Use cases
When should you call Sinovatech?
Are you a company looking to move forward on a technical issue? Here are 54 situations in which we step in, each with what we actually do.
01 / 08
Enterprise AI
Make the most of generative AI without losing control of your data.
- You want to… Let your teams use ChatGPT, Copilot or Mistral without exposing sensitive data
- What Sinovatech does: We classify your uses by data sensitivity, choose the right tool for each and write a clear usage policy for your teams.
- You want to… Have an assistant that answers from your own documents: procedures, contracts, technical documentation
- What Sinovatech does: We design a RAG architecture connected to your document repositories, which cites its sources in every answer.
- You want to… Make sure each employee can only reach, through the AI, the documents they are allowed to see
- What Sinovatech does: We carry your existing access rights into the index and apply them to every question: the AI never reveals a document the user could not open.
- You want to… Run an AI model on your own servers, with no external service at all
- What Sinovatech does: We choose the right open-weight model, size the GPU servers and deploy everything on your premises or in a SecNumCloud-qualified cloud.
- You want to… Find out whether an AI project is worth the investment before you commit
- What Sinovatech does: We run a proof of concept on your real data, measure the quality of the answers and estimate the running costs.
- You want to… Connect AI to your business applications: CRM, ERP, internal tools
- What Sinovatech does: We integrate the models into your information system through secure APIs, with authentication, logging and cost control.
- You want to… Set ground rules for your developers’ use of coding assistants
- What Sinovatech does: We define what can be shared with them, deploy an assistant hosted on your own infrastructure if your code is sensitive, and add security scanning to your delivery pipeline.
02 / 08
Cybersecurity
Know your real exposure, then reduce it where it matters.
- You want to… Find out what your company exposes on the internet
- What Sinovatech does: We list the services reachable from the internet (domains, applications, remote access), check their configuration and close what should not be open.
- You want to… Have an application’s code reviewed from a security standpoint
- What Sinovatech does: We combine automated analysis with a manual review of the sensitive parts: authentication, permissions, data handling.
- You want to… Secure access for your teams and your contractors
- What Sinovatech does: We set up strong authentication, privileged account management and encrypted remote access, following a Zero Trust approach.
- You want to… Harden Active Directory, your servers or your Kubernetes clusters
- What Sinovatech does: We audit their configuration, fix the exploitable weaknesses first and leave you hardening rules that are easy to maintain.
- You want to… Segment your network so that an intrusion cannot spread everywhere
- What Sinovatech does: We design the segmentation (VLANs, DMZ, firewalls, microsegmentation) and make sure only the necessary flows are allowed.
- You want to… Be alerted in time when an attack happens
- What Sinovatech does: We centralise your logs, deploy detection (SIEM, EDR) and tune the alerts so that they flag real incidents without overwhelming your teams.
- You want to… Encrypt your data and keep control of your certificates and keys
- What Sinovatech does: We set up a PKI, encryption of communications (TLS, mTLS) and of stored data, and key management.
- You want to… Fix your vulnerabilities in the right order
- What Sinovatech does: We scan your systems, prioritise by real exposure and organise a patching process your teams can sustain over time.
- You want to… Keep track of the threats targeting your technologies and your sector
- What Sinovatech does: We monitor the threats and vulnerabilities that concern you, and alert you when action is needed.
- You want to… Train your staff in good security habits, or your developers in secure coding
- What Sinovatech does: We run practical sessions built around your own tools and situations taken from your day-to-day work.
03 / 08
Attack or outage
Act fast when something has already gone wrong, and prepare for it beforehand.
- You want to… Respond to an ongoing cyberattack
- What Sinovatech does: We step in to contain the attack, find where it came from and bring your systems back into service, remotely and then on site if needed.
- You want to… Recover from ransomware
- What Sinovatech does: We isolate the affected systems, check the integrity of your backups, rebuild a clean environment and close the way in that was used.
- You want to… Understand what happened after a security incident
- What Sinovatech does: We carry out the digital forensic investigation (logs, disks, memory) and give you a factual report that you can share with your management and your insurer.
- You want to… Solve an outage or a slowdown that nobody can explain
- What Sinovatech does: We follow the problem from the code to the network and the hardware, down to its real cause, and then we fix it.
- You want to… Be sure you can get back up and running after a disaster
- What Sinovatech does: We set up immutable backups, write your disaster recovery and business continuity plans and test them with you.
- You want to… Prepare for an attack before it happens
- What Sinovatech does: We write your incident response procedure with you: who does what, which systems to isolate, who to notify and how quickly.
04 / 08
Compliance and customer requirements
Meet regulatory obligations and your customers’ requirements, without needless paperwork.
- You want to… Answer a security questionnaire from a customer or a prime contractor
- What Sinovatech does: We prepare accurate, well-argued answers and, if needed, first fix the gaps that would cost you the contract.
- You want to… Process card payments in compliance with PCI DSS
- What Sinovatech does: We design the payment architecture, reduce the scope covered by the standard and prepare for the audit.
- You want to… Bring a connected product to the European market in line with the Cyber Resilience Act
- What Sinovatech does: We assess your product against the regulation, build security into its design and organise the handling of its vulnerabilities throughout its lifetime.
