Website and System Security and Vulnerability Testing

Do not wait for a breach. A security assessment is essential before launching a system that holds customer data, after inheriting a system from another developer whose work you do not know, when the system has not been updated for over a year, and before any compliance review or request from a major client.

Some signs call for an urgent check: strange pages appearing in search results under your domain, spam going out from your mailbox, sudden slowness with no explanation, or user accounts nobody created.

A good report is written for two audiences: management, who need to understand the size of the risk and the spending decision, and the technical team, who need precise fix steps. So we split it into a short executive summary, followed by technical detail for each vulnerability.

For each vulnerability we document where it was found, how it can be exploited, its potential impact on your business and data, its severity and the recommended fix. We include evidence that proves it without actually using it to reach more real data than needed to prove the point.

After the fixes we retest the same vulnerabilities and update the report with the status of each, so you have a documented record of what was found, what was closed and when. That record is useful in any compliance review, or when a major client asks about the security of your systems.

We combine automated scanning, which finds known vulnerabilities quickly, with manual review, which finds what tools miss: permission logic, payment flows, and what happens when a user changes a number in the URL. The most serious vulnerabilities in custom systems are usually logical, not technical.

From our experience reviewing systems, the most dangerous problems are not exotic techniques but simple mistakes that repeat over and over. Knowing them helps you ask any developer about them before handover.

Fixing these points alone closes most of the routes attackers use against custom systems, and many of them can be fixed in hours, not days.

If your system accepts payments through mada, Apple Pay, STC Pay, Tabby or Tamara, the golden rule is that card data should never pass through your server at all; it is processed by the payment gateway and you receive only the result. We check that the integration is built this way and that payment notifications are signed and cannot be forged.

For personal data, we review what you actually collect, who can see it, whether it is encrypted and where it is stored. The goal is to collect the minimum you need and protect it well, in line with the PDPL.

Do not delete anything or reinstall the system before preserving the evidence; the logs reveal how the attacker got in and how to keep them out. Change the passwords for the control panel, hosting, email and domain immediately from a clean device, and enable two-factor authentication.

Contact us on WhatsApp and we start by containing the damage, then find and close the vulnerability, then clean up and restore from a clean backup, then monitor closely. You receive a written report of what happened and what changed.

New vulnerabilities are found in libraries every week, so an assessment you ran a year ago does not mean you are safe today. We recommend including security updates in a maintenance contract, and retesting with every major release or at least once a year.

The cheapest security measure is staff training: most breaches start with a phishing message or a reused password. A short session with your team can protect you more than any tool.