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Dexter Cyberlab

Innovative Today, Transform Tomorrow

Programmers & Ethical Hackersbuilding secure, intelligentsoftware.

Dexter Cyberlab is an Abuja-based research centre. We protect businesses from threats, automate what slows them down, and build the software they need to grow — all from one integrated team.

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Dexter Cyberlab Studio

From idea to clickable UI concept in minutes — not weeks.

Describe your product in plain English. The Studio turns it into a full, interactive UI/UX concept you can walk through, share with investors, and hand straight to developers.

Describe it

Answer a few guided questions about what you’re building — no design jargon, no wireframing skills needed.

AI builds the concept

The Studio generates screens, user flows, and component layouts — tailored to your idea, not a generic template.

Click through it

Get a live, interactive mockup. Share the link with your team, refine it, or bring it to us as your brief.

dexter-studio generation readout
parse brief → requirements ok
plan information architecture 7 screens
gen components + flows 42 nodes
wire interactive prototype live
concept ready

We Build Your App. You Own It.

Submit your idea. If it qualifies, Dexter Cyberlab designs, engineers, and launches it — in exchange for a startup fee, monthly hosting, and an optional equity stake.

Startup Fee

A fixed one-time fee covers discovery, prototyping, and the full delivery plan. You know what you’re paying before a single line of production code is written.

Monthly Hosting

A flat monthly fee keeps your product online, patched, monitored, and improving after launch. No surprise infrastructure bills, ever.

Equity Option

For the right ventures, we co-invest our expertise for a small equity stake. We only offer this when we genuinely believe in the business.

Discovery

A focused workshop where we map your goals, users, and constraints — then lock down scope, success metrics, and a realistic delivery plan before any code is written.

Design

Our team produces wireframes and an interactive prototype. You review and approve the full experience before a line of production code is committed.

Build

Engineers ship working software in two-week sprints. You attend every review, catch issues early, and the product evolves based on what you actually see — not guesses.

Launch

We deploy to a production-grade environment with monitoring in place, hand over clear documentation, and stay on retainer so you are never flying solo post-launch.

Security mindset. Builder discipline.

Certified ethical hackers, AI engineers, and seasoned software developers under one roof — so your defences are built by people who also understand what they’re protecting.

100+
Organisations we’ve worked with
99.9%
Uptime target for managed infrastructure
72h
Typical time from kick-off to first findings
Reported ROI on automation engagements

Research Centre

Evidence before advice

Our in-house research team tracks threat actors, AI model developments, and evolving cloud-attack patterns — continuously, not just at proposal time. Every recommendation we make is grounded in current intelligence, not recycled vendor guidance. You get advice that’s ahead of the curve, not catching up to it.

Ethical Hacking

Attack first. Defend better.

Our penetration testers think and act like real adversaries — because a defensive strategy built on assumptions is not a strategy. Every finding is manually verified, reported in plain language your board can act on, and followed by a debrief with your engineering team so knowledge transfers alongside the report.

Four phases. No surprises.

Every engagement follows the same four-step rhythm: assess the situation honestly, build the right thing, secure it before it ships, and support it after it launches.

  1. Assess

    We audit your infrastructure, codebase, and processes to establish an honest baseline. No padding, no filler — just a clear map of where the real risks and opportunities sit.

  2. Build

    Our cross-functional team designs and engineers in two-week sprints with a client review gate at every checkpoint. You see working software early and often — not a big reveal at the end.

  3. Secure

    Our ethical hackers test every product before it ships. Security is engineered in from the start — not bolted on as an afterthought when it is already expensive to fix.

  4. Support

    After launch you have a named point of contact, proactive monitoring, and a defined incident-response process. When something breaks, you already know who to call.

What our clients say

We measure success by outcomes, not deliverables. Here is what that looks like in practice.

Dexter Cyberlab ran a penetration test on our web platform and found a critical authentication bypass we had no idea existed. The remediation guidance was so clear our developers had it patched within the same week. The re-test confirmed it was genuinely fixed.

A.O.

Chief Technology Officer, A fintech platform (West Africa)

We engaged Dexter Cyberlab to migrate our on-premises infrastructure to AWS. The project landed on time, under the agreed budget, and our uptime has been solid since go-live. They handed over proper runbooks — not just a working system.

E.D.

Head of IT Operations, A logistics group (Nigeria)

The AI automation pipeline they built for our document-processing team cut manual review time by more than 70%. What stood out was how involved they stayed after delivery — they made sure the system kept working, not just that it had been built.

F.A.

Director of Operations, A healthcare organisation (Abuja)

Dexter Cyberlab built our customer portal from scratch in 12 weeks — clean UI, solid code, and a CI/CD pipeline so our own team can ship updates without calling them. That handover quality is rare.

N.E.

Product Manager, An edtech startup (Nigeria)

Common questions

The things people ask before they get in touch. If yours isn’t here, ask us directly.

How does a consultation work, and what does it cost?
A consultation starts with a focused 45-minute call where we listen more than we talk. We want to understand your current situation, what you are trying to achieve, and what constraints matter most to you. From that call we produce a short written summary of our recommendations and, if there is a fit, a scoped proposal. The initial consultation is free of charge — we do not bill for conversations.
How fast can you typically start, and how long do engagements run?
For most engagements we can start within one to two weeks of a signed agreement, depending on our current capacity. Timeline varies by service: a penetration test typically takes one to three weeks from kick-off to final report; a software build runs in two-week sprints with a timeline set at discovery; AI automation projects start with a two-week discovery sprint before any build begins. We are direct about capacity constraints — we will not take on work we cannot staff properly.
Do you offer ongoing support after a project completes?
Yes. For security engagements, every penetration test includes a free re-test within 90 days to verify that critical and high findings are genuinely closed. For software and AI projects, we offer a post-launch retainer that covers monitoring, updates, and a defined number of support hours per month. The retainer terms are agreed during the project and you are never locked into them — month-to-month with 30 days notice. We also offer ad hoc support outside a retainer for past clients where our schedule allows.
Do you only do cybersecurity, or do you also build software?
Both — and we think that combination is rare and valuable. Dexter Cyberlab was founded as a research centre that spans security, software development, AI automation, and cloud infrastructure. In practice this means you get a penetration test from engineers who also build production software, and software built by people who think about security from the first line of code. We work across all six service pillars or as a focused specialist depending on what you need.
Are you based in Nigeria? Do you work with clients outside Nigeria?
We are headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria, and work entirely remotely with clients across West Africa and beyond. Timezone alignment and clear async communication are built into how we run every engagement — clients in the UK, Europe, and North America have worked with us without friction. If in-person workshops or on-site assessments are required, we discuss that during scoping.
How do you handle data security and client confidentiality?
All client data and engagement details are treated as strictly confidential. We sign NDAs before any sensitive information is shared, and we use encrypted storage and communication channels throughout. For penetration testing engagements, test credentials and scope documentation are stored in isolated, access-controlled environments and destroyed after the engagement closes. We do not discuss client names, findings, or engagement details publicly without explicit written permission — the anonymised case studies on this site are a good example of how we handle attribution.

Let’s talk

Let’s figure out what you actually need.

Tell us what you’re building or protecting. We’ll assess your project honestly and come back with a clear picture — no jargon, no obligation.