SaaS Security Services: Built Into Your Software Platform
Enterprise customers, investors and acquirers increasingly ask for evidence that your product is secure before they commit. Claranet’s SaaS security services build that evidence into your platform, across cloud, application testing, detection and operational security.
Security should support sales and investment due diligence, not become the question that slows the deal down.
Make security part of the product operating model
For an ISV, security sits in two places at once: inside the application customers buy and inside the platform that keeps it available.
Claranet brings those layers together. We can design secure cloud foundations, test the application to recognised standards, monitor the live estate for attack activity, and provide the operational evidence your customers or investors expect during security due diligence.
That is materially different from buying a penetration test once a year and hoping the infrastructure is being handled somewhere else. The same partner can understand the architecture, test it, monitor it and help your team close the gaps.
Claranet is CREST-accredited for penetration testing and holds CREST OVS accreditation for application security testing. Our MDR service provides 24x7x365 analyst-led monitoring using Microsoft Sentinel or SentinelOne, with threat hunting and incident investigation built into the service.
CREST OVS application security testing for SaaS products
Your biggest customer may not care how elegant the architecture is if the security questionnaire stalls procurement. Claranet tests web applications, APIs, mobile applications and infrastructure using expert-led manual techniques backed by recognised CREST standards.
CREST OVS is particularly relevant to software vendors because it applies a formal OWASP-aligned standard to web and mobile application testing. The result is defensible evidence that can support enterprise onboarding, investor due diligence and ongoing vulnerability management.
- Web application and API penetration testing aligned to OWASP methodologies.
- Mobile application, infrastructure and cloud security assessment.
- CREST OVS accreditation for application security services.
- Retesting and clear remediation guidance for engineering teams.
Secure cloud foundations for SaaS platforms on AWS and Azure
A secure application on an inconsistent cloud foundation still creates risk. We design identity, network segmentation, logging, backup, encryption, patching and access controls into the platform from the start.
Because Claranet can manage both the cloud and the security layer, you are not left reconciling two suppliers after an incident or during a customer audit. We can also integrate WAF, continuous security testing and vulnerability management where the application risk profile requires it.
- Governed AWS and Azure landing zones with security guardrails.
- Identity, logging, backup, encryption and access-control evidence.
- Managed WAF and continuous security testing options for internet-facing applications.
- Operational reporting that supports customer and investor due diligence.
Managed detection and response for ISVs, without building a SOC
Growth increases the attack surface long before most ISVs can justify a fully staffed security operations team. Claranet MDR gives you 24x7x365 monitoring, investigation and threat hunting without requiring you to recruit a round-the-clock analyst rota.
The service can run on Microsoft Sentinel or SentinelOne. Every meaningful incident is reviewed by a human analyst, and response actions are agreed during onboarding so the service matches the control your team wants to retain.
- 24x7x365 SOC monitoring and analyst-led triage.
- Microsoft Sentinel or SentinelOne, depending on your security stack.
- MITRE ATT&CK-informed threat hunting and continuous tuning.
- Clear notification and response procedures for high-priority incidents.
Ready to make security an enabler rather than a blocker?
We can assess the platform, test the product, design the security operating model and build the evidence your enterprise customers and investors will ask to see.
Speak to an ISV security specialist
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SaaS security services: FAQs
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CREST OVS is a formal accreditation for web and mobile application security testing aligned to OWASP verification standards. For an ISV, it provides recognised evidence that the application layer has been assessed by an accredited provider.
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Not unless that is the model you want. Claranet works as a co-managed extension of your team. We take responsibility for defined operations, such as monitoring, patching, backup and incident management, while your engineers keep product ownership and strategic control. The split is agreed during service design and can change as the business grows.
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Staff augmentation adds individual specialists to your team, and you direct their work and own the outcome. A managed service makes the provider responsible for defined outcomes, with agreed service levels, escalation paths and reporting. Claranet’s offer for ISVs is a managed or co-managed service, with specialists available when your roadmap needs them.
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Claranet’s capability spans cloud, Kubernetes, applications, databases, cybersecurity, networks, Microsoft 365, workplace, service desk, and data and AI. The exact mix is shaped around your operating model and the stage of the business.
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Yes. Claranet can run the production platform through managed cloud operations and support the company around it through managed workplace services, including service desk, Microsoft 365 and endpoint management. Networks and security can sit under the same governance model.
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Enterprise buyers usually want evidence, not assurances: recent independent testing, monitoring, access controls and documented operational processes. A managed partner can supply much of that from the services it runs, such as CREST-accredited penetration testing and 24x7x365 managed detection and response. The exact evidence depends on the customer and contract.
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Yes, for the services where 24/7 cover applies. Claranet runs a 24x7x365 security operations centre for managed detection and response, and cover for managed cloud depends on the service and tier you choose. We agree availability and response commitments with you during service design.
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We define named ownership, escalation routes, reporting cadence and continual-improvement priorities during service design. For strategic relationships, governance can include senior and executive engagement where appropriate.
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Customer references can be made available through appropriate RFP and due-diligence processes, where the reference customer has given permission.