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Security That Protects Your Business and Your Customers
Security is not a feature you add later. We build it into every layer of what we deliver and help you understand and manage the risks you are carrying.
A security incident is one of the most disruptive things that can happen to a business. Customer data exposed, operations interrupted, trust damaged in ways that take years to rebuild. And most incidents are not sophisticated attacks — they exploit basic gaps: unpatched software, weak access controls, misconfigured cloud permissions, secrets committed to a repository. JTS approaches security as an engineering discipline. We reduce your attack surface, harden your infrastructure and application stack, and help you maintain security as your systems evolve.
Application Security
The most common application vulnerabilities — SQL injection, cross-site scripting, broken authentication, insecure direct object references — are entirely preventable with disciplined engineering practices. We apply secure coding standards on every project we build and conduct code review with security as an explicit lens.
For existing applications, we offer security reviews: a systematic audit of the codebase and API surface for common vulnerability classes, with a clear prioritised list of findings and remediation guidance. Not a compliance checkbox — an honest assessment of what could hurt you and how to fix it.
Input validation, parameterised queries, proper session management, secure password storage, CSRF protection, CSP headers — these are not advanced techniques. They are the baseline, and we treat them as non-negotiable.
- OWASP Top 10 vulnerability assessment
- Code review with security focus
- Authentication and session management hardening
- Security header configuration (CSP, HSTS, etc.)
- Dependency vulnerability scanning and patching
Infrastructure and Cloud Security
Cloud environments are misconfigured far more often than they are hacked. Overly permissive IAM roles, publicly exposed storage buckets, unencrypted databases, wide-open security groups — these are not hypothetical risks. We audit cloud environments against security best practices and close the gaps.
Every environment we build follows the principle of least privilege: every service account, every IAM role, every API key has exactly the permissions it needs and no more. Network traffic is restricted by default. Data at rest and in transit is encrypted. Access logs are retained.
We configure cloud security monitoring — unusual API calls, failed authentication attempts, permission escalation attempts — so that suspicious activity surfaces quickly rather than being discovered after the damage is done.
- IAM policy audit and least-privilege enforcement
- Network security group review and hardening
- Cloud storage and database encryption verification
- Cloud security monitoring and alerting
- Secret and credentials management review
Security for E-commerce and Data-Sensitive Applications
E-commerce businesses handle payment information and personal data, which brings regulatory obligations alongside the practical security requirements. We ensure PCI DSS scoping is correct (most businesses can reduce PCI scope significantly by using hosted payment fields or redirect-based checkout), HTTPS is properly configured with strong cipher suites, and customer data is handled only where and how it needs to be.
For businesses handling health data, financial data, or large volumes of personal information, we provide guidance on relevant Canadian privacy requirements (PIPEDA and provincial legislation) and help design data flows that minimise what you collect and retain.
We also help with practical operational security: reviewing third-party app permissions on Shopify stores, auditing WordPress plugin security, evaluating SaaS tools before they get access to customer data.
Incident Response Preparation
Hope is not a security strategy. We help teams prepare for incidents before they happen: defining who does what when something goes wrong, documenting how to revoke compromised credentials, establishing a communication plan for data breach notification, and ensuring backups exist and are tested.
We do not run red team exercises or penetration testing in-house, but we work with trusted specialist firms for clients who need that level of assurance and can make the right referrals.
What you get
Included in every engagement
- Security assessment report with prioritised findings
- Remediation for identified vulnerabilities
- IAM and access control hardening
- Cloud security monitoring configuration
- Dependency vulnerability scanning setup
- Incident response playbook
- Security documentation for developers and operations
FAQ
Common questions
- How do we know if we have a security problem right now?
- Honestly, most businesses do not know — gaps are not obvious until they are exploited. A security audit gives you a baseline. We look at your application code, your cloud configuration, how secrets are managed, and how access is controlled, then tell you what we find and how serious each issue is.
- We are a small business. Are we really a target?
- Small businesses are targeted constantly, usually by automated attacks that probe for known vulnerabilities across millions of sites. The attacker is not specifically interested in you — they are looking for any site running an unpatched plugin or using a weak password. Basic hardening eliminates the vast majority of this risk.
- We use Shopify. Does security still apply to us?
- Shopify handles platform-level security, but there is still a significant surface area you are responsible for: which third-party apps you install and what permissions they hold, how staff accounts are managed, how customer data is handled outside the platform, and whether your custom theme code introduces vulnerabilities. These are worth reviewing.
- What is the difference between a security review and a penetration test?
- A security review is a systematic examination of code, configuration, and architecture against known best practices and common vulnerability patterns. A penetration test involves actively attempting to exploit vulnerabilities, typically performed by specialised red-team testers. We offer security reviews; for penetration testing we refer to specialist firms. For most businesses, a thorough security review is the right first step.
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