Penetration Testing
Controlled, authorized attacks on your networks, applications and people to find what a real attacker could exploit — and how to fix it.
- NIST CSF 2.0 functions
- Identify Protect
- Relevant for
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- Banking and financial services
- Telecommunications
- Government and public sector
- Oil and gas
Overview
Attackers don’t care how many policies you have; they care about the one path that works. A penetration test shows you that path before someone else finds it, with evidence your teams and leadership can act on.
We test the systems that matter most to your operations — internet-facing services, internal networks, applications and people — and explain every finding in terms of business impact, not just technical severity.
What you get
- Evidence of what an attacker could actually reach, not just a list of scanner findings
- Findings ranked by real business impact so your teams fix the right things first
- Clear, reproducible remediation guidance for each issue
- Confirmation through retesting that fixes work
- Assurance evidence for auditors, regulators and your board
What we cover
- External network and internet-facing services
- Internal network and Active Directory
- Web applications and APIs
- Mobile applications (Android and iOS)
- Wireless networks
- Cloud tenants such as Microsoft 365 and Azure
- Social engineering, including phishing simulations
How we work
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Scope and authorization
We agree targets, testing windows, exclusions and contacts, and obtain written authorization before any activity.
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Reconnaissance
We map your attack surface the way an attacker would, from public information to exposed services.
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Vulnerability discovery
We combine automated tools with manual testing to find weaknesses scanners miss, such as business-logic flaws.
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Exploitation
We safely attempt to exploit findings and chain them together to show real impact, within the agreed limits.
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Reporting and debrief
We walk your technical and management teams through the results and the remediation plan.
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Retest
After you remediate, we retest and confirm which issues are closed.
Deliverables
- Executive summary for management
- Technical report with evidence, reproduction steps and CVSS-based severity
- Prioritized remediation plan
- Debrief session with your teams
- Retest report
Questions buyers ask
Will testing disrupt our production systems?
We agree testing windows and exclusions in advance, avoid destructive techniques unless you explicitly authorize them, and keep a live contact channel open throughout the test.
How is this different from a vulnerability assessment?
A vulnerability assessment finds and rates known weaknesses across many systems. A penetration test goes further by exploiting and chaining weaknesses to prove what an attacker could achieve.
Which methodologies do you follow?
We align our testing with the OWASP Web Security Testing Guide, the OWASP Mobile Application Security Testing Guide, the Penetration Testing Execution Standard and NIST SP 800-115.
How long does a test take?
It depends on scope. A single web application typically takes days, while a full external and internal test takes longer. We give you a firm estimate after scoping.
Related offerings
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Vulnerability Assessment
A broad, systematic scan and analysis of your systems to find known weaknesses and prioritize what to patch first.
NIST CSF function: Identify -
Configuration Review
A detailed review of how your firewalls, servers, network devices, directories and cloud tenants are configured against security benchmarks.
NIST CSF function: Protect -
Compromise Assessment
A focused investigation to determine whether attackers are already inside your environment, what they accessed, and what to do next.
NIST CSF function: Detect NIST CSF function: Respond