Assess
Rapid architecture and control maturity reviews with a prioritised, costed roadmap.
About ASNC
An engineering firm that happens to specialise in security
We were founded by architects who were tired of advice that stopped at the slide deck. ASNC delivers designs, code and operating models that survive audit, incident and scale — from Portugal, across Europe and Brazil.
Our story
ASNC was founded by security architects and engineers who were tired of advice that stopped at the slide deck. Our roots are in cryptography, network engineering and cloud platform work — and as identity became the new perimeter and regulation grew teeth, our remit widened while the method stayed the same: understand the threat, model the system, then build the control.
We are based in Europe with delivery from Portugal, and we support organisations in Brazil and the wider LATAM region. We work remote-first with client platform, network and identity teams in their own tooling and change process.
We remain independent of vendors, which means our reference architectures recommend what fits the estate rather than what carries a margin. Our consultants are practitioners first: senior architects keep hands-on delivery time, and what we recommend is what we are prepared to implement.
Principles
Threat before technology
Controls are chosen against modelled adversaries.
Design for evidence
If it can't be evidenced, it can't be assured.
Least privilege, always
Standing access is treated as an incident waiting.
Leave capability behind
We measure success by what your team runs without us.
Vendor independent
No resale margin behind any recommendation we make.
Practitioner led
Senior architects stay hands-on through delivery.
Europe & Brazil
Delivery from Portugal across the EU and LATAM.
Evidence driven
If a control can't be evidenced, it isn't finished.
Engagement model
Four ways enterprises work with us
Architect
Target-state design, reference patterns and guardrails your platform teams can adopt.
Implement
Embedded engineering squads delivering controls, automation and detections.
Operate
Co-managed operations, assurance testing and continuous control validation.
Credentials
Standards we build against
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 and SP 800-53 Rev. 5
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27017 for cloud services
- PCI DSS 4.0 for payment and cardholder environments
- SOC 2 Type II readiness and continuous evidence collection
- DORA and NIS2 operational resilience obligations
- CIS Benchmarks and cloud provider well-architected security pillars
Work with architects who ship
Tell us about your environment and we'll bring a point of view, not a questionnaire.