What you don’t see can kill your business.
Software looks fine on the surface. But underneath the UI, dangerous problems often lurk.
- The “Spaghetti” Code: Is your team moving slowly because every new feature breaks three old ones?
- The Security Time Bomb: Are you storing sensitive fiscal or personal data without encryption, risking massive GDPR fines?
- The Scalability Lie: Will your MVP crash the moment you onboard your 1,000th user?
“Technical debt accumulates silently. By the time you notice the symptoms, the cost to fix it has already tripled.”
A Forensic Investigation of Your Codebase.
Control F5 doesn’t just run an automated scanner. Our senior architects manually inspect your repository, infrastructure, and deployment processes. We provide a decision-making tool, not just a list of bugs.
Our Audit Scope covers 4 Critical Pillars:
No Fluff. Just Actionable Intelligence.
We don’t give you a generic automated printout. You receive a strategic package designed for stakeholders:
A high-level summary of the application’s health, architecture description, and a clear “Go / No-Go” assessment regarding launch readiness.
A detailed breakdown of every finding, categorized by severity (Critical / High / Medium / Low) with an estimated effort to fix. We tell you exactly what must be fixed now and what can wait.
We provide the path forward.
🚀 For Startups (Pre-Launch MVP) Launching a product with sensitive tax or legal data requires absolute technical certainty. We audit your architecture to ensure your app is secure and won’t crash under Day 1 traffic. You get total peace of mind and a prioritized developer checklist to eliminate high-risk vulnerabilities before your first user signs up.
💰 For Investors & VCs (M&A Due Diligence) Before signing the check for a Series A or acquisition, you need to know if the “proprietary tech” is a true asset or a copy-paste mess. We validate the quality of the IP and uncover hidden technical debt, providing an accurate valuation and a clear risk mitigation report to protect your investment.
🏛️ For Enterprise (Legacy Rescue) Stuck with a slow, 7-year-old application where development has stalled? We dive into the legacy layers to provide a factual cost-benefit analysis: rewrite from scratch or refactor the existing core. We help you unblock your roadmap and recover operational efficiency by making the right strategic choice.
📈 For Rapidly Scaling SaaS Rapid growth often breaks architectural foundations that weren’t built for massive scale. We identify performance bottlenecks and single points of failure before they halt your expansion. We ensure your database and infrastructure are ready to handle a surge in users, turning your tech stack into a growth engine.
🛡️ For High-Compliance Sectors (Fintech & Healthtech) In regulated industries, a security breach or GDPR failure is not an option. We analyze authentication flows, API vulnerabilities, and PII storage to ensure your platform meets the highest industry standards. Our audit acts as a preventive shield, protecting your company from fines and maintaining your clients’ trust.
From Access to Answers in < 2 Weeks.
Q: Is my source code safe with you? A: Yes. We sign a strict NDA before starting. We only require “Read-Only” access to your repository, ensuring your code remains untouched, private, and fully under your control.
Q: Can you audit apps built in any language? A: Mostly, yes. Our architects are experts in modern stacks (Node.js, Python, React, PHP). If you use a rare or legacy language, we’ll tell you upfront during the first call.
Q: What if we don’t have documentation? A: That’s exactly why you need us. We perform “Black-Box” and “Grey-Box” reviews, reverse-engineering the logic from the code itself to create the documentation you are currently missing.
Q: Will this slow down my current development team? A: No. We work in parallel. We only need read access and perhaps a 1-hour interview with your lead developer.
Q: Do you fix the bugs you find? A: The audit is an independent assessment. However, Control F5 is a full-service software house. If you wish, we can transition immediately from “Auditor” to “Fixer” and implement the Roadmap we created.
Q: My app is small (MVP). Is this worth it? A: If you handle payments, personal data, or expect rapid growth, fixing architecture errors now costs 10x less than fixing them after launch.