Mobile application security assessment

Uncover hidden vulnerabilities before your app ships

IronSCAN diagnoses and identifies vulnerabilities in Android and iOS applications, with remediation guidance for every finding, so security issues are fixed before release rather than discovered by an attacker.

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What it does

Diagnose and identify vulnerabilities in minutes

Scan and audit across multiple platforms and applications using integrated scanners, with results in minutes rather than weeks. IronSCAN examines every layer of the application, pinpoints weaknesses and delivers actionable insight to strengthen your defences.

Automated static and dynamic testing runs without writing scripts, so assessment fits into every build and every release.

Enterprise-wide security compliance reporting
Comprehensive metrics and insights
Improved risk management and IT governance
A safe, unified audit environment

A comprehensive security assessment

Investigate weaknesses, evaluate risk, act on the findings

Protect your business from costly cyber attacks with a detailed analysis of your security posture. IronSCAN reports describe each identified gap and vulnerability, its risk and the steps to remediate it, so your team can prioritise and address issues promptly.

Assessments cover authentication, authorisation, data storage, encryption, permissions and third-party components, mapped to the OWASP Mobile Top 10 and MASVS.

Capabilities

Your mobile application security assessment solution

Stay one step ahead of potential threats with a suite of tools that identify vulnerabilities, mitigate risk and protect mobile applications with precision.

Robust vulnerability scanning

Thorough, dynamic scanning that uncovers security loopholes so no vulnerability goes undetected, with proactive measures to strengthen your mobile app security.

Detailed reporting and remediation

Reports that highlight identified vulnerabilities, potential risks and recommended remediation actions, so your team can prioritise and fix issues promptly.

Comprehensive security assessment

Evaluates authentication, authorisation, data storage, encryption and more, with expert recommendations to enhance your overall security strategy.

Automated static and dynamic testing

Vulnerability assessment of static code and dynamic testing on real or simulated devices, without the need to write your own scripts.

Risk management and IT governance

A clearer understanding of the risks associated with each application, so threats are identified and mitigated before they become major issues.

Compliance reporting

Evidence that your applications are secure and compliant with industry standards and regulations, including the OWASP Top 10 for mobile.

Detection coverage

What IronSCAN checks

Static, dynamic and behavioural detection across Android and iOS builds.

Static detection

Comprehensive scanning of the application’s static code characteristics to identify risks and vulnerabilities at code level.

Dynamic detection

Deploys the app on simulated or real devices, simulates attacks in real time and identifies risks from response behaviour and logs.

Permission detection

Discovers which permissions the app requests and which it actually uses during operation.

Virus and malware scan

Fast, accurate scanning for known trojans and malicious code carried by applications.

Hardening and self-security

Detects whether the application is hardened and whether its behaviour complies with security specifications and sensitive-content handling.

Hybrid app detection

Coverage for hybrid and cross-platform Android and iOS applications, not only native builds.

What sets IronSCAN apart

Why teams choose IronSCAN over a manual pen test or a generic scanner

Each row is a capability, what IronSCAN does, and the test you can run yourself in a proof of concept.

Capability	What IronSCAN doesMobile application security assessment	Verify it yourselfWhat to test in the proof of concept
Time to resultsAsk: how long until we see findings?	Minutes, not weeks. Integrated scanners audit the built app and return findings in the same session, so assessment fits every release rather than one annual pen test	Send a build at the start of the demo and read the findings before it ends.
CoverageAsk: static, dynamic, or both?	Both. Static analysis of the code plus dynamic testing on real or simulated devices, with permission, malware, hardening and hybrid-app checks	Compare the finding list against your last pen test report and look for what each one missed.
Effort to runAsk: who writes the test scripts?	Nobody. Automated static and dynamic testing with no scripts to write or maintain, and CI/CD integration so it runs on every build	Trigger a scan from your pipeline and confirm no engineer had to touch it.
Report qualityAsk: can an engineer act on it directly?	Every finding lists affected files, a description, a risk rating and step-by-step remediation, in a template you can reshape for an auditor or the board	Hand one finding to a developer and time how long it takes them to locate and fix it.
Compliance mappingAsk: does it speak the auditor’s language?	Findings mapped to OWASP Mobile Top 10, MASVS, CVE and CWE, with enterprise-wide compliance reporting across every app you own	Export a report and check it against your regulator’s control list.
DeploymentAsk: SaaS or on-premise?	Both, with role-based access and full log and report generation either way, so builds never leave your perimeter if policy requires it	Ask for the on-premise deployment guide and the data-flow diagram.

Every row above can be demonstrated on your own app during a proof of concept. Bring your shortlist and hold every vendor, including us, to the same tests.

IronSCAN: asked and answered

Common questions about mobile app security assessment

What is a mobile app security assessment?

A mobile app security assessment finds the vulnerabilities in your app before an attacker does. IronSCAN performs automated static and dynamic testing against OWASP, CVE and CWE, identifying affected files, risk level and recommended remediation, without your team writing test scripts.

How is this different from the code review our developers already do?

Code review finds what your team knows to look for; IronSCAN finds what an attacker looks for. It tests the built application the way an outsider would, analysing runtime behaviour, permission use and abnormal activity such as silent installation, which is different from reading source code for defects.

Can it run inside our CI/CD pipeline?

Yes. IronSCAN integrates with CI/CD for automated scanning, so assessment runs as part of your build rather than as a separate gate before release. That is the difference between security that fits your sprint and security that delays it.

What is in the report, and who is it for?

Detailed findings with step-by-step remediation guidance, in a configurable template. Each vulnerability lists the affected files, a description, a risk rating and what to do about it, so an engineer can act on it directly, and the template can be reshaped for an auditor or a board summary.

Does it check compliance as well as security?

Yes. It identifies security, privacy and compliance issues throughout development, with adherence to OWASP standards for mobile applications.

Can we run it on-premises?

Yes. IronSCAN deploys as SaaS or on-premises, with role-based access and full log and report generation either way, which matters for government and financial institutions with data residency requirements.

Do we still need hardening if we scan?

Yes, and this is the most important thing on this page. A scan tells you what is wrong before release; hardening protects the app after it ships, on devices you do not control. Assessment finds the vulnerability, hardening survives the attack. Most breaches exploit the gap between the two.

Complete the lifecycle

Assessment feeds hardening, hardening feeds monitoring

Mobile application hardening platform

Fix what IronSCAN finds, then harden the compiled app with multi-layer, codeless protection against reverse engineering, tampering and runtime attacks.

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