Assess. Build. Fix. Verify.
Review designs and applications, implement tooling and pipeline checks, harden supporting systems, and work on reviewable fixes.
Fractional application & product security
Expert application security.
Without a full-time hire.
Work with a fractional application security engineer and product security manager to assess risk, implement tools and controls, and manage security from design to production.
Work directly with Jawad Ali Khan · Scoped projects or ongoing support
One specialist working across
- Assessment
- Engineering
- Implementation
- Ongoing coordination
When security needs an owner
Your team builds the product.
Who moves the security work forward?
If any of these sound familiar, there is a concrete place to start.
Security keeps landing on your desk.
Get a specialist to turn product risks into an owned backlog, clear priorities and work that moves.
Fractional ownershipFindings pile up. Fixes don’t follow.
Validate what matters, implement or pair on the change, and verify the affected application.
Triage & remediationYour tools add noise and release friction.
Repair integrations, tune checks and build security workflows your engineers can use.
Tools & DevSecOpsA new feature changes the risk.
Review APIs, tenant boundaries and AI features before assumptions become expensive changes.
Design & assessmentThe delivery path has too much access.
Harden developer workspaces, SCM, CI/CD, registries and the identities that can reach production.
Delivery & infrastructureA customer wants evidence, now.
Connect honest security answers to implemented controls, test results and completed fixes.
Customer assuranceEngineer + manager, at the level you need
Someone to do the work.
And connect the work.
WEFT combines technical execution with the planning and coordination that keep application security from becoming a side project.
Meet your fractional AppSec functionPrioritize. Coordinate. Follow through.
Run the agreed backlog, make ownership visible, support release decisions and translate technical work into useful progress reports.
You choose the balance. Capacity, responsibilities and decision rights are agreed around your product and team.
The whole application lifecycle
Secure the software.
And the systems behind it.
The software development lifecycle (SDLC) is how a product is designed, built, released and operated. Security belongs throughout it, with verification and ownership at every stage.
Design
Define security rules and challenge the architecture before changes spread.
- Requirements & threat models
- Identity, data & tenant boundaries
Develop
Build controls, review code and dependencies, and test how the application behaves.
- Secure code & AI-generated changes
- Manual review & automated checks
Release
Verify what is being shipped and protect who and what can change it.
- Build, artifact & release integrity
- Security gates, exceptions & rollback
Run & improve
Protect production, handle vulnerabilities and feed lessons back into development.
- Runtime controls & useful detection
- Response, fixes, retests & retirement
Supporting infrastructure
These systems support several stages. They need their own secure configuration, access controls and maintenance.
Engineering workspaces
Developer machines, IDE extensions, coding agents, documents and collaboration tools.
Source & delivery
SCM, repository access, CI/CD workflows, build runners, package and container registries.
Application platform
Cloud accounts, containers, Kubernetes, databases, storage, gateways and deployed services.
Ways to start
Start with the responsibility
you need help with.
Use WEFT as your fractional AppSec function, or begin with a defined piece of work.
Fractional AppSec
A hands-on application/product security engineer and manager, working alongside your team with agreed capacity and responsibilities.
- Technical work and implementation
- Priorities, coordination and follow-through
- A recurring rhythm that fits your team
Assess a product or release
Start with a focused review when you need a clear answer about an application, API, architecture or delivery environment.
- Agreed coverage and authorization
- Reproducible findings and fix guidance
- Explicit retest and handover terms
Implement or fix something
Bring a specialist in to make a security capability work or resolve a specific backlog, pipeline or control gap.
- Tooling and workflow implementation
- Reviewable code or configuration changes
- Validation and an operating handover
The work behind the offer
Deep technical help.
Across connected service families.
Requirements & secure design
Threat models, architecture reviews and security rules engineers can implement.
View services & deliverablesApplication assessments & penetration testing
Scoped web, API and mobile testing with practical fixes and retesting.
View services & deliverablesTool implementation & DevSecOps
Deploy, integrate and tune security tools so checks work in real delivery.
View services & deliverablesFinding triage & remediation engineering
Validate, prioritize and fix findings, then verify the affected application.
View services & deliverablesSoftware supply chain & delivery security
Protect workspaces, SCM, CI/CD, packages, registries and release integrity.
View services & deliverablesAI applications & secure AI development
Assess LLM features, RAG, agents and the controls around AI-generated changes.
View services & deliverablesAlso covering program strategy, code and dependencies, cloud and identity, runtime protection, vulnerability response, developer enablement and customer assurance.
Work with a named specialist
Hi, I’m Jawad.
I help teams assess, build and manage application security through WEFT Security. I work alongside developers and product, platform and security leaders to turn agreed priorities into practical changes.
Your engagement can combine my hands-on work with your engineers and other specialists. We agree who owns each task, how changes are approved and how the result will be checked.
Connect with Jawad Ali KhanSoftware and product teams
A security owner for a growing product, a launch, an unresolved backlog or a customer commitment.
Existing security teams
Hands-on engineering capacity for a defined gap, tool rollout or remediation effort.
Agencies, vCISOs and service partners
AppSec delivery alongside your team, with client relationships and responsibilities agreed.
A practical working relationship
Understand. Implement.
Verify. Keep improving.
Agree a useful scope
Understand the product, priorities and constraints. Name capacity, access, responsibilities and deliverables.
Do the engineering work
Assess and prioritize, then implement agreed changes in the tools and workflows your team uses.
Verify and review
Check results, record what remains and use a recurring review to decide the next work.
What does fractional AppSec mean?
A specialist works with your team for an agreed amount of capacity and owns named application-security responsibilities. You get hands-on engineering and management support without creating a full-time role. Scope, working cadence, response terms and fees are agreed before work starts.
Will you implement the recommendations?
Yes. The scope can include configuring tools, integrating checks, building workflows, writing or reviewing code and configuration fixes, and validating the results. We agree who implements, reviews, merges, deploys and verifies each type of change.
Can you work with our developers, DevOps team or existing security lead?
Yes. WEFT works alongside your team and can coordinate with platform engineers, auditors, vCISOs and other security specialists. The engagement names the responsibilities, access and communication paths for everyone involved.
Do we need to replace our current tools?
We start with your existing stack, coverage and operating constraints. Work may improve the tools you already have, introduce a missing control, or consolidate overlapping workflows. Open-source and commercial options are evaluated against the actual need.
Can we start with a single assessment or implementation project?
Yes. A defined starting scope can be a product review, a pentest, a remediation sprint or a tooling and delivery improvement. Continuing fractional support is an option when you want someone to keep the agreed work moving.
How is pricing decided?
Fees follow the applications, stack, priorities, required capacity and agreed responsibilities. After a scoping conversation, you receive a proposal explaining deliverables, schedule, fees and boundaries. There is no fixed public price that assumes every product needs the same work.
Expertise without a full-time hire
Let an AppSec specialist take the work forward.
Tell us about your product, what needs attention and any deadline. We’ll agree a useful starting scope and the right level of support.