Fintech Platform Security & Architecture Modernization

Crescendo is evaluating a significant investment in a fintech company specializing in logistics and supply chain. A technical audit revealed critical vulnerabilities in the fintech platform's software architecture, infrastructure, and security posture. Key issues include insecure configurations, outdated dependencies, lack of security monitoring in CI/CD pipelines, and potential security risks associated with production and lower environments sharing infrastructure. The company lacks the internal resources to remediate these issues effectively.

Global asset management investment firm seeking to invest in a logistics and supply chain fintech company. Currently lacks internal technical expertise for comprehensive technical audits.

• Conduct a comprehensive security and architectural review of the fintech platform.
• Remediate identified critical and high-priority security vulnerabilities.
• Modernize the platform's architecture towards a more scalable and maintainable multitenant design.
• Optimize infrastructure resource utilization to reduce costs.
• Enhance CI/CD pipeline with automated security testing.
• Establish robust dependency management practices.
• Improve platform availability and resilience.

• Secure authentication and authorization mechanisms.
• Data encryption at rest and in transit.
• Automated vulnerability scanning and reporting.
• Dependency management and version control.
• Infrastructure resource monitoring and optimization.
• Automated deployment pipelines with integrated security checks.
• Auditing and logging of security-related events.

• Snyk (for code scanning)
• Veracode/Twistlock/SonarQube/DependencyTrack/OWASP DependencyCheck/Anchor/Trivy (for security analysis)
• Potentially other third party APIs for logistics/supply chain data

• High security posture and compliance with relevant standards.
• Scalability to handle increasing user load and data volume.
• High availability and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Performance optimization for fast response times.
• Robust monitoring and logging.
• Secure CI/CD pipeline.
• Cost optimization of infrastructure resources.

Successful completion of this project will enable Crescendo to confidently proceed with its investment, mitigating significant risks associated with the fintech company's platform. The modernized platform will be more secure, scalable, and maintainable, leading to reduced operational costs, improved reliability, and a stronger competitive advantage for the fintech company. It will also provide increased confidence in data security and regulatory compliance.