Paths
How a finding could realistically be chained or exploited, explained in plain engineering terms.
Evidence & Documentation
Evidence Collection
Supporting artifacts — code excerpts, request/response captures, or configuration snippets — behind each finding.
Screenshots
Visual evidence captured during manual review, referenced directly from the relevant finding.
Remediation Guidance
Developer Guidance
Implementation-level detail aimed at the engineer who will actually make the fix.
Remediation Roadmap
Findings grouped and sequenced by priority and dependency, not an unordered list.
Estimated Fix Effort
A rough sense of engineering effort per finding, to help with sprint planning.
Reverse Engineering Findings
Reverse Engineering Summary
A plain-language overview of what manual binary analysis covered and found.
Binary Analysis
Findings from static and, where applicable, dynamic analysis of the compiled application artifact.
Authentication Review
How the mobile application implements authentication and session handling, observed directly in the binary.
Local Storage Review
What the application stores on-device, and how it's protected.
Certificate Pinning Review
Whether and how the application validates the server certificates it connects to.
Sensitive Data Exposure Review
Where sensitive information could realistically be exposed client-side.
Architecture & API Observations
Architecture Observations
How the application's components and trust boundaries fit together.
API Surface Observations
Endpoints and API behavior discovered through manual analysis of the client.
Assessment Process
Discovery
An initial conversation about the application, goals, and constraints.
Scope Definition
Engagement scope, tier, and boundaries are agreed in writing before work begins.
Kickoff
Access, authorization, and points of contact are confirmed with the client.
Assessment
Manual and tool-assisted review of the authorized application, repository, or artifact.
Engineering Review
Findings are validated and prioritized by the engineer who performed the assessment.
Report Preparation
Executive and technical findings are documented with evidence and remediation guidance.
Executive Briefing
Business risk and priorities are presented to stakeholders in plain language.
Developer Walkthrough
Technical findings are reviewed directly with the engineering team.
Optional Validation
A follow-up review to confirm remediation, scoped and scheduled separately.
For the full engineering practice behind every engagement, see the Methodology page.
Common Questions
Scope Your Assessment
Every engagement starts with a conversation, not a purchase.