Valorin Security

Founded in 2022, Valorin Security is a cybersecurity company based in Brisbane, Australia working in penetration testing, application security.

Valorin Security is the security consultancy of Stephen Rees-Carter, based in Brisbane, Australia. It specialises in security audits and penetration testing of Laravel and PHP applications. Unlike approaches that rely mainly on automated scanners, the work begins with a manual review of the application's code, followed by exploitation of identified weaknesses and additional checks for common issues and security features. Testing is performed against staging or testing environments rather than production, and communication runs throughout the engagement, with the consultant available to explain findings and help with fixes. The consultancy also offers follow-up reviews, informal security reviews, and developer security workshops and training focused on secure coding and thinking like an attacker. The founder has been building Laravel applications since 2013 and has a background as a senior developer, security analyst, and conference speaker on PHP, Laravel, and WordPress security.