Problem
What needed to change
The product worked, but lacked the engineering controls and evidence trail needed for enterprise security review.
Approach
Architecture + execution
- Mapped controls into engineering workflows: least privilege, secrets handling, audit logging, and change discipline.
- Instrumented key paths with audit trails, traceability, and operational alerts.
- Wrote evidence-ready runbooks and incident readiness procedures tied to real system behavior.
Results
Outcomes that held up
- Cut deployment risk through phased hardening and clear control ownership.
- Improved audit readiness with evidence that engineering and operations could maintain.
- Raised stakeholder confidence with compliance-minded engineering practices embedded in SDLC.