Secure Code Review That Finds What ScannersCannot
AI-augmented source code analysis with mandatory manual validation by senior security architects. Framework-specific findings with exact file, line, and function references — not generic scanner dumps your developers will ignore.
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AI-Augmented Analysis with Manual Validation
Our B-52 AI engine performs large-scale static analysis while senior security architects manually validate every finding, eliminate false positives, and trace business logic flaws that automated tools miss entirely.
Receive Actionable, Developer-Ready Report
Get a report with exact file paths, line numbers, vulnerable code snippets, and framework-specific remediation code examples. Your developers fix issues without guesswork, and we verify fixes through retesting.
What Is Secure Code Review?
Secure code review is a systematic examination of an application's source code to identify security vulnerabilities, insecure coding patterns, and logic flaws before they reach production. Unlike dynamic testing that probes a running application, code review analyzes the actual codebase to find issues at their root — including hardcoded secrets, broken access controls, and framework misconfigurations that external scanners cannot…
Beyond SAST Scanner Output: What Our Code Review ActuallyCovers
Most code review services run a SAST tool and hand you the output. We analyze your code in the context of your business logic, architecture, and deployment environment.
Authentication and Session Management
Review of login flows, token generation, session handling, password storage, MFA implementation, and OAuth/SSO integration for security weaknesses.
Authorization and Access Control Logic
Analysis of role-based access controls, privilege escalation paths, IDOR vulnerabilities, and horizontal/vertical authorization bypass in business workflows.
Input Validation and Injection Flaws
Identification of SQL injection, XSS, command injection, SSRF, template injection, and other input handling weaknesses across all entry points.
Business Logic and Transaction Integrity
Review of payment flows, order processing, state management, race conditions, and workflow manipulation vulnerabilities that SAST tools fundamentally cannot detect.
Secrets and Configuration Management
Detection of hardcoded API keys, database credentials, encryption keys, and insecure configuration patterns across environment files and deployment manifests.
Cryptographic Implementation
Assessment of encryption algorithms, key management, hashing functions, certificate validation, and secure communication protocols for implementation flaws.
API Security and Data Exposure
Review of API endpoints for over-permissive responses, missing rate limiting, broken object-level authorization, and unintended data exposure in serialization logic.
Framework-Specific Security Patterns
Assessment of framework-specific security mechanisms and common misconfigurations in Next.js, Laravel, Spring Boot, Django, Express, Rails, and other popular frameworks.
Third-Party Dependencies and Supply Chain Risk
Analysis of open-source libraries and packages for known vulnerabilities, unmaintained dependencies, and supply chain attack vectors in your dependency tree.
Methodology
7 steps. Zero guesswork.
Every engagement follows this process through Lemon, our proprietary audit management platform.
Scoping and Architecture Analysis
We analyze your application architecture, data flow diagrams, deployment configuration, and technology stack to define the review scope and prioritize high-risk code paths. Business context is gathered to understand critical workflows, transaction flows, and compliance requirements that should receive focused attention.
B-52 AI Large-Scale Static Analysis
Our B-52 AI engine performs large-scale automated static analysis across the entire codebase, identifying vulnerability patterns, insecure coding practices, hardcoded secrets, and dependency risks. The AI generates dynamic payloads tailored to your application's technology stack for edge-case vulnerability discovery and WAF bypass technique identification.
Manual Expert Code Review
Senior security architects manually review all AI-generated findings and perform deep analysis of business logic, authentication flows, authorization mechanisms, transaction processing, and state management. This phase catches the vulnerabilities that automated tools fundamentally cannot detect — logic flaws, race conditions, and architectural weaknesses.
False Positive Elimination
Every finding is validated for exploitability in the context of your application's actual deployment and configuration. Theoretical risks and false positives are removed. Only confirmed, reproducible vulnerabilities with demonstrated business impact make it into the final report.
SAST Tool Integration and Correlation
We integrate with your existing SAST tools such as Fortify, Checkmarx, SonarQube, or Veracode — correlating their output with our manual findings to identify gaps in your current tooling coverage. This gives you a clear picture of what your existing tools catch and what they miss.
L1/L2/L3 Multi-Layer Quality Review
The L1 auditor's findings undergo review by an L2 Senior Security Consultant who validates methodology and identifies coverage gaps, followed by L3 Security Architect review for final validation of impact assessments and reporting accuracy. No report is released without clearing all quality gates.
Reporting and Remediation Support
Detailed report delivered with exact file paths, line numbers, vulnerable code snippets, and framework-specific remediation code examples. Remediation walkthrough sessions with your development team ensure findings are understood. Multiple rounds of retesting verify that fixes are correctly implemented.
"Security Brigade's structured approach through Lemon gave us complete visibility into the testing process. The three-layer review caught issues that our previous vendor missed entirely. Their reports were the first our developers could actually act on without a follow-up call."
The Platform
Powered by Lemon
Most firms rely on individual tester skill. We built a platform that makes quality structural — informed by 6,700+ previous assessments.
Next.js and React
Server-side rendering security, API route authorization, middleware bypass, environment variable exposure, and SSR/CSR data serialization risks.
Laravel and PHP
Eloquent ORM injection, mass assignment, blade template XSS, middleware misconfiguration, CSRF token handling, and queue/job security.
Spring Boot and Java
Spring Security configuration, actuator endpoint exposure, deserialization vulnerabilities, JDBC injection, and bean manipulation risks.
Compliance-Ready
Audit-ready reporting for every framework
As a CERT-In empanelled firm, our reports are accepted by all major Indian and global regulators.
Industries
700+ clients across verticals
Every type of application architecture and business logic pattern — tested.
Deliverables
What you get
Reports for two audiences — executives who need the risk picture, and developers who need to fix the issues. With code-level guidance, not vague advice.
Executive Security Report
Risk overview, critical vulnerability summary, business impact analysis, and remediation prioritization for C-suite and board-level stakeholders.
Technical Code Review Report
Every finding includes exact file path, line number, vulnerable code snippet, exploitation scenario, CVSS severity, and framework-specific remediation code examples.
Vulnerability Tracker with Remediation Status
Structured tracker showing each finding, assigned developer, remediation status, and retesting results — accessible in real time through Lemon.
SAST Gap Analysis Report
Comparison of our findings against your existing SAST tool output, identifying classes of vulnerabilities your current tooling misses.
Remediation Walkthrough Sessions
Live sessions with your development team to explain findings, demonstrate exploitation, and guide implementation of fixes where needed.
Security Assessment Certificate
Formal certificate confirming the application underwent structured code review. Issued after remediation and validation are complete for compliance and vendor due diligence.
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