- You want to… Protect personal data by design, as the GDPR requires
- What Sinovatech does: We build data minimisation, encryption and access control into the architecture and help you document the impact assessment.
- You want to… Host sensitive data in a SecNumCloud-qualified cloud
- What Sinovatech does: We help you choose a qualified provider and design a compliant architecture, without sacrificing ease of operation.
- You want to… Prove the origin and integrity of the software you deliver
- What Sinovatech does: We set up a software bill of materials (SBOM), signing of build artefacts and dependency checks in your delivery pipeline.
05 / 08
Cloud and hosting
Host each application in the right place, at the right cost, while staying in control.
- You want to… Choose between public cloud, European cloud, your own servers or a mix of all three
- What Sinovatech does: We compare the options by data sensitivity, cost and reversibility, then recommend a reasoned architecture.
- You want to… Move applications to the cloud, or back out of it
- What Sinovatech does: We plan the migration application by application, keeping downtime to a minimum and always leaving a way back.
- You want to… Cut your cloud bill
- What Sinovatech does: We analyse actual usage, resize resources and remove what serves no purpose.
- You want to… Check that your cloud environments are not exposed by mistake
- What Sinovatech does: We audit the permissions, logs and exposed services of your Azure, AWS or Google Cloud accounts, then fix the gaps.
- You want to… Modernise an ageing server infrastructure
- What Sinovatech does: We design a virtualised (Proxmox, KVM) or containerised (Kubernetes, OpenShift) platform, secured and documented.
- You want to… Reduce your dependence on a single supplier
- What Sinovatech does: We identify the lock-in points, favour open standards and build a realistic exit path.
- You want to… Be able to rebuild your infrastructure identically, at any time
- What Sinovatech does: We describe it as code (Terraform, Ansible), with change review and configuration drift checks.
06 / 08
Development and delivery
Ship more often and more safely, with security built in from the start.
- You want to… Ship more often without breaking production
- What Sinovatech does: We set up a CI/CD pipeline (GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins) with automated tests and progressive deployments.
- You want to… Build security into development rather than checking it at the end
- What Sinovatech does: We add code, dependency and image scanning (SonarQube, Trivy) to every release, with thresholds suited to your maturity.
- You want to… Stop leaving passwords lying around in code or on servers
- What Sinovatech does: We centralise secrets (Vault, OpenBao, SOPS), automate their rotation and replace any that have leaked.
- You want to… Containerise your applications and run them on Kubernetes
- What Sinovatech does: We containerise your applications, deploy them on Kubernetes or OpenShift and harden both the cluster and the images.
- You want to… See what is really happening in your applications in production
- What Sinovatech does: We centralise logs, metrics and traces, then build the dashboards and alerts your teams actually need.
- You want to… Secure the APIs you open to your customers or partners
- What Sinovatech does: We set up an API gateway, OAuth 2 authentication, rate limiting and the related security tests.
- You want to… Design an architecture that holds up under load
- What Sinovatech does: We design microservice and event-driven architectures (Kafka), sized on your real volumes.
07 / 08
Connected devices and industry
Connect your equipment to your systems, reliably and securely.
- You want to… Design an end-to-end connected solution, from the device to the back office
- What Sinovatech does: We design the complete architecture: devices, communications, cloud platform, data and monitoring.
- You want to… Secure a connected device: firmware, communications, updates
- What Sinovatech does: We assess the firmware and protocols, secure each device’s identity with certificates and make remote updates reliable.
- You want to… Collect and use the data from your machines or sensors
- What Sinovatech does: We design the data pipeline (Kafka, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB) that absorbs the volumes and makes the data usable.
- You want to… Connect your machines to your information system without exposing them
- What Sinovatech does: We segment the industrial network, filter the permitted flows and secure remote access for maintenance staff.
08 / 08
Technical leadership and decisions
Make the right architecture decisions, with an outside view or extra support by your side.
- You want to… Have your information system audited by an independent expert
- What Sinovatech does: We map your current landscape, assess security, technical debt and costs, then give you a prioritised roadmap.
- You want to… Have a CTO or an architect without hiring one full-time
- What Sinovatech does: We work with you part-time, from one day a month to several days a week: roadmap, architecture decisions, design reviews.
- You want to… Strengthen your team during a key period: a launch, a rebuild, rapid growth
- What Sinovatech does: We step in as interim CTO or full-time architect, long enough to get through it and hand over to your teams.
- You want to… Respond to a technical tender, public or private
- What Sinovatech does: We design and cost the proposed architecture, answer the security and interoperability requirements and prepare the technical presentation.
- You want to… Have a platform assessed before a funding round or an acquisition
- What Sinovatech does: We assess its architecture, security and technical debt, and write a report that investors can read.
- You want to… Have a project’s architecture reviewed before it starts
- What Sinovatech does: We examine the design choices from the angle of security, cost and operations, and suggest adjustments before they become expensive.
- You want to… Help your teams build their skills
- What Sinovatech does: We work alongside them, document every choice and hand over until they are self-sufficient.
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