Hisham Mir is a cybersecurity professional with 10+ years of hands-on experience and Co-Founder & CTO of SecurityWall. He leads real-world penetration testing and vulnerability research, and is an experienced bug bounty hunter.
SOC 2
This is an interactive, use-it-now SOC 2 compliance checklist covering all 12 control domains. Tick items as you go the progress bar tracks your completion, and each domain tells you exactly what evidence auditors look for and the single most common gap they find. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere;
ISO 27001
"SOC 2 vs ISO 27001" is one of the most-searched questions in compliance and it is usually the wrong question. People type it expecting to learn which framework is better, as if one were a stronger version of the other. They are not competing tiers of the same
SOC 2
You are about to spend $20,000 to $80,000 on a SOC 2 audit. Before you sign the engagement letter, the cheapest insurance you can buy is finding out, in advance, whether you are actually ready for it. SOC 2 audits do not refund failed attempts. Auditors do not
SOC 2
A prospective customer has asked for your SOC 2 report. Your investor's due diligence checklist requires one. Procurement at a Fortune 500 has flagged that they cannot move your contract forward without it. And the question you are now staring at possibly for the first time is what
PCI DSS
Most SaaS and fintech companies dramatically underestimate their PCI DSS scope on first contact with the standard. The pattern is consistent: a CTO or head of engineering reviews the merchant levels, sees that their company processes "fewer than 6 million transactions a year," and concludes incorrectly that they
PCI DSS
"PCI DSS certification" is not a thing. There is no certificate, no badge, no plaque from the PCI Security Standards Council. When acquiring banks, enterprise customers, and card networks ask for proof of PCI DSS compliance, what they want is the Attestation of Compliance (AoC) a signed legal
NESA
As NESA assessments and regulatory reviews approach, organizations often realize that compliance gaps are rarely technical alone. More often, challenges stem from unclear governance, incomplete evidence, or misaligned risk management practices. This NESA compliance checklist is designed as a readiness guide for CISOs, compliance managers, and risk leaders who are
Mobile App Penetration Testing
Most security teams assume their mobile app was covered in the web app pentest. It wasn't. The API calls, yes. The backend logic, partially. But the binary sitting on your users' devices the local storage, the hardcoded secrets, the certificate pinning that a tester bypasses in 60
Compliance
The Netherlands, a hub of innovative SaaS startups, is experiencing a rapid rise in digital threats. According to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, there were 37,839 data breach notifications in 2024, with cybercrime-related incidents climbing sharply. Across Europe, more than 130,000 breaches were reported, and the Netherlands alone
API Security
APIs are where modern applications actually live and where most of the significant security vulnerabilities are found. A web application pentest that doesn't explicitly include your API surface isn't testing the majority of your attack surface. It's testing the interface in front of it.
iOS Security
Aspect Manual iOS Security Testing Automated IPA Vulnerability Assessment Primary focus Runtime behavior and application logic Build-time and configuration security Testing depth Deep, case-specific analysis Broad baseline coverage Skill dependency High — requires senior AppSec expertise Moderate — rule-driven inspection Repeatability Low — analyst dependent High — deterministic checks CI/CD compatibility Limited Native
iOS Security
An IPA file is the packaged, distributable format of an iOS application. It contains everything required to run your app on a device compiled binaries, configuration files, entitlements, and embedded resources. From a security perspective, that makes the IPA file the single most important artifact to review before an app