Penetration testing that tells you how we got in.
Hands-on adversarial testing of the systems your team relies on. We report what we found, how we got in, and what to fix first — in language an engineer can act on.
- external · internal · web app
- manual · authenticated · unauthenticated
- PTES · OWASP Testing Guide · NIST SP 800-115
- social engineering · red team via partner
- re-test included
Penetration Testing, in plain terms.
We run engagements across external perimeter, internal network, and web application scope. The work is hands-on: reconnaissance, exploitation where we have authorization, lateral movement, and an honest write-up of the path. We prioritize findings by what an attacker would actually chain together, not by raw CVSS score. A critical finding nobody can reach matters less than a chain of mediums that ends in your customer database.
Scope is set before we start and held to in writing. Out-of-scope means out-of-scope. We coordinate with your team on testing windows, rate-limiting, and what to do if we find something that needs immediate disclosure. You get a daily check-in during active testing and an interim notice for anything critical — we don't wait for the final report to tell you the door is open.
The deliverable is a report your engineers can act on and a summary your executives can read. Each finding includes reproduction steps, evidence, business impact, and a concrete remediation. We re-test fixes at no extra charge within an agreed window so you can show the fix actually closed the hole.
Common triggers for this engagement.
- 01A customer, insurer, or SOC 2 auditor is asking for a third-party pentest report
- 02You're shipping a new external service or major application change and want it tested before traffic
- 03You've never had an independent test and want a baseline before building a remediation roadmap
- 04An internal team wants validation that a control they built actually holds up under pressure
Questions teams ask before signing.
What's the difference between a pentest and a vulnerability scan?
A scan tells you which known vulnerabilities exist on which hosts. A pentest tells you which ones a human can actually chain together to reach something that matters. Scanning is continuous and automated. Pentesting is time-boxed, manual, and adversarial. You want both.
Do you do social engineering and red team work?
We do targeted phishing and pretexting as part of scoped engagements. Full red team — physical entry, multi-week sustained operations, custom malware — we partner with specialists for. We'll tell you up front which parts we run and which we coordinate.
Can we use your pentest report as SOC 2 evidence?
Yes. The report includes scope, methodology, findings with severity, remediation status, and re-test results — which is what auditors want. We've sat on both sides of that table and know what gets pushed back on.
How disruptive is the testing?
External testing is generally invisible to your users. Internal and authenticated testing can generate alerts in your monitoring — we coordinate with your team so they know it's us. Anything potentially disruptive runs in a defined window with a rollback plan.
Frequently scoped alongside this work.
Cybersecurity Consulting
Architecture review, control-gap analysis, and incident readiness — paired with operators who understand the network the controls run on. We tell you which fixes are real and which are theater.
Security Architecture Review
A structured read of how identity, network, and data controls actually fit together — not how the policy says they should. We surface the gaps before a real attacker, or an auditor, does.
Vulnerability Scanning and Mitigation
Continuous scanning of the surfaces your attackers see first, plus the prioritization to fix what actually matters. We tell you which CVEs are noise and which are about to land on the front page.
Compliance Readiness
Mapping your environment to the controls auditors actually check, and closing the gaps before the audit window opens. We've sat on both sides of that table.