The Platform Audit That Got IRISS’s Industrial Asset Management Software Launch-Ready
Overview
Our client, a hardware company specializing in innovative safety solutions, approached us to address critical challenges as they prepared to expand their service offerings. Known for their inspection devices and services, essential for many industries, the company sought to pivot beyond their hardware — diversifying by building E-Sentry, a comprehensive asset management software platform now monitoring over 1 million connected devices.
The platform was built to support over 10,000 devices and accommodate the growing needs of the client’s base. Scalability presented a significant concern, so Euristiq proposed a solution centered on limitless scalability and provided a detailed budget analysis to align the approach with IRISS’s financial expectations.
The pre-launch audit paid for itself before the platform even shipped:
of post-launch dev effort avoided by catching critical bugs pre-launch
WCAG accessibility level the platform was brought up to before launch
reduction in wasted infrastructure resources identified in the cost plan
Key features and benefits
Real-time route completion monitoring
Enables teams to track the progress of maintenance tasks as they occur, improving workflow visibility.
Timely inspection notifications
Sends and receives alerts to ensure that inspections are conducted on schedule, reducing the risk of missed checks.
Advanced user management tools
Offers robust access control and permissions management for improved security and streamlined operations.
Intelligent alarms
Triggers and records alerts based on asset-specific conditions, enhancing responsiveness to potential issues.
NFC-enabled secure access
Utilizes Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, allowing personnel to securely access critical asset data via mobile devices.
Efficiency through digitalization
Centralizes asset information to eliminate manual inefficiencies, reduce operational costs, and improve overall reliability.
Comprehensive reporting
Generates detailed reports and integrates data seamlessly for actionable insights and audit readiness.
Trend analysis for predictive maintenance
Analyzes data trends to forecast and prevent potential problems, extending asset life and reducing downtime.
About the product Euristiq worked on
Architecture & scalability
Validate system scalability for future growth, ensure efficient integration between Web, Mobile, Backend, and Hardware, verify AWS setup is optimized for performance and cost, ensure architecture follows IoT best practices, and validate ease of maintenance and updates.
Security & compliance
Ensure Web, Mobile, and Backend are secure, validate encryption for data storage and transmission, verify protection of sensitive data and user privacy, validate proper role-based access control (RBAC), and ensure logging/monitoring for threat detection.
UX/UI & accessibility
Validate an intuitive UI across Web and Mobile, ensure consistent and easy-to-use design, verify accessibility features (screen readers, keyboard navigation), ensure modern UI best practices, and propose UI updates and new concepts.
ISO 27001 & launch readiness
Turn audit findings into a prioritized roadmap the client could execute against before the release date and the ISO 27001 certification application.
We applied our 4D approach
A structured audit across
architecture, security, UX/IU
Architecture and scalability validation
During the platform audit, Euristiq conducted a comprehensive validation of its architecture and scalability to ensure the system could support future growth. This involved assessing the platform’s ability to handle increased data volumes and user demand without compromising performance. By identifying potential bottlenecks early, the architecture was confirmed robust and scalable, providing a solid foundation for the platform’s long-term success.
The audit also focused on optimizing the integration across the platform’s components, including Web, Mobile, Backend, and Hardware systems. The team carefully evaluated the communication and data flow between these components, ensuring seamless and efficient interactions and minimizing the risk of disruptions.
The AWS setup was another critical area of focus. Euristiq thoroughly reviewed the platform’s cloud configuration to ensure it was optimized for both performance and cost — identifying inefficiencies and reconfiguring the cloud environment to enhance reliability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
Adherence to IoT best practices was integral to the audit, ensuring the platform’s architecture followed industry standards and could accommodate emerging IoT technologies, while remaining easy to maintain and update.
Security and compliance review
Euristiq addressed critical security and compliance requirements to ensure the system was robust and aligned with industry standards. A thorough review of the Web, Mobile, and Backend systems was conducted to identify and resolve potential vulnerabilities, reducing the risk of breaches ahead of launch.
Encryption protocols used for data storage and transmission were validated to confirm they adhered to the latest standards and were capable of safeguarding data against modern threats — reinforcing the platform’s trustworthiness.
The audit prioritized the protection of sensitive data and user privacy by evaluating how information was collected, processed, and stored, aligning these practices with data protection regulations and supporting the platform’s path toward ISO 27001 readiness.
A thorough assessment of role-based access control (RBAC) mechanisms confirmed granular control over user permissions, ensuring sensitive operations were restricted to authorized personnel only.
