Protagonist integrates into your SDLC, automates security tests, and ensures enterprise-grade outcomes without hiring an in-house security team.
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To assess your process and infrastructure
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Compliant processes
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Disruptions to your existing SDLC
3 months
To fully secure SDLC
Traditional SDLC leaves security as an afterthought, creating risks and costly rework. Protagonist embeds security into every step, from planning to release, so your product is safe by design.
SDLC Process
Secure SDLC process with Protagonist
Protagonist delivers security outcomes — every release is compliant, high-quality, and fast to market.
Risk discovery
From risk assessment to deployment and maintenance, we identify gaps in your processes and infrastructure.
Hands-on remediation
We add security into your architecture decisions, code reviews, automated checks, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure.
DevSecOps automation
Our toolchains embed security into every stage of development, covering everything from code quality to compliance validation.
Compliance-ready outcomes
Your compliance posture evolves through mapped controls to targeted frameworks (from SOC 2 to GDPR) and regular reviews.
Flexible team support
Need part-time engineers? An architect to review infrastructure? A QA? We have a broad pool of specialists who can step in quickly
What our clients are saying about us
Protagonist empowers teams to build with confidence, ensuring every product is secure, compliant, and ready to scale.
“The project was well-managed from start to finish. What stood out most was their ability to combine deep technical expertise with a pragmatic and business-oriented approach.”
“The issues they found were clearly relevant to our production environment and were explained in a way that made them easy to prioritize.”
“Their deep expertise in cybersecurity, particularly in the context of modern software architecture, was outstanding.”
“We were impressed by Protagonist’s deep expertise, hands-on experience, and strict delivery processes.”
“Protagonist has delivered a clear list of compliance-related improvements, which we have implemented. The team has provided valuable recommendations, giving us a better understanding of how to handle security and privacy topics in future software releases. They work independently.”
We integrate security into your development, automate CI/CD testing, and ensure compliance in four steps.
Step 1
Delivery: 2 weeks
SDLC
Assessment
We analyze your workflow, architecture, and code for security gaps and identify risks that can lead to vulnerabilities or compliance issues. You get a prioritized risk report and implementation roadmap.
Step 2
Delivery: 2-3 months
Secure SDLC
integration
We embed security into your SDLC, helping your architects make secure design decisions, developers adopt secure coding practices, and DevOps enforce automated controls in pipelines.
Step 3
Delivery: continuous
Ongoing secure
development support
We provide hands-on security and compliance support for design reviews, code changes, and release processes to maintain security alignment as your product evolves.
Step 4
Delivery: on demand
Expert
augmentation
When timelines are tight or internal resources are limited, we provide on-demand experts in DevOps, backend/frontend, architecture, and networking to strengthen your team.
Protagonist takes full ownership of your software security, so your team can ship features without worrying about vulnerabilities or compliance gaps.
Proactive risk elimination
We integrate security experts into your SDLC, working alongside your team to identify high-impact risks in code, pipelines, and architecture – and eliminate them before they become problems.
Seamless security integration
Security becomes part of your workflow, not a roadblock. Our experts define how and where to embed controls, adapt them to your architecture, and guide your developers to keep velocity high while staying secure.
Continuous protection & monitoring
Security is never static. We stay engaged in your SDLC to monitor posture, detect anomalies, and provide real-time alerts – ensuring vulnerabilities are addressed before they impact production.
Empowered teams and resilient processes
We train your developers, guide your DevOps team, and, if needed, provide ongoing support, building internal expertise while maintaining secure processes that scale with your product.
Compliance and audit readiness
Every control and fix is mapped to your frameworks like OWASP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or industry-specific standards. We provide audit-ready documentation so your product remains compliant as it grows.
Security as a growth enabler
With Protagonist, security supports business, enabling enterprise deals, investor confidence, and safe scaling without slowing down product delivery.
Here’s how Protagonost helps clients integrate security into their SDLC, automate DevSecOps pipelines, and deliver compliance-ready software without slowing down.
We take you from “our development is at risk” to “our SDLC is secure,
DevSecOps is running, we’re ready to scale safely.” Here’s how your
security posture evolves with Protagonist.
Ready to start your journey?
DevOps alone leaves gaps. Protagonist embeds end-to-end security, automates checks, and adds senior expertise without extra hires.
What you need | Protagonist | Internal DevOps | AppSec engineers |
|---|---|---|---|
| End-to-end coverage | We embed security at every SDLC stage: planning, design, coding, testing & deployment | DevOps team can handle basic fixes, but often misses deeper issues, so gaps remain | AppSec experts are focused on certain layers, like code, but not fully integrated |
| Automated risk prevention | Continuous monitoring, alerts, threat modeling, and proactive mitigation | Fixes are reactive and only address issues after they occur | Usually project-based, not embedded for ongoing protection |
| Compliance | We map fixes to regulations & deliver audit-ready documentation | Limited framework knowledge | Supports audits, but coverage is fragmented |
| Cost-effectiveness | Flexible team of senior security experts that scales as needed | Internal team is usually overworked, so you’ll need to hire experts | Expensive, limited, and only covers specific areas |
| Work with us |
With us, you can add senior security experts to your team without hiring full-time. You pay only for the expertise you need and get enterprise-grade security without the cost of building an in-house team.
Assessment
$3K
2-3 weeks
Deliverables:
Execution
$5K/Month
3-4 months
Deliverables:
Support
$4K/month
Monthly or quarterly
Deliverables:
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“Their team quickly pinpointed our security gaps and explained complex SDLC issues in a way that was easy to act on. The clarity and speed they brought transformed our development process — we felt the impact almost immediately.”
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Not necessarily. Tools are only part of the equation. Security comes from processes, defining how, when, and why tools are used, and who responds to findings. Without the right processes, tools aren’t useful.
They can cover some basics, like integrating scanners or running tests. But secure development is a separate expertise. DevOps engineers aren’t trained to design secure architectures, threat models, or compliance-ready pipelines. For that, you need dedicated security expertise or a senior partner.
No. We’re vendor-agnostic. We usually recommend open-source tools to reduce costs and avoid lock-in, but if you prefer commercial solutions, we’ll adapt to your environment.
Not at all. It’s about building security into every step of the software lifecycle — design, coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring. Tools help, but the real value comes from processes and practices that ensure security by design.
That’s the hard part: without clear metrics and external validation, it’s easy to miss gaps. Our team can benchmark your processes against best practices and run security testing to give a precise answer. Book a call with us to get a picture of your current state.
Done right, no. We use lightweight, automated checks that minimize impact on your time-to-market. In fact, catching issues early is faster and cheaper than fixing them after release.
Not necessarily. Tools are only part of the equation. Security comes from processes, defining how, when, and why tools are used, and who responds to findings. Without the right processes, tools aren’t useful.
