CIPHERER

Sector

Retail & Automotive

Consumer-facing retail and automotive platforms compete on speed, reliability and the experience around them. We have engineered the authentication, profile and release-management layers that let those platforms move at consumer pace.

Sector context

Retail and automotive technology, particularly direct-to-consumer digital retailers, operates at the intersection of high-volume consumer expectation and conventional enterprise scale. Authentication and profile services are the front door; reliability and release cadence are the moat. Cipherer's principal consultant delivered the authentication and profile platform for Cinch, the UK digital car retailer, during a period of rapid product expansion.

Track record

  • Cinch (via Accenture / InfinityWorks)

    Profile and authentication services platform during a period of rapid product expansion, improving reliability, scalability and developer productivity. Secure, high-performance applications using React, Auth0 and RESTful services. PCI-DSS and SOC 2 compliance alignment; release management modernised with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipelines.

How we approach this sector

Identity as a platform, not a feature

Authentication and profile services are designed as long-lived platform capabilities, with their own engineering team posture, observability and reliability targets.

Release engineering at consumer pace

Modernised CI/CD and release management to support rapid iteration without sacrificing the audit trail that PCI-DSS and SOC 2 require.

Compliance posture

  • PCI-DSS
  • SOC 2
  • GDPR