Penetration Testing and Security Audits

Find Vulnerabilities Before Attackers Do. Our certified ethical hackers simulate real-world attacks to uncover vulnerabilities in your infrastructure, applications and people, so you can fix them first.

Testing Methodologies

Comprehensive Security Testing

Network Penetration Testing

External and internal network pen tests identifying vulnerabilities in infrastructure, network devices and segmentation controls.

Web Application Testing

OWASP-based assessments of web and mobile applications: injection flaws, broken authentication, insecure deserialization and more.

Social Engineering

Phishing simulations, vishing and physical access tests to assess your organization's human layer of security.

Cloud Security Assessment

Misconfiguration reviews and privilege escalation testing for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments.

Vulnerability Assessment

Automated and manual scanning of your attack surface with prioritized remediation guidance based on actual risk.

Red Team Exercise

Full-scope adversary simulation testing your detection and response capabilities against a persistent, goal-oriented attacker.

Deliverables

Actionable Reports,
Not Just Findings

Every engagement delivers a comprehensive report with an executive summary, technical findings, CVSS risk ratings and prioritized remediation steps your team can act on immediately.

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Executive Summary

Business-level risk overview for C-suite and board stakeholders.

Technical Findings

Detailed vulnerability descriptions with proof-of-concept and CVE references.

Risk Prioritization

CVSS-scored findings ranked by actual exploitability and business impact.

Remediation Validation

Optional re-test to confirm vulnerabilities are properly remediated.

The process

How a Penetration Test Runs

The value of a test rests on the precision of the scope and the usability of the report. That is why the work neither starts with scanning nor ends with report delivery.

01

Scope alignment and rules of engagement

We define what is tested and from which perspective, what is off limits, and who is notified if we find a critical flaw mid-test. We do not start without written authorisation and a contact protocol.

02

Reconnaissance and mapping

We gather the attack surface: reachable services, technologies, versions, publicly available information. This generates the attack hypotheses.

03

Exploitation and chaining

Manual testing, not scanner runs. Individual flaws are chained together, because real risk is revealed by the chain, not by the isolated finding.

04

Report, walkthrough, retest

Findings documented with reproducible evidence, prioritised by business impact. We walk the team through it, then run a verification round after remediation.

Deliverables

What You Receive

Methodology

What the Testing Is Based On

We do not work ad hoc: we follow recognised methodologies so that coverage is demonstrable and comparable with the next test.

AreaMethodology / frameworkWhat it covers
Web applicationOWASP WSTG, OWASP Top 10Injection, authentication, authorisation, business logic
Internal networkPTES, MITRE ATT&CKLateral movement, privilege escalation, exfiltration
External perimeterOSSTMM, NIST SP 800-115Exposed services, misconfiguration
Social engineeringMITRE ATT&CK (Initial Access)Phishing resilience, awareness measurement
OT / ICSIEC 62443, passive discoverySegmentation verification, zone boundaries
Severity ratingCVSS v3.1 + business impactNot just the score: context too
Frequently asked

Penetration Testing: The Questions We Hear Most

What is the difference between a vulnerability scan and a penetration test?

A vulnerability scan is automated scanning: it lists what known flaws might exist, with many false positives. A penetration test is human expert work: it shows what an attacker can actually reach, and findings are proven. The most significant difference is chaining, three separately "medium" flaws combined often yield domain administrator rights, and only a human spots that. The two are not interchangeable: scanning should be continuous, testing regular.

Could our systems go down during the test?

In standard IT environments the risk is low, and during scope alignment we exclude dangerous operations (denial-of-service testing, for instance, unless explicitly requested). For production systems we agree a time window, and there is a direct contact channel to halt the test immediately if anything unusual is observed. OT environments are different, there we work with passive discovery by default, performing active work in a lab or during planned downtime.

How long does a test take?

It depends on scope. A medium-sized web application is typically 5–10 working days, an internal network test 5–15 days, a full external and internal assessment 3–4 weeks. Add report production (3–5 days) and the post-remediation retest. At scope alignment we always give a specific number of days, not a range.

Do we need to grant access, or do you test blind?

Both have merit, but in practice a grey-box approach delivers the best return: we receive baseline access and documentation, so the tester does not spend half the engagement on reconnaissance but on finding real flaws. A fully blind (black-box) test costs more and finds less in the same time. If you specifically want to measure detection capability, a red team exercise is the right instrument.

What happens after the report?

We walk the technical team through the report so that interpretation of the remediation guidance is not left open. After fixes are applied we run a verification round and issue a confirmation report on which findings are genuinely resolved. This step is the one most often skipped, yet without a retest you do not know whether the flaw is actually gone, only that someone worked on it.

Does the test satisfy NIS2 and ISO 27001 expectations?

Yes. NIS2 measure area five (security in acquisition, development and maintenance) and area six (measuring the effectiveness of security measures) effectively require regular, documented testing. The ISO 27001 control on technical compliance review points the same way. On request we provide a compliance extract with the report that can be attached directly to audit documentation.

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Before Attackers Do

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