UX/UI and accessibility assessment
As part of the platform audit prior to launch, Euristiq conducted a thorough UX/UI and accessibility assessment to ensure the product provided an intuitive and user-friendly experience across both Web and Mobile interfaces — validating ease of navigation and confirming the overall user journey was seamless and intuitive.
The team focused on creating a consistent, easy-to-use design by reviewing interface elements and interactions across the platform, simplifying the learning curve for users and elevating the platform’s professionalism.
Accessibility was a key priority: the audit verified the presence and functionality of essential accessibility features, such as compatibility with screen readers and support for keyboard navigation, broadening the platform’s reach to users with diverse needs.
Based on the findings, Euristiq proposed updated UI concepts tailored to the client’s needs — including three Microsoft-aligned design directions (IRISS’s users are predominantly Microsoft users), mobile app designs for technicians, and interactive mockups built in Framer for a realistic preview of the final design.
Built and audited on a full AWS stack
A launch-ready, audit-proof
platform — before the release date
Roadmap and recommendations
Euristiq delivered a structured launch roadmap and prioritized tasks to ensure the platform could meet its release timeline and compliance requirements — plus an Excel roadmap outlining key milestones across six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost optimization, and maintainability.
Architecture and backend analysis
The analysis revealed how the platform’s approach to architecture and backend design directly influenced both budget and system security — highlighting the risk of prematurely addressing performance issues without proper measurement, and avoiding costly, unnecessary bugs.
User journeys mapped
Through a detailed UX/UI assessment, Euristiq identified the system’s users, their goals, needs, and tasks — creating proto-personas and journey maps, including a dedicated E-Sentry journey map built from client interviews and workshops.
Security issues resolved
Euristiq identified several security vulnerabilities and implemented measures to prevent potential risks, ensuring the platform adhered to modern security standards ahead of ISO 27001 certification.
Accessibility audit
Accessibility audit
At the client’s request, Euristiq performed an accessibility audit detailing the evaluation methodology, criteria, and issues discovered — with suggested solutions enabling the platform to meet the recommended accessibility level of 2A.
Implementation support
Once the client approved the recommendations, Euristiq added two engineers, a QA specialist, and a designer to their team, with Solution Architect and PM supervision, ensuring a seamless execution of the changes.
Cost avoidance and dev efficiency
The pre-launch audit prevented production deployment with critical bugs, saving up to 12 months of post-launch dev effort and letting the client allocate resources more effectively.
Cost optimization plan
Euristiq provided a plan for cost optimization, identifying a potential 5% reduction in wasted resources — a leaner, more efficient system aligned with the platform’s operational goals.
UI design and concept suggestions
Euristiq proposed new UI concepts incorporating the client’s brand colors, including three Microsoft-based UI concepts, mobile app designs, and interactive mockups built in Framer.
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FAQ
What does a pre-launch audit of an asset management platform cover?
A pre-launch audit of an industrial asset management software platform covers architecture and scalability validation, security and compliance review, and UX/UI and accessibility assessment. For IRISS’s E-Sentry platform, Euristiq validated the AWS setup for performance and cost, checked integration across Web, Mobile, Backend, and Hardware, reviewed encryption, RBAC, and data privacy controls, and ran a full UX/UI and accessibility assessment ahead of launch. The audit produced a prioritized roadmap so the client could fix critical issues before going live rather than after, avoiding the higher cost of post-launch rework.
How do you prepare an IoT-based platform for ISO 27001 certification?
Preparing an IoT-based platform for ISO 27001 certification starts with a gap assessment against the standard’s security, operational, and reliability requirements. For IRISS’s asset management platform, Euristiq reviewed encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access control, logging and monitoring for threat detection, and network and device security across the connected asset fleet. The findings were organized into a roadmap covering six pillars — operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost optimization, and maintainability — giving the client a clear sequence of fixes to complete before their certification application.
What accessibility level should industrial asset management software meet?
Most industrial and enterprise software targets WCAG Level AA (2A) accessibility, covering screen reader compatibility, keyboard navigation, and consistent, predictable interface behavior. For IRISS’s E-Sentry platform, Euristiq ran a dedicated accessibility audit ahead of launch, tested for screen reader and keyboard-navigation support, and delivered a report with prioritized fixes to bring the platform to Level 2A compliance — extending usability to technicians and administrators with diverse needs across both web and mobile interfaces.
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