Fortifying a Carbon Reduction Platform for Enterprise-Scale Performance

How we transformed a struggling B2B platform into a high-performance, globally scalable marketplace

Fortifying a Carbon Reduction Platform for Enterprise-Scale Performance

"Thanks to their combined efforts, our platform is now better equipped to support enterprises on their journey to carbon neutrality—securely and efficiently."

Verified Client
Online

Key Results Achieved

Eliminated high-risk vulnerabilities across the client's web, mobile, and API architecture.

Fortified the platform against data breaches, safeguarding sensitive mental health records.

Secured user authentication and session management to prevent unauthorized access.

Confirmed platform scalability to support growing user loads without performance degradation.

Resolved critical server and network misconfigurations to harden the backend infrastructure.

Ensured full compliance with stringent data protection regulations and industry standards.

Get a Comprehensive Security & Performance Audit

Fortifying a Carbon Reduction Platform for Enterprise-Scale Performance case study background

About Client

Our client, a US-based organization, developed an innovative web-based platform to help businesses track, reduce, and report carbon emissions. The application delivers strategic recommendations for emission reduction and supports companies on their journey to achieving carbon neutrality. Due to the sensitive nature of the operational and environmental data handled, the client engaged Bugraptors to ensure security, compliance, and consistent performance under varying loads.

Professional working with technology to address challenges

Challenges We Addressed

The platform's success hinged on overcoming significant technical and operational hurdles that could undermine its mission and credibility.

Technical Challenges

Shielding mission-critical environmental and business data from unauthorized access.
Neutralizing complex vulnerabilities across a multi-tenant architecture with diverse user roles.
Securing the application's entire infrastructure hosted on Microsoft Azure.
Simulating real-world, high-intensity scenarios with hundreds of users concurrently accessing dashboards and generating reports.
Eliminating API instability, memory leaks, and CPU spikes that threatened platform reliability.

Operational Challenges

Implementing security fixes in a live production environment without disrupting service.
Orchestrating seamless coordination between Development, DevOps, and QA teams.
Ensuring the staging environment accurately mirrored production to provide reliable testing.
Translating complex technical findings into clear, actionable business insights for stakeholders.
?

Why It Mattered

For platforms managing sensitive environmental data, trust isn't a feature—it's the foundation. A single breach or performance failure could result in reputational damage, regulatory penalties, and a complete loss of client confidence.

Our Solution for the Client

Bugraptors architected a comprehensive Quality Assurance strategy that tackled security and performance in parallel. By integrating VAPT with advanced load & performance testing, we ensured the platform was not only impervious to threats but also capable of scaling seamlessly to meet global demand.

Our Approach:

Proactively identified and remediated critical authorization bypass and privilege escalation flaws.
Rigorously validated that all access restrictions were strictly enforced according to defined user roles and permissions.
Dissected the authentication logic and sealed off sensitive endpoints to prevent exposure.
Our review covered web service configurations, firewall rules, and VM policies to harden the cloud infrastructure.
Collaborated closely with client teams to model realistic, high-stress user scenarios that mimicked true peak usage.
Developed sophisticated scripts that simulate concurrent report generation, dashboard interactions, and high-frequency API calls.
Using advanced monitoring tools, we tracked key system metrics (CPU, memory, latency) to pinpoint the exact sources of performance degradation.
Translated raw data into clear, actionable recommendations, collaborated with developers on fixes, and re-tested to validate every improvement.
Technical solution implementation

Our Trusted Clients

Client 1 logo
Client 2 logo
Client 3 logo
Client 4 logo
Client 5 logo

Before vs After

Access Control

Before
Critical flaws allow unauthorized data access and privilege escalation.
After
Fortified, role-based access controls are strictly enforced across the platform.

API Security

Before
Sensitive data was exposed through unprotected and vulnerable API endpoints.
After
Fully secured and authenticated API endpoints, protecting all data in transit.

Azure Security

Before
Default configurations leaving potential security gaps in the cloud infrastructure.
After
A hardened cloud environment with optimized access policies and security rules.

Performance

Before
Significant response time degradation and risk of failure during peak usage.
After
Consistently stable and responsive performance, even under simulated high-traffic events.

User Experience

Before
Users experienced timeouts, system delays, and inconsistent performance.
After
A smooth, seamless, and reliable user experience on all devices.

Resource Usage

Before
High CPU/memory usage and evidence of memory leaks under stress.
After
Optimized and balanced resource utilization, ensuring system efficiency and stability.

Client Testimonial

"Bugraptors delivered beyond expectations. Their detailed VAPT analysis helped us close major security gaps, while their performance testing ensured our Azure-hosted app could scale with confidence. Thanks to their collaborative approach, our platform is now both secure and capable of handling our clients’ growing sustainability needs."

Making a Difference with Every Project

Here is the glimpse of what we have done for our customers and how it has transformed their business.

Scalable Performance Engineering for a High-Traffic B2B SaaS Marketplace
01

Scalable Performance Engineering for a High-Traffic B2B SaaS Marketplace

Krank Case Study
Ensuring Marketplace Integrity: Functional Testing Services for a Leading Restaurant Brokerage Platform
02

Ensuring Marketplace Integrity: Functional Testing Services for a Leading Restaurant Brokerage Platform

We Sell Restaurants Case Study
Strengthening QA for a Leading Crypto Platform in NZ, AU, and SA
03

Strengthening QA for a Leading Crypto Platform in NZ, AU, and SA

EasyCrypto Case Study
Strategic QA for a Community-Driven Social Token Ecosystem
04

Strategic QA for a Community-Driven Social Token Ecosystem

Tryroll Case Study

Pugmarks

Clutch
Clutch
Clutch Global Spring 2024 Badge
Clutch Top Company Badge
Software Testing Company
IT Firms
The Manifest
Indian Achiever's Award
The Sort List
Designrush.com
Tech Woman
We are tech women
Global Awards
Women in IT
Global Awards
ISO
Testing
QA S/w Testing
Clutch
Mobile App
Clutch
Clutch
S/W testing
S/w Testing
CSM
Six-Sigma
Latest Updates

Blogs & Latest News

Get In Touch

We're here to help and answer any question you might have. We look forward to hearing from you.

Call Us

Ready to talk?

+91 77173-00289

Mon-Fri 9AM-6PM EST

Email Us

Drop us a line

info@bugraptors.com

We'll respond within 24 hours

Quick Response

We typically respond within 2-4 hours during business days

Send us a message

Share Your QA Requirement With Us!

Supported formats:

PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, TXT, CSV

Maximum file size: 10MB

Your information is secure and will not be shared with third parties

BugRaptors is one of the best software testing companies headquartered in India and the US, which is committed to catering to the diverse QA needs of any business. We are one of the fastest-growing QA companies; striving to deliver technology-oriented QA services, worldwide. BugRaptors is a team of 200+ ISTQB-certified testers, along with ISO 9001:2018 and ISO 27001 certifications.

flag

Corporate Office - USA

5858 Horton Street, Suite 101, Emeryville, CA 94608, United States
flag

Test Labs - India

2nd Floor, C-136, Industrial Area, Phase - 8, Mohali - 160071, Punjab, India
flag

Corporate Office - India

52, First Floor, Sec-71, Mohali, PB 160071, India
flag

United Kingdom

97 Hackney Rd London E2 8ET
flag

Australia

Suite 4004, 11 Hassal St Parramatta NSW 2150
flag

UAE

Meydan Grandstand, 6th floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, U.A.E
Chat with us