Software Secured

Founded in 2010, Software Secured is a cybersecurity company based in Ottawa, Canada working in offensive security, application security, cloud security +1 more.

Software Secured is a Canadian penetration testing company founded in 2010 by Sherif Koussa. It provides manual, exploit-driven security testing for B2B SaaS companies, fintech, healthcare and other organisations that need to meet compliance requirements and protect data. Services include web application and API penetration testing, mobile application testing, secure code review, internal and external network testing, cloud security review, threat modeling, red teaming, social engineering testing, IoT and hardware security testing, and AI penetration testing for LLMs, RAG pipelines and agents. Testing is performed by full-time North America-based pentesters holding certifications such as OSCP, OSWE and GWAPT. The company offers penetration testing as a service (PTaaS) through its Portal, which provides recurring testing, reporting, retesting and integrations with developer and GRC tools. Findings are reported with reproduction steps, severity scoring and remediation guidance, with mappings to frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS and GDPR.