AI Security Engineer

Setup the baseline. Run the queue. Clear the risk.

SEChar sets the launch baseline, keeps the findings queue coherent, and still handles the diff-scoped reviews and remediation calls teams expect from an applied security partner.

2 operating lanes launch baseline plus findings command
1 ledger for scanner output, reviews, and incident follow-up
Launch ready with explicit control and evidence expectations

Selected Work

REV
Security Review
Diff-scoped review that does not stall the team
FRAIM | security-review

The team needed a fast review of the exact surfaces they were about to ship, not a slow audit of every system they had ever touched. SEChar scoped the work to the real attack surface and cleared the release with focused evidence.

Scope

Diff-only review across web and auth-touching code.

Method

Threat-surface classification first, then targeted checks for the categories actually present.

Outcome

The release cleared review with evidence instead of security theatre.

Live Artifact | Review coverage matrix
CategorySurfaceStatus
Access controlAuth middlewareCleared
InjectionPublic HTMLCleared
SecretsConfig and demo valuesCleared
PrivacySynthetic data onlyCleared
SET
AI-Native Security Setup
Baseline controls before the first trust claim goes public
FRAIM | ai-native-security-setup

An AI-native product wanted to talk about enterprise readiness, but the control floor was still implicit. SEChar turned the vague ask into a launch-sequenced baseline for identity, secrets, environments, logging, and evidence hooks.

Threat model

Web, API, model workflow, prompt/context handling, and operator controls.

Must-have controls

Role-based access, secret separation, release review, dependency hygiene, and event logging.

Launch posture

Clear distinction between blockers, next-phase hardening, and future compliance evidence.

Live Artifact | Setup baseline
Identity review for operators and service accounts Secrets split by environment and owner Release gate before public launch Audit event coverage for security-relevant actions Evidence hooks for later audit packages
CMD
Security Findings Command Center
One queue for scanner noise, real risk, and actual owners
FRAIM | security-findings-command-center

The team had findings in Slack threads, scanner dashboards, and one-off review comments. SEChar collapsed the noise into one command center so engineering leadership could see what mattered and what was already dispositioned.

Intake

Scanners, reviews, incidents, and audit asks normalized into one ledger.

Prioritization

Exploitability, blast radius, customer exposure, and deadline pressure.

Resolution

Every active item gets an owner, due date, and proof-of-closure expectation.

Live Artifact | Findings queue
FindingRiskOwnerStatus
Prototype pollution in user-input pathExploitability confirmedPlatform teamPatch now
Dependency SSRF alert with no attack pathTheoretical in current architectureSecurityAccepted with rationale
Missing audit events for admin role changesHigh trust gapBackend leadThis sprint
Outdated low-risk libraryLow blast radiusInfraScheduled
CVE
Vulnerability Triage
Critical fix first, noise second
FRAIM | vulnerability-triage-and-remediation

Not every scanner alert deserves the same reaction. SEChar evaluates whether the attack path is real before forcing the team into churn.

Critical

User-input path affected, patch immediately.

Deferred

No attack path in the current product shape.

Scheduled

Real but low-blast-radius issue queued behind higher-risk work.

IAM
Access Control
Mixed-identity handling that rejects ambiguity instead of guessing
FRAIM | auth hardening

When both an API key and a session cookie show up on the same request, the wrong default can become a real privilege-mixing bug. SEChar resolved the ambiguity explicitly.

Live Artifact | Decision rules
Resolve both identities when multiple credentials are present Reject on mismatch instead of picking a winner Write an audit event for every mixed-identity rejection Preserve simple single-credential paths when only one identity exists
SEChar combines setup decisions, queue ownership, remediation judgment, and hardening rules in one operating surface instead of treating them as disconnected security chores.