Hashtag Coders helps Sri Lankan and international businesses reduce real application, API, and cloud risk. From security assessments and penetration testing to monitoring foundations and PDPA-oriented technical controls-scoped to your systems, with clear reports and remediation priorities.
Also see cloud solutions and DevOps services when hosting or release pipelines are part of the same programme.
Organisations that handle customer data, payments, or always-on digital products-and need practical risk reduction, not generic fear messaging.
Storefronts and gateways that need credential hygiene, rate limits, and structured testing before peak seasons.
Multi-tenant apps facing enterprise security questionnaires, pen-test requests, and continuous vulnerability tracking.
Clinics, education, finance-adjacent, and professional firms that need clear access control and auditability without a full-time SOC.
Service-specific workstreams you can commission together or separately.
Understand what is exposed before attackers do. We review applications, APIs, cloud accounts, and access practices, then rank findings by business impact-not just scanner severity.
Controlled attack simulation against web apps, APIs, and selected infrastructure. Reports explain how issues were found, why they matter, and how to fix them-without claiming “hack-proof” outcomes.
Hardening for customer-facing products: auth flows, session handling, input validation, rate limits, and secret management. Useful before launches, payment go-lives, or enterprise buyer reviews.
IAM, network boundaries, encryption, logging, and backup posture on AWS, Azure, or GCP-paired with our cloud and DevOps work when environments and pipelines need to move together.
Turn one-off scans into a repeatable cycle: track open issues, verify patches, and wire alerts so production problems are noticed by your team first.
Practical gap analysis and control mapping for frameworks buyers ask about-ISO 27001 themes, SOC 2-oriented controls, PCI-related payment hardening, and Sri Lanka PDPA readiness. We support preparation; formal certification remains with accredited auditors.
Based in Jaffna, we support companies across Sri Lanka that need English-language security delivery with local context (payment sandboxes, regional cloud, PDPA discussions). International clients engage us for application and cloud reviews with documented findings they can share with stakeholders.
Clear phases from scope to remediation-so security work stays actionable.
Agree targets (apps, APIs, cloud accounts), testing windows, and success criteria. Identify data sensitivity and compliance drivers.
Run agreed assessment and/or penetration testing. Collect evidence, avoid unnecessary disruption, and keep communication open during findings.
Deliver a risk-ranked report with remediation guidance. Walk through findings with technical owners and business stakeholders.
Support fixes, optional re-test, and monitoring or process improvements so the same class of issue is less likely to return.
Selected to match the project-not every tool below is required for every engagement.
Illustrative scopes for planning. They are educational examples-not delivered client results or ROI claims.
Illustrative example · Fintech or e-commerce team
Hypothetical scenario for planning and education-not a delivered client engagement.
A public product will handle payments soon and needs a structured security baseline before go-live.
Illustrative approach: threat model critical flows, OWASP-aligned testing, credential and session review, and a remediation roadmap tied to launch milestones.
Illustrative example · Clinic or health-services operator
Hypothetical scenario for planning and education-not a delivered client engagement.
Patient or operational data sits across systems with uneven access control and limited audit visibility.
Illustrative approach: role review, encryption and backup guidance, logging design, and staff awareness outline-without inventing compliance certificates.
Illustrative example · Online retailer
Hypothetical scenario for planning and education-not a delivered client engagement.
Credential stuffing or bot traffic is suspected; the team lacks a clear first-hour response plan.
Illustrative approach: external scan summary, WAF/rate-limit recommendations, monitoring alerts, and a short incident checklist.
Supporting articles on threats, privacy, zero trust, cloud, and secure delivery.
Threat themes, practical controls, and a business checklist for 2026.
What PDPA readiness means for technical and operational controls.
Identity-first access patterns that pair with assessments and cloud IAM.
Cluster hardening notes for teams running containers in production.
Move workloads without treating security as an afterthought.
Release pipelines where security checks can actually run.
Payment flows that need careful credential and PCI-oriented handling.
Sensitive data contexts where access control and audit trails matter.
Practical answers about cybersecurity services in Sri Lanka-without inflated breach statistics or guaranteed certification claims.
We provide security assessments, penetration testing, web and API hardening, cloud security reviews, vulnerability management, monitoring setup, and compliance readiness support for businesses in Jaffna, across Sri Lanka, and for remote international clients. Engagements are scoped to your systems and risk-not a one-size product bundle.
If you run a public website, customer portal, payment flow, or SaaS product, periodic testing reduces the chance that a known class of bug becomes a breach. Annual or pre-launch tests are common. Very small brochure sites may start with a lighter assessment and hardening checklist first.
Cloud solutions focus on hosting and migration. DevOps focuses on how code is built and released. Cybersecurity focuses on finding and reducing exploitable risk in applications, identities, and environments. Many clients use all three: cloud for the platform, DevOps for delivery, cybersecurity for assurance.
We help with technical and operational controls that support PDPA-oriented readiness-access control, encryption, logging, retention discussions, and vendor/data-flow visibility. We are not a law firm; for legal interpretation of the Personal Data Protection Act, work with qualified counsel. Our privacy guide and cybersecurity engagements cover the technical side.
Typically: a written report, risk ranking, reproduction notes where appropriate, remediation recommendations, and a short readout with your technical owners. Optional follow-up includes re-testing fixed items or a roadmap for monitoring and process changes.
We set up monitoring, alerting, and incident checklists, and we can support response during agreed hours. A full global 24/7 SOC with dedicated analysts is a different operating model; if that is required we will say so clearly and help you choose a fit-build with us, partner, or hybrid-rather than over-promise.
Share your apps, cloud setup, and upcoming launches. We will propose a scoped assessment or test plan you can act on.