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Platform Development for CybrQ Cybersecurity Service

Services Covered:

Custom Software Development • Penetration Testing • iOS Application Development

Industry

Information Technology

Duration

105 months

Budget

Confidential

Start Date

1 November 2017

Team Size

1-5 Employees

Engagement Model

Nearshore

Project Capability Score (PCS)

76/100

Good

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Client

CybrQ

Switzerland

Project Summary

Vega IT Sourcing supplied frontend development, design, and security resources to a Swiss cybersecurity startup (CybrQ), working on web and mobile components while helping to set up a data science initiative. The vendor’s flexible, responsive resources helped the startup maintain schedules and deliver a highly rated iOS app, with strong project management and long-term collaboration since November 2017.

Key Challenges

Difficulty finding technical talent in Switzerland on short notice
Startup funding constraints requiring short-term, flexible development resources

Project Deliverables

Frontend development (JavaScript/HTML/CSS)
iOS app
Penetration testing and security work
Design work
Data science project setup (in progress)

Project Solution

Vega IT provided frontend development resources (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Node.js), a short-term design team, and security expertise for penetration testing. They supported mobile development (iOS) and are helping to establish a data science effort that will move into the Python ecosystem. Staffing was typically one to two people per team, with occasional three-person teams.

Project Outcome

Improved development efficiency and planning
Maintained schedules and avoided launch delays; iOS app was highly rated on the UK App Store
Strong project management: driven, transparent, communicative

Platforms

Mobile
Web

Tech Stack

JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Node.js
Python
iOS

Client Endorsement

Overall Review Rating

4.5

Timeliness

Cost Rating

Willing to Refer

Quality of Deliverables

“Vega IT has been essential to product development and has proved their ability to handle longer-term responsibilities. Their resources are flexible and able to adapt quickly to new environments, which makes them ideal for startup, as does their extensive network of industry relationships.”
Alexander Sennhauser
CTO
Date: 08/24/2018