Security by obscurity
Admin pages protected only by an unlinked URL, which anyone can reach once they guess it.
Locked down,without the theatre.
Access control, hardening and threat prevention.
Access control, hardening and sensible handling of the data you hold — the practical security work that keeps a members' portal or a customer database out of trouble.
- Role-based
- Access controls
- Server-side
- Access checks
- HTTPS
- By default
moriva.tech
Our approach
Most breaches are not sophisticated
The systems we are asked to look at rarely fail to a clever attack. They fail because a shared password was reused, an admin route was protected only by hiding the link, or a dependency sat unpatched for two years.
We fix that class of problem first. On a members' and administration platform we built, that meant separating roles so each one only reaches what it should, enforced on the server rather than in the interface — so one member type cannot reach another's records by editing a URL.
Common problems
What we get called in
to fix.
The patterns we see most often when a business asks us to look at what they have.
Shared logins
One account passed around the team, so nothing can be traced and nobody can be removed.
Unpatched dependencies
Libraries years out of date, carrying published vulnerabilities that anyone can look up.
Data kept without a reason
Customer records collected and stored indefinitely because nobody decided what to keep.
What is included
End to end,
under one team.
From the first conversation through to the live build and the support after it.
Access review
Who can reach what, checked against what each role should actually be able to do.
Authentication
Proper sessions, password handling and account recovery that cannot be talked around.
Role-based permissions
Rules enforced on the server for every request, not applied by hiding buttons.
Dependency hygiene
An inventory of what the system depends on and a routine for keeping it current.
Transport and storage
HTTPS everywhere, secrets kept out of the codebase and sensitive fields handled deliberately.
Incident readiness
Backups that have been restored at least once, and a written answer to what happens if.
Built for your stage
Right-sized for
where you are.
The same standards, scoped to what the business actually needs right now.
Review
A read of the system as it stands, with findings ranked by what an attacker would reach first.
Hardening
Fixing the findings: access rules, authentication, dependencies and configuration.
Ongoing care
Patching, monitoring and periodic review, because security is a habit rather than a project.
Our process
From discovery to
a product you can run.
The same eight stages behind every build on this page — scaled up or down to fit the project, so you always know what comes next.
Step 01
Discovery & outcome mapping
Clarify the business goal, the people who will use it and how success gets measured — before any interface or stack decisions.
Step 02
Information architecture & UX
Map the journeys, content structure and enquiry paths so the product is organised around how customers actually decide.
Step 03
Technical architecture
Settle data models, access rules, integrations and hosting, along with the non-functional requirements that shape them.
Step 04
Design system & UI
Build a coherent visual system and high-fidelity screens, reviewed with you before a line of production code is written.
Step 05
Engineering sprints
Ship working slices of the product with code review, a demo at the end of each sprint and continuous integration behind it.
Step 06
Integrations & QA
Wire up third-party systems, harden access and security, and test the critical flows against real data before launch.
Step 07
Launch & SEO hardening
Deploy to production, watch load times, finalise metadata and sitemaps, submit through Search Console and train your operators.
Step 08
Support & iteration
Monitor the live product, fix what surfaces in real use, and plan the next round of work against what the data shows.
Engineering standards
Performance, SEO and
security, built in.
Part of how the work is done, not upsells after launch.
Least privilege
Each role gets the narrowest access that lets it do the job, and nothing beyond.
Audit trail
Who did what and when, so an incident can actually be investigated.
Secrets management
Keys and credentials kept out of the repository and rotated when people move on.
Tested backups
Restores practised rather than assumed, because an untested backup is a guess.
Sensible data retention
A decision about what is kept and for how long, rather than keeping everything forever.
Handover documentation
The security model written down so your team can maintain it without us.
Industries
Sectors we have
shipped into.
Healthcare networks
Pharmacy & distribution
Membership associations
Professional services
Education
Local services
FAQ
Questions people
ask first.
We do practical review and hardening rather than formal certified pen testing. If you need a certified test for compliance, we will prepare the system for it and fix what comes back.
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Every build on this page draws on the same set of services, kept inside one small team rather than spread across vendors.
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Let's build something
worth maintaining.
From idea to impact — we're here to turn your vision into long-term value.
- Direct consultation
- Tailored solutions
- Long-term partnership