Security-First Engineering Lab

Security-First Engineeringfor Production Systems

I help teams uncover hidden risk, harden live infrastructure, and design systems that fail safely — before attackers or outages do it for them.

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Engagements

Security Engineering
for Production Systems

From security audits to adversarial testing to system hardening — methodical approaches to securing your critical infrastructure.

Risk Assessment

Security & Failure Audits

Systematic review of your production systems to identify vulnerabilities, failure modes, and security gaps before they become incidents. Clear findings, prioritized remediation.

Code ReviewArchitecture AuditThreat ModelingRisk Assessment

Penetration Testing

Adversarial Testing

Controlled offensive security testing against your live systems. I think like an attacker so you can defend like one. Comprehensive reports with exploitation paths and fixes.

Pen TestingRed TeamExploitationRemediation

Defensive Engineering

System Hardening & Guardrails

Implementing fail-safe defaults, rate limiting, input validation, and defense-in-depth controls. Building systems that fail closed, not open.

HardeningGuardrailsFail-SafeDefense-in-Depth
Incident-Driven
Engagements
Often after a near-miss, outage, or launch pressure
High-Risk
Systems Reviewed
Auth, infra, transaction flows, boundary conditions
Fail-Safe
Guardrails Shipped
Controls that prevent silent failure modes
Detection + Recovery
Readiness
Runbooks, timeouts, rollback paths
Alignment

Fit

Good fit if / Not a fit if

Good fit if

  • You have live users, real assets, or production risk
  • You're launching, scaling, or recovering from an incident
  • You want actionable fixes, not security theater

Not a fit if

  • You need a checkbox compliance report only
  • You're pre-MVP with no real production risk
  • You want a pentest PDF with no remediation support
Process

Engagement Flow

01

Risk discussion

Define critical paths, assets, and failure boundaries.

02

System mapping

Threat model the system, attack surface, and assumptions.

03

Adversarial review

Test boundaries, permissions, and misuse cases.

04

Hardening + handover

Ship guardrails, validate fixes, and leave runbooks.

Case Study

Solana Token Creator

Security-Driven Transaction UX

Security Patterns Implemented

  • Simulation gates before send

    Transactions simulated and validated before submission

  • Irreversible-action acknowledgement

    Explicit user confirmation for destructive operations

  • Confirmation reliability guarantees

    Transaction finality verified with retry logic

  • Clear timeout semantics

    Explicit expiration handling for pending operations

  • Recovery + incident readiness

    Graceful degradation and rollback capabilities

// Security-first transaction flow
async function executeTransaction() {
  // 1. Simulate first
  const simulation = await simulate(tx);
  if (!simulation.success) throw SimError;

  // 2. Require explicit ack
  await requireUserAck("irreversible");

  // 3. Submit with timeout
  const result = await submitWithTimeout(
    tx, { timeout: 30_000 }
  );

  // 4. Verify finality
  await waitForConfirmation(result.sig);
}
Approach

How I Build
Secure Systems

Phased Rollouts

Incremental deployments with rollback capability. Changes validated in stages before full production.

Fail-Closed Design

Systems default to secure state on failure. No silent failures that leave doors open.

Explicit Acknowledgements

Irreversible actions require explicit user confirmation. No accidental data loss.

Confirmation Reliability

Operations verified to completion. No fire-and-forget for critical actions.

Clear Timeout Semantics

Every async operation has explicit timeout handling. No indefinite hangs.

Recovery Playbooks

Documented incident response. Known paths from any failure state back to healthy.

Ready to Secure Your
Production Systems?

Let's discuss your security posture. Whether it's a security audit, penetration test, or ongoing hardening — I'm ready to help you ship with confidence.