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Applications are where business logic lives — and where attackers focus their efforts. From web-facing services and APIs to internal development pipelines and cloud-native workloads, every layer of your application stack represents a potential attack surface. Securing applications requires both runtime protection — blocking malicious traffic and API abuse — and development-time security — embedding controls into the pipelines and processes where code is written, tested, and deployed.
One Step Beyond specialises in application security within the Microsoft and Azure cloud ecosystem. As a certified Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work & Security, our engineers implement Microsoft Defender for DevOps, Azure Web Application Firewall, GitHub Advanced Security, and Azure API Management security controls — integrating security throughout the software development lifecycle and protecting cloud-native applications at runtime. For broader application security capabilities beyond Microsoft — F5 managed WAF, Ubika WAAP, AWS WAF — these platforms are delivered by our Swiss Expert Group partners e-Xpert Solutions and eb-Qual, who hold deep certified expertise across the full application security vendor landscape.
Our Application Security Capabilities :
Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Azure Web Application Firewall protects web applications and APIs deployed on Azure — including Azure Application Gateway, Azure Front Door, and Azure CDN — from common web exploits, OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, injection attacks, cross-site scripting, and bot abuse. It provides centralised security policy management across all Azure-hosted applications, with custom rules tailored to your application stack and real-time threat intelligence from Microsoft’s global threat network.
Our engineers design and deploy Azure WAF configurations aligned with your application architecture — covering policy creation and tuning, custom rule development, exclusion management, and integration with Microsoft Sentinel for centralised log analysis and alerting. Azure WAF complements Microsoft Defender for APIs to provide comprehensive protection across your Azure application estate.
Microsoft Defender for APIs — API Security
APIs are the fastest-growing attack surface in cloud environments — and the most frequently overlooked. Microsoft Defender for APIs provides full lifecycle API security for APIs published through Azure API Management — covering API discovery and inventory, runtime threat detection, sensitive data exposure identification, and security recommendations aligned with OWASP API Security Top 10.
Our engineers implement Microsoft Defender for APIs as part of a comprehensive Azure API security architecture — integrating API security findings with Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel for unified visibility and response. This gives your security team a complete view of API risks across your Azure environment, with actionable recommendations for each finding.
Microsoft Defender for DevOps — Securing the Development Pipeline
Modern DevSecOps starts in the development pipeline — not in production. Microsoft Defender for DevOps integrates security scanning directly into GitHub and Azure DevOps pipelines — providing static application security testing (SAST), infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning, secret detection, and dependency vulnerability assessment at every build and pull request.
Our engineers configure Defender for DevOps across your GitHub and Azure DevOps environments — establishing security gates that prevent vulnerable code from reaching production, surfacing findings directly in the developer workflow so that remediation happens at the point of introduction, and providing unified security posture metrics across your entire DevOps estate. This is the Microsoft-native implementation of DevSecOps — securing the pipeline without slowing down delivery.
GitHub Advanced Security — Code Scanning & Secret Detection
GitHub Advanced Security extends Microsoft’s application security capabilities to the code level — providing CodeQL-powered code scanning that identifies security vulnerabilities in application code, secret scanning that detects exposed credentials and API keys in repositories before they are exploited, and dependency review that alerts developers to vulnerable packages at the pull request stage.
Our engineers implement GitHub Advanced Security for organisations using GitHub as their source control platform — configuring code scanning workflows, secret scanning policies, and dependency alerts that integrate with your existing development processes and security toolchain. For Azure DevOps environments, equivalent capabilities are delivered through Microsoft Defender for DevOps.
Zero Trust Application Access — Microsoft Entra ID & Azure API Management
Application access should never be based on network location alone. We implement Zero Trust application access architectures using Microsoft Entra ID for continuous identity verification, Azure API Management for API governance and access control, and Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy for secure remote access to on-premises applications — without VPN.
Every application access request is verified against identity, device posture, and context before access is granted — regardless of whether the application is cloud-native, hybrid, or legacy on-premises. This Zero Trust application access model eliminates the implicit trust that attackers exploit through compromised credentials and lateral movement in application environments.
Cloud-Native Application Security Posture — Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Cloud-native applications built on Azure — microservices, containers, serverless functions, and PaaS services — require continuous security posture assessment to identify misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps before attackers find them. Microsoft Defender for Cloud provides Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) for Azure-native workloads — covering container security, serverless function protection, and registry image scanning.
Our engineers implement Microsoft Defender for Cloud across your Azure application estate — configuring security policies, remediating posture findings, and integrating Defender for Cloud alerts with Microsoft Sentinel for unified security operations. For organisations with multi-cloud application estates spanning AWS, Defender for Cloud’s multicloud connectors extend coverage to AWS and GCP workloads.
Why One Step Beyond for Application Security?
One Step Beyond’s application security practice is built on Microsoft cloud expertise — the application security stack that is natively integrated into Azure, Microsoft 365, and GitHub. As a Microsoft Solutions Partner for Modern Work & Security, our engineers understand how Microsoft Defender for DevOps, Azure WAF, Defender for APIs, and GitHub Advanced Security work together as an integrated security architecture — not as separate point solutions.
Our approach to application security is security-by-design: we embed security controls into the development pipeline and cloud architecture from the outset, rather than adding them as an afterthought. This reduces the cost of remediation, improves developer adoption of security practices, and ensures that every application deployed on Azure is protected at runtime, at the API layer, and at the access layer.
For application security platforms beyond Microsoft — F5 Advanced WAF and F5 MSP managed service, Ubika WAAP, AWS WAF, and DevSecOps toolchains using Snyk, Qualys, or Picus — these capabilities are delivered by our Swiss Expert Group partners e-Xpert Solutions (Geneva, Lausanne) and eb-Qual (Givisiez, Kloten), who hold certified expertise across the full application security vendor landscape.
We operate from our office in Gland (Vaud), serving organisations across French-speaking Switzerland and beyond.
Technologies We Work With :
One Step Beyond’s core application security expertise is built on the Microsoft and Azure security platform:
For application security beyond Microsoft — F5 Advanced WAF (managed service by e-Xpert Solutions as F5 MSP), Ubika WAAP, and AWS WAF — these technologies are delivered by our Swiss Expert Group partners e-Xpert Solutions and eb-Qual.
Ready to Secure Your Applications?
Whether you are implementing Azure WAF, securing your APIs, embedding security into your development pipeline with Defender for DevOps, or building a Zero Trust application access architecture, One Step Beyond brings certified Microsoft expertise and a proven Swiss track record. Contact us to discuss your application security challenges.
Frequently Asked Questions – Application Security in Switzerland
Q : What is Microsoft Defender for DevOps and how does it support DevSecOps?
Microsoft Defender for DevOps is a cloud security service that integrates security scanning directly into GitHub and Azure DevOps pipelines — providing static application security testing (SAST) through CodeQL, infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning for misconfigured Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates, secret detection to identify exposed credentials in code, and open-source dependency vulnerability assessment. It surfaces findings directly in pull requests and developer workflows — enabling developers to fix security issues at the point of introduction, before vulnerable code reaches production. This is the foundation of a DevSecOps programme built on the Microsoft ecosystem.
Q : What is the difference between Azure WAF and Microsoft Defender for APIs?
Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) protects web applications and APIs from network-layer and application-layer attacks — SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, DDoS, and bot abuse — by inspecting and filtering HTTP/HTTPS traffic. It is a preventive control. Microsoft Defender for APIs operates at the semantic layer — analysing API traffic for behavioural anomalies, sensitive data exposure, authentication abuse, and OWASP API Security Top 10 risks. It is a detective control. Both are complementary: Azure WAF blocks known attack patterns, while Defender for APIs detects novel API threats and misuse that WAF rules do not catch. One Step Beyond implements both as part of a comprehensive Azure API security architecture.
Q : What is GitHub Advanced Security and do we need it if we use Azure DevOps?
GitHub Advanced Security provides CodeQL-powered code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency review for repositories hosted on GitHub. If your organisation uses Azure DevOps rather than GitHub, equivalent capabilities are available through Microsoft Defender for DevOps — which integrates with Azure DevOps pipelines to provide IaC scanning, secret detection, and dependency vulnerability assessment. One Step Beyond implements the appropriate toolset based on your source control platform — GitHub Advanced Security for GitHub organisations, Defender for DevOps for Azure DevOps environments, and a hybrid approach for organisations using both.
Q : How does Zero Trust apply to application access?
Zero Trust application access means that no user should be granted access to an application based solely on their network location — even if they are on the corporate network. Every application access request is verified against four factors: identity (authenticated through Microsoft Entra ID with MFA), device (compliant and managed through Microsoft Intune), location (matching defined access policies), and application sensitivity (requiring appropriate assurance level). For on-premises applications that cannot be migrated to the cloud, Microsoft Entra ID Application Proxy provides Zero Trust remote access without VPN — extending the same Conditional Access policies to legacy applications.
Q : How does application security support Swiss regulatory compliance?
Application security controls are directly relevant to multiple Swiss regulatory requirements. FINMA circular 2023/1 on operational risks requires financial institutions to implement application security testing and secure development practices. The Swiss nLPD requires privacy by design — meaning security controls must be embedded in applications from the outset. ISO 27001 Annex A.14 requires secure development policies, application security testing, and protection of test data. PCI-DSS 6.3 requires web application protection (WAF or code review) for applications processing payment card data. One Step Beyond configures Azure application security controls with audit evidence and documentation aligned to each of these frameworks.
Q : Where is One Step Beyond based?
One Step Beyond is headquartered in Gland (Vaud) — Route de Cité-Ouest 2, 1196 Gland, telephone +41 22 995 96 12. The company also operates an office in Budapest (Hungary). As part of Swiss Expert Group, One Step Beyond collaborates with e-Xpert Solutions (Geneva, Lausanne) and eb-Qual (Givisiez, Kloten) to deliver integrated cloud and cybersecurity solutions across Switzerland